KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas so far, Gaza health officials said Saturday, as the two sides completed the latest exchange of bodies under the terms of a fragile ceasefire. The latest jump in the death toll occurred as more bodies … Read more
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Saturday that the remains of three people handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross in Gaza did not belong to any hostages, the latest setback to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. The handover came after Israel on Friday returned the bodies of 30 Palestinians … Read more
Tel Aviv, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced on Wednesday that Israel had completed identifying the bodies of the two other hostages, while US Vice President J.D. Vance held high-level meetings in Israel to push forward the fragile ceasefire in Gaza. The authorities identified the two deceased hostages as Ari Zalmanovich and … Read more
JERUSALEM (AP) — A fragile ceasefire in Gaza faced its first major test Sunday when an Israeli security official said aid transfers to the Strip were halted after Hamas gunmen killed two soldiers, and Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes. The army later said it had resumed implementing the ceasefire, and the official … Read more
JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump told Israeli lawmakers Monday that their country has nothing more to achieve on the battlefield and must work for peace in the Middle East after two years of war against Hamas and skirmishes with Hezbollah and Iran. Although the US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas remains fragile, Trump is … Read more
TEL AVIV, Israel — Their faces stare down from every street corner in Israel on posters now sun-faded and ripped. Their stories, told by anguished family members, are almost as well-known as celebrities. They are civilians and soldiers, fathers and sons. Some were at the Nova music festival, where almost 400 people were killed and … Read more
Israel and Hamas entered a third day of peace talks at an Egyptian resort on Wednesday, with more officials from the United States, Israel and mediating middle countries expected to join – a sign negotiators aim to tackle the toughest issues in a US plan to end the war in Gaza. Hamas says it is … Read more
(Kron) – Two years ago, Hamas launched a sudden attack on a music festival in Israel, killing 1,200 people and holding hundreds of hostages, which caused the continuous revenge by Israel. The attack took place on October 7 during the Jewish Throne Day holiday, which is the bloodiest attack in the history of Israel. Janine … Read more
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – The demonstrators in many countries met on Tuesday to condemn the war in Gaza, where the Israelis celebrated the second anniversary of the Hamas attack, which caused the fighting that killed tens of thousands of lives and splies throughout the Middle East. More than 1,000 pro -Palestinian demonstrators went to the … Read more
Reem, Israel – Thousands of people in southern Israel on Tuesday to mourning the dead, where the nation was distinguished for two years since the Hamas attack fell on October 7 in a devastating war, while Israel and Hamas hosted indirect peace talks in Egypt. The main memorial is organized by the bereaved families, separate … Read more