The release was announced after the Taliban government’s foreign minister hosted US hostage envoy Adam Boehler and other US officials in the Afghan capital. “Today, after two and a half years of captivity in Afghanistan, Delta Airlines mechanic George Glezmann is on his way to be reunited with his wife, Aleksandra,” Rubio said in a […]
Each casket was shown with a photo of a body, including Shiri Bibas, her two young sons Kfir and Ariel, and a fourth captive, Oded Lifshitz. Red Cross loaded coffins in vehicles after Hamas handed over dead hostages, an AFP journalist reported. The remains released from the Gaza Strip are of Shiri Bibas and her […]
The exchange comes despite uproar in the region over a proposal by US President Donald Trump to clear out the Gaza Strip of its inhabitants and for the United States to take over the Palestinian territory. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed to AFP on Friday it had received a list of […]
The inmates departed from the Israeli prison in the occupied West Bank after three Israeli hostages were handed over by Hamas in Gaza in a fourth such exchange agreed under the ceasefire deal. An AFP correspondent reported that the bus had reached Beitunia near Ramallah where prisoners disembarked and were greeted by cheering crowds of […]
Ofer Kalderon, a French-Israeli dual national, and Yarden Bibas were seen being handed over to a Red Cross official in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, in the latest stage of a phased exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners. U.S.-Israeli dual national Keith Siegel is expected to be handed over in another location later […]
Arbel Yehoud, 29, abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz in the Hamas-led assault on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, looked fearful and struggled to walk through the crowd as Hamas handed her to the Red Cross in a tense scene in the southern city of Khan Younis. Another Israeli hostage, Gadi Moses, 80, was also released […]
Law enforcement agencies have initiated operations for the recovery of hostages and the arrest of bandits involved in kidnapping for ransom and other crimes in the area. Officials have said that scores of hideouts of the outlaws have been burnt and demolished during the operation and arms recovered. The targeted operation has been launched for […]
A day after a second exchange of Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, the holdup underlined the risks hanging over the truce between Hamas and Israel, longtime adversaries in a series of Gaza wars. U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, will travel to Israel on Wednesday to […]
In exchange for the second release of the captives on Saturday, Israel is expected to release 200 Palestinians held in Israeli jails. Ahead of the release, scores of masked Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters gathered at the square where a large crowd of Palestinians also congregated. In addition to hundreds of Hamas members, other Palestinian […]
The truce is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and the Hamas. The fragile deal has so far held, quieting airstrikes and rockets and allowing for increased aid to flow into the tiny coastal territory. On Saturday, four hostages are expected to be freed for 200 prisoners, […]
