Hamas frees dazed hostages in staged Gaza ceremony
RAFAH (Palestinian Territories) – A crowd cheered as masked militants brought two pale and dazed Israeli captives onto a rainy stage in front of cameras for the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange…
Israeli police search for suspects after bus explosions, no injuries
JERUSALEM – Israeli police were searching for suspects on Thursday after explosions on several buses near Tel Aviv, with no casualties, authorities said. Israeli media reported there had been explosions…
Hamas hands over bodies of youngest Gaza hostages taken from Israel
Hamas handed over the bodies on Thursday of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack…
Israeli delegation in Qatar for Gaza ceasefire talks
An Israel delegation arrived in Qatar on Sunday for more Gaza truce talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson said, as its military withdrew from an important crossing point in the…
Palestinians say Israeli forces kill two women in West Bank raid
The Palestinian health ministry said Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank shot dead two women on Sunday, including one who was eight months pregnant, with the military saying it…
Hamas frees three hostages, Israel begins releasing Palestinians
Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday, whose gaunt appearance shocked Israelis, while Israel began freeing dozens of Palestinians in the latest stage of a ceasefire…
Hamas to free three Israeli hostages in latest Gaza swap
Hamas said it would release three Israelis on Saturday in the fifth hostage-prisoner swap between the militants and Israel as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal, in exchange for 183…
Gazans tell Trump they will rebuild their own restaurants and hotels
GAZA CITY – Palestinians in Gaza say they are determined to rebuild their own seafront restaurants and hotels, dismissing U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision of creating a “Riviera of the…
Israel orders army to plan to let Palestinians leave Gaza
Israel’s defence minister ordered the army on Thursday to start making preparations to allow for “voluntary” departures from the Gaza Strip, after US President Donald Trump floated a proposal to…
Car bomb blast near Syria’s Manbij kills 15, civil defense says
Fourteen women and one man were killed and 15 other women injured on Monday, in a car bomb explosion on a main road on the outskirts of the northern Syrian…