RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military said it rescued two hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip early Monday, marking a small but symbolically significant success in its quest to bring home more than 100 captives believed to be held by the Hamas militant group. The two men were rescued from a residential building […]
An Israeli military report claims that at least 31 of the 136 remaining hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 at the start of the war are dead. Another 20 hostages are feared dead but have not been confirmed to have lost their lives. The New York Times reported […]
A majority of Israelis believe their government’s main goal in the Gaza Strip should be the safe return of all hostages still held by Hamas, rather than the destruction of the Palestinian terrorist group, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The survey from the Israel Democracy Institute found that 51% of Israelis believe “bringing […]
NEWS AND OPINION: A historic perspective sometimes provides a helpful reality check about bias in the mainstream news media. Consider this: “If Donald Trump or George W. Bush had a continuing hostage crisis that had lasted well over 100 days, you can bet the leftist media would plaster their shows with criticism of those administrations, […]
ISTANBUL (AP) — Two gunmen took seven hostages at a factory owned by U.S. company Procter & Gamble in northwest Turkey on Thursday, according to media reports, apparently in protest of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Turkish media published an image of one of the purported suspects inside the factory, a man wearing what appeared […]
This may be a first signal that the Gazans have had enough of Hamas — and that Hamas can’t hide it with threats any longer. A crowd of mostly Palestinian women and children protested outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza, in a town roughly halfway between Gaza City and the embattled Khan Younis. […]
Under enormous pressure from the families of hostages, the Israeli government has proposed a “pause” in hostilities for up to two months to facilitate a phased release of the approximately 130 remaining hostages held by Hamas. Mediators from Qatar and Egypt working on the “pause” (Israel refuses to call […]
Dozens of family members of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza stormed into a Finance Committee meeting at Israel’s parliament on Monday, yelling “you won’t sit here while they are dying there!” Source link
A member of Israel’s War Cabinet says that only a cease-fire deal can win the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Gadi Eisenkot added that those claiming hostages can be freed through military pressure were spreading illusions. The former army chief ‘s comments, broadcast on Israel’s Channel 12 television station late […]
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a home killed 16 people, half of them children, in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, medics said early Thursday. The military continued to strike targets in areas of the besieged territory where it has told civilians to seek refuge. There was meanwhile no word on […]
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