Thomas Mackintosh BBC News The Hostages and Missing Families Forum Ofra Keidar was kidnapped by Hamas from the kibbutz during the 7 October attacks The bodies of two Israeli hostages and a soldier have been recovered from the Gaza Strip, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. He confirmed that Yonatan Samrano, Sgt Shai Levinson...
Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of two Israeli Americans taken back to Gaza as hostages during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, the Israeli military says. Judi Weinstein Haggai, 70, who was also a Canadian citizen, and her husband Gadi Haggai, 72, were murdered by gunmen from the Mujahideen Brigades...
Israel’s prime minister has said there is “uncertainty” about the condition of three of 24 hostages previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity in Gaza. Benjamin Netanyahu said he knew “with certainty” that 21 hostages were alive but the status of “three more” was unclear. His comments came after US President Donald Trump said...
Israel’s Security Council approved a plan this week to indefinitely occupy and destroy what’s left of Gaza. A top Israeli minister has vowed that Israel’s military will “conquer” Gaza and flatten everything that’s left, regardless of whether or not that plan endangers the lives of the remaining Israeli captives being held in the Strip —...
Has Israel finally had enough of Hamas manipulation and war after nineteen years in Gaza and nineteen months of war? Their ultimatum today makes that case, assuming the Israeli government has the conviction to follow through on it. Next week, Donald Trump will pay a visit to the Middle East, including Israel, presumably to work...
Even with the rivalry between Hamas and Fatah, this statement from Mahmoud Abbas seems at least noteworthy, if not remarkable. After all, the October 7 massacre and atrocities made Hamas more popular in the West Bank, not less, and Hamas still hopes to seize power within the Palestinian Authority at the end of their conflict...
Sebastian Usher & David Gritten BBC News Reuters Mahmoud Abbas told a meeting in Ramallah that Hamas had given Israel “excuses” to continue the Gaza war Mahmoud Abbas has called Hamas “sons of dogs” in a fiery speech in which he demanded the group release the hostages it is still holding, disarm, and hand over...
Yolande Knell Middle East correspondent Getty Images Former hostage Eli Sharabi only learnt that his wife and daughters were killed in the 7 October 2023 attacks following his release from captivity “This week is Passover – the festival of freedom,” Liri Albag, an Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza for 15 months by Hamas, told...