An Israeli man held hostage in Gaza since the October 7 Hamas attack has been confirmed dead, the government said early Friday. Dror Or, 49, was killed and his body was held in Gaza since October 7, said the Be’eri kibbutz where he had lived. It was one of the communities hardest hit in the … Read more
Israeli army inside the Gaza Strip (Photo: AP) Tel Aviv: The indirect talks between Hamas and Israel are progressing in Cairo with Egyptian and Qatari mediators taking the lead. The talks that commenced on Monday are continuing on Tuesday. According to sources in the Israeli Defence Ministry, the negotiations are on a positive path. After … Read more
Cairo: Egypt, Jordan, and France have urged an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli siege and bombardment over the past six months. In a joint article on Monday, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Jordanian King Abdullah II, and French President Emmanuel Macron called for an immediate and unconditional implementation of UN … Read more
Thousands of protesters rallied in Jerusalem on Sunday demanding the release of around 130 hostages still held in Gaza after six months of Israel’s war against Hamas. Hamas gunmen burst into Israel on October 7, killed 1,200 people in their homes, on army bases, along roads and at an outdoor rave, and inflicting sexual violence … Read more
An aid delivery in Gaza descended into chaos on Saturday with shots fired and a Red Crescent paramedic reporting five people killed, as almost six months of Israeli bombardment has left hundreds of thousands in the Palestinian territory in desperate need. Israel’s siege, sparked by a deadly militant attack on October 7, brings nightly air … Read more
The Israeli official have warned that any final decision would be based on how many of the inmates were senior militants serving lengthy sentences for violent acts. Gaza Peace Talks Tel Aviv: Israeli authorities on Sunday said that they are willing to allow the return of Palestinians displaced from the northern Gaza Strip as part … Read more
Israel said on Saturday its spy chief had met his US counterpart as part of efforts to secure the release of hostages still held in Gaza. “The head of the Mossad, David Barnea, met yesterday [Friday] with the head of the CIA, Bill Burns, as part of the ceaseless efforts to advance another hostage release … Read more
Hamas said on Friday that seven more hostages seized during its unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7 had died because of Israeli military operations in Gaza. “After examination and scrutiny during recent weeks, we have confirmed the martyrdom of a number of our mujahideen and the killing of seven enemy prisoners in the … Read more
Mediators in Egypt were hoping to secure a ceasefire that would see more hostages released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, as Israel prepares for a full-scale ground incursion into Rafah. A displaced Palestinian child and her family from Rafah shelter in Deir Al Balah in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE A Hamas … Read more
Israel-Hamas War: PM Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the militant group’s ceasefire terms and hostage-release terms agreement by terming them as ‘delusional.’ He vowed to continue to the war until ‘total victory’. No Ceasefire, ‘Absolute Victory’: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Rejects Hamas Truce Terms Tel Aviv: Amid the ongoing brutal war between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) … Read more
