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Israel on Sunday night reaffirmed its commitment to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, which had been threatened after a series of Hamas attacks on IDF soldiers sparked military retaliation.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Tzvika Mor, father of Hamas captivity survivor Eitan Mor, revealed new details regarding his son’s ordeal during an interview on Sunday by Israel’s Kan Reshet Bet public radio.
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Hamas is expected to return the remains of an additional hostage to Israel on Monday evening, Israeli officials told The Jerusalem Post.
The Gazan terror group said in a statement that the handover would happen at 8 p.m.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Hundreds of people lined the roads and bridges in central Israel to pay last respects to Inbar Haiman — the last female hostage to be released from Gaza — as her funeral procession made its way to a cemetery in Petah Tikva on Friday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israel said Thursday it would increase pressure on Hamas to return the remaining 19 bodies of deceased hostages, with a task force reportedly already having entered Gaza for that purpose.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The Israel Defense Forces carried out airstrikes targeting underground terrorist infrastructure belonging to Iranian-backed Hezbollah in two areas across Lebanon, the military announced on Thursday evening.
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US President Donald Trump said he expected an expansion of the Abraham Accords soon and hopes Saudi Arabia will join the pact that normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and some Arab states.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Hamas on Thursday over the terrorist group’s ongoing executions of civilians in Gaza.
“If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them,” Trump wrote.
Read more: The Jewish Syndicate
Yemen's Houthis said on Thursday that their Chief of Staff Muhammad Abd Al-Karim al-Ghamari, one of the most senior military officials of the Iran-backed group, was killed "while fulfilling his duties."
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
One was whipped. Another was put in a cage. Still another was thrown into a pit. More than one was handcuffed.
In the days since they were released from two years in brutal captivity, freed hostages have shared, through their families, harrowing details of their time in Gaza. The accounts paint a picture of starvation, suffering and physical...
Rom Braslavski, one of the 20 hostages freed by Hamas on Monday as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, was held alone for two years, and was offered better treatment if he agreed to convert to Islam.
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A group calling itself “Turkish hacker Cyber Islam” hacked into terminal communication systems at multiple North American airports on Tuesday, using them to broadcast pro-Hamas propaganda.
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The National Center for Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir confirmed that Inbar Hayman and Master Sergeant Muhammad al-Atarash were the two deceased hostages returned to Israel on Wednesday night, the Prime Minister's Office stated on Thursday morning.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
One was held in a Gaza tunnel, deep underground, shackled in darkness for nearly two years.
Another was kept in total isolation, enduring a process of deliberate starvation at the hands of his captors, losing nearly 40% of his body weight.
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Hamas terrorists have executed 32 Palestinians amid fierce clashes in recent days with militia groups opposed to the Islamist group, Reuters reported on Monday.
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called Monday for direct negotiations with Israel, signaling a possible historic shift with its southern neighbor that Beirut classifies as an enemy state.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said he will hold Hamas to its pledge to disarm and accused the terror group of misrepresenting the number of dead hostages it holds.
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Military representatives on Wednesday morning notified the families of three Israeli hostages that the bodies of their loved ones were returned to Israel by Hamas the night prior, including one whose death had not been confirmed by Israel until now. A fourth body transferred to Israel by the terror group belonged to an unidentified Palestinian,...
Explosions resulting from violent confrontations between Hamas and groups the terror organization has labeled "wanted and outlawed” were heard east of Gaza City on Tuesday morning, a correspondent for the Saudi state-run Al-Hadath reported.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
The political echelon has decided to sanction Hamas after failing to deliver the remains of hostages it promised to deliver during negotiations.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post