Twelve more Hamas hostages were released Tuesday as part of an extended cease-fire deal with Israel — which has reportedly vowed not to extend the shaky peace pause past Sunday. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that Hamas has freed 10 Israelis — all women ranging in age from 17 to 84 — and two Thai nationals. No…
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Mediator Qatar said on Monday a deal had been reached to extend a truce between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza by two days, continuing a pause in seven weeks of warfare that has killed thousands and laid waste to the Palestinian enclave. “An agreement has been reached to extend…
The deal calls for Hamas to swap women, children for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails Nov. 21 (UPI) — The Israeli government voted Tuesday night to approve a hostage deal with Hamas, that allows for the release of 50 women and children being held by militants in Gaza in exchange for a four-day cease-fire, according…
JERUSALEM, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked his government on Tuesday to back a deal to clear the way for the release of some of the hostages that Palestinian Hamas militants took to the Gaza Strip during an Oct. 7 assault on Israel. In a recorded message at the start of a…
JERUSALEM, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Israel stepped up accusations of Hamas abuses at the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital on Sunday, saying a captive soldier had been executed and two foreign hostages held at a site that has been a focus of its devastating six-week-old offensive. At one point a shelter for tens of thousands of…
Greetings from Tyler, How many layers deep does this concept of human shields go? Is Iran using Hamas and Hezbollah as human shields? There are over 230 hostages, and their family members are relating the last time they spoke to them, sometimes during the kidnapping. We’ve heard for days that Hamas has command centers under…
Army spokesman releases video from basement of Rantisi hospital showing stash of weapons, accuses terror group of using medical facilities in Strip ‘as an instrument of war’ The Israeli military revealed what it said was proof that the basement of a Gaza City hospital was used by the Hamas terror group to hide arms and…
MOSCOW, Oct 26 (Reuters) – A delegation from Hamas visited Moscow on Thursday for talks on the release of foreign hostages including Russian citizens that the militant group is currently holding in Gaza, Russian news agencies reported, citing the foreign ministry. Senior Hamas member Abu Marzouk was among those attending the talks, TASS reported. “Contacts…
Oct. 23 (UPI) — Hamas released two elderly Israeli hostages on Monday, international aid workers confirmed, while more than 200 abductees are still believed to be held captive by Islamic militants in Gaza. “We facilitated the release of 2 more hostages, transporting them out of Gaza this evening,” the International Committee of the Red Cross…
Five Americans jailed for years in Iran and widely regarded as hostages are on their way home to the United States. The last pieces in a controversial swap mediated by Qatar fell into place when $6bn (£4.8bn) of Iranian funds held in South Korea reached banks in Doha. It triggered the departure of the four…