Gaza City: Hamas said Saturday that “the ball is in Israel’s court” after offering to release an Israeli-US hostage and return the bodies of four others as part of Gaza truce talks. Following the offer on Friday, Israel said the Palestinian militants had “not budged a millimetre” after a proposal from US President Donald Trump’s … Read more
JERUSALEM: Hamas freed six Israelis on Saturday in the last scheduled release of living hostages by the militant group under the current stage of a ceasefire agreement with Israel. In all, a total of 33 Israelis are being freed during this stage – including eight who are dead. Five Thai hostages have also been freed … Read more
Each casket was shown with a photo of a body Hamas said it would hand over. Hamas on Thursday displayed four black coffins on a stage in southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis ahead of the handover of the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, an AFP journalist reported. Each casket was shown with … Read more
Hamas will return the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including Kfir and Ariel Bibas, the youngest captives held in Gaza, on Thursday, the group said. Six other hostages will also be released on Saturday, exceeding the earlier expectation of three, according to Khalil Al-Hayya, head of Hamas’ negotiating team. Who were the Bibas children? Kfir … Read more
Khan Yunis: Hamas on Saturday released two out of three Israeli hostages in the fourth exchange of the ceasefire deal, ahead of the expected release of 183 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas were paraded on a stage before being released to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis in southern … Read more
Jerusalem: Palestinian militants on Thursday freed three Israeli hostages and five foreigners captured in the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel as the third hostage-prisoner exchange of the Gaza ceasefire got under way. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced what he called “shocking scenes” during the hostage releases which came under a ceasefire deal aimed … Read more
Jerusalem: Eight of the hostages due for release in the first phase of a truce deal between Israel and Hamas are dead, Israeli government spokesman David Mencer said Monday. “The families have been informed of the situation of their relatives,” Mencer told reporters, without providing the names of the victims. That means that of the … Read more
Gaza City: Israel said Palestinians could begin returning to the north of the war-battered Gaza Strip on Monday after a deal was reached with Hamas for the release of another six hostages, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. The breakthrough preserves a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, which has devastated the Gaza Strip … Read more
Tel Aviv witnessed another day of hope filled with emotions on Saturday as four Israeli hostages who were held captive by Hamas reunited with their families in the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal. The four women – Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, and Naama Levy, all aged 20, and Liri Albag (19) – waved, … Read more
Four female Israeli soldiers were released by Hamas today. They were brought in military uniform and made to stand on a podium and wave. They were handed over to Red Cross members and the vehicle has now left Gaza with the hostages. Hamas had mentioned on Friday that they would release the four Israeli women … Read more