Hamas has accepted a US proposal to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages, including soldiers and men, 16 days after the first phase of an agreement aimed at ending the Gaza war, a senior Hamas source said on Saturday. Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip walk next to …
At the break of morning, the mission was kicked off. New Delhi: The Nuseirat refugee camp is located in the middle of the Gaza Strip, deep inside Palestinian territory. It was in one of the camp’s many markets that Hamas had kept Israeli woman Noa Argamani, a 26-year-old woman who had been dramatically captured on …
Four more hostages kidnapped on October 7 were declared dead by the Israeli military — including three older adults seen in a Hamas video begging to be released. The announcement on June 3 heightens pressure on the Israeli government to agree to a U.S. cease-fire proposal that could secure the return of the hostages still …
In the aftermath of a series of deadly Israeli airstrikes in Gaza that claimed the lives of several people, an AI-generated image titled ‘All eyes on Rafah’ has sparked a social media frenzy. The image, which has garnered over 44 million shares on Instagram and has emerged as a piercing symbol amid the mounting international …
Hamas has rejected the latest cease-fire proposal, accusing Israel of ignoring its core demands, which include an end to the war and a full withdrawal from Gaza, AP reported. In a statement late Monday, the militant group said it had informed mediators that it was sticking to its original position, conveyed earlier in March. It …
The Israeli military uncovered a major Hamas command center in the heart of Gaza City on Wednesday. Israeli leaders have vowed to press ahead with the two-month-old offensive, launched in response to a bloody cross-border attack by Hamas in October that killed some 1,200 people and saw 240 others taken hostage. The war has killed …
One of the hostages pleaded for Israel to secure their unconditional release. Cairo: Hamas released a short video on Monday showing three elderly Israeli hostages whom the Islamist group seized during its October 7 rampage. Israel denounced it as a “criminal, terrorist video.” The three men – identified by Israel as 79-year-old Chaim Peri, 80-year-old …
Protests started on Friday night outside the nation’s military headquarters, and a major demonstration is planned for Tel Aviv on Saturday evening. The prime minister is taking heat for what’s been termed inaction on securing a new prisoner exchange deal, weeks after a brief cease-fire ended. The Israel Defense Forces revealed Saturday that the hostages …
Around 100 hostages have so far been released from Gaza Doha: As world leaders feted Qatar for brokering a truce between Israel and Hamas last week, its negotiators doubled down on their mediation efforts, fearful the ceasefire was about to collapse before it started. The truce and the agreement for accompanying prisoner and hostage exchanges …
Chilling images and videos surfacing online, which were reportedly released by Hamas’ military wing, show the masked terrorists waving goodbye to Israeli hostages after handing them over to the Red Cross. 11 captives were released on Monday, November 27. All of them were Israelis, and nine were children. An image grab from a handout video …