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Edan Alexander's Release: A Diplomatic Turning Point Between Washington and Hamas

Sana Richa Choucair, 17:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Hamas Donald Trump US Gaza Israel Hostages

Edan Alexander, 21, is the only American national still held alive in Gaza. After moving from New Jersey to Israel in 2022, he joined an elite unit of the Israeli army and was taken by Hamas during the October 7, 2023 attack. In a statement released on Sunday, the spokesperson for Hamas’s military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, said: “The ...

Hamas Releases Video of Two Israeli Hostages Alive in Gaza

This is Beirut, 10/05 23:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Hamas Israel Gaza Hostages

Hamas's armed wing released a video on Saturday showing two Israeli hostages alive in the Gaza Strip, with one of the two men calling to end the 19-month-long war. The pair were identified by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum campaign group as Elkana Bohbot and Yosef Haim Ohana, who were kidnapped during Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on ...

Hamas Releases Video Showing Israeli Hostage Marking His Birthday

This is Beirut, 23/04 18:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Hamas Israel Palestine Hostages Omri Miran

Hamas's armed wing released a video Wednesday showing an Israeli-Hungarian hostage walking through a tunnel in Gaza and lighting a candle to mark his birthday. In the nearly three-minute clip published by the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, the hostage—who identifies himself as Omri Miran—addresses the camera in Hebrew. His ...

Gaza: 30 Killed Since Dawn as Israel Expands Ground Offensive

This is Beirut, 04/04 15:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Hostages Gaza

Israel announced the launch of a new ground offensive in Gaza City on Friday, with rescuers saying military operations had killed at least 30 people across the Palestinian territory since dawn. Israel has pushed since the collapse of a short-lived truce in the war with Hamas to seize territory in Gaza in what it has called a strategy to force the ...

Israel Army Announces New Ground Offensive East of Gaza City

This is Beirut, 04/04 09:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Gaza Hostages

The Israeli army announced it had launched a new ground offensive east of Gaza City on Friday to expand the security zone it has established inside the Palestinian territory. "Over the past few hours... troops have begun conducting ground activity in the area of Shejaiya in northern Gaza in order to expand the security zone," the ...

Hamas Announces the Handover of the Bodies of Four Israeli Hostages Tonight

This is Beirut, 26/02 17:17 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Gaza Israel Palestine Hostages

Hamas's armed wing said Wednesday that it would hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages "tonight" as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal. "Within the framework of the deal, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades has decided to hand over the bodies of four hostages tonight," the group said, providing the names of the captives. ...

Israel to Release 602 Prisoners in Exchange for 6 Israeli Hostages Under Gaza Truce Deal

This is Beirut, 21/02 20:05 - Reading : less than a minute

Israel Hamas Gaza Hostages

Israel will free 602 inmates from jails on Saturday as part of a hostage-prisoner swap with Hamas under an ongoing Gaza ceasefire deal, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club advocacy group. Among those released, 445 are people from Gaza who were arrested after Hamas' October 7 attack that sparked the war, 60 are serving long ...

Bus Carrying Freed Palestinian Prisoners Arrives in Ramallah

This is Beirut, 15/02 16:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Hamas Israel Palestine Hostages Ramallah

A bus carrying a group of Palestinian prisoners released Saturday by Israel under the Gaza ceasefire deal arrived to a cheering crowd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to an AFP journalist. Wearing traditional keffiyeh scarves, the freed prisoners were hoisted onto the crowd's shoulders. They hugged relatives before heading to ...

Hamas and Israel Exchange Hostages for Prisoners in Latest Gaza Swap

This is Beirut, 15/02 14:44 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Hamas Israel Gaza Hostages

Palestinian militants handed three Israeli hostages over to the Red Cross on Saturday, while buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners rolled out of two Israeli jails in the latest exchange under an ongoing Gaza truce deal. An AFP journalist saw masked Hamas militants parade the hostages onto a stage in Gaza's southern city of Khan Yunis, where ...

Gaza: The Second Phase of Truce Negotiations Expected Next Week // Gaza Truce: Indirect Negotiations Could Resume in Doha

This is Beirut, 14/02 22:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Hamas Israel Palestine Hostages

A Hamas official said on Friday that he expects the second phase of indirect negotiations on the Gaza Strip ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel to begin "early next week." "We expect the second phase of ceasefire negotiations to begin early next week, and mediators are continuing discussions on the matter," said the ...

Gaza: Israel and Hamas to Swap 3 Hostages for 183 Prisoners

This is Beirut, 07/02 21:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Israel Gaza Hostages Hamas

Israel and Hamas are set to carry out the fifth exchange of hostages for Palestinian detainees under a ceasefire agreement on Saturday, despite doubts cast on the continuation of the process by Donald Trump's proposal for a US takeover of Gaza. According to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, Israel will release 183 prisoners in exchange for three ...

Hamas Officials Say 'Ready' for Negotiations on Phase Two of Gaza Truce

This is Beirut, 03/02 17:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Hamas Israel ceasefire hostages

Hamas is ready to begin talks on the details of a second phase of the ongoing truce in Gaza, two officials from the Palestinian militant group told AFP on Monday. "Hamas has informed the mediators, during ongoing communications and meetings held with Egyptian mediators last week in Cairo, that we are ready to start the negotiations for the second ...

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