The release came after several days of negotiations following Israel’s refusal on Saturday to exchange some Palestinian prisoners it had pledged to free.
The remains of the youngest and one of the oldest captives seized by Hamas during the attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip are expected to be returned on Thursday,
Over 160 Palestinian healthcare workers remain in Israeli detention, with reports of torture, abuse, and deaths in custody.
It also said 25 healthcare workers and patients had been killed and 121 injured in the West Bank from October 7, 2023 - the date of the deadly Hamas-led attack on Israel that star
Hamas says talks with Israel about further steps in the Gaza ceasefire deal are conditional on Palestinian prisoners being freed as agreed. Israel said on Sunday it was delaying the release of more than 600 Palestinians in return for six living and four dead hostages who had been freed,
The barbaric treatment drew condemnations from around the world — and even from Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti, who called the display, “a disgrace to Islam.”
Israeli forces launched fresh attacks on the Gaza Strip Monday, killing at least two people in a drone strike on the southern city of Rafah. Relatives who gathered to mourn the dead condemned Israel for once again violating its ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
Israel starts releasing over 600 prisoners who were slated to be freed Saturday, but source says they won’t all be released until the bodies are ID’d
Israeli and Hamas officials say they have reached an agreement to exchange the bodies of dead hostages for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
At the beginning of the year, there were 98 Israeli hostages remaining in Gaza, all but four taken when Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. A ceasefire deal that included an exchange of hostages and prisoners resulted in the release of 38 — 33 who were agreed upon under the terms
Meet Mazyouna, a 13-year-old girl from Gaza who lost the right side of her jaw in an Israeli attack on her home in Gaza. She lost two of her siblings in the attack and was denied access by Israel to l
Anyone who chooses to act against the State of Israel and take part in terrorist activity has no place within it,” Arbel said.