Hamas says to hand over four Israeli hostages’ bodies in private

Hamas will forgo its usual handover ceremony when it returns the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Wednesday night, with Israel expected to free more than 600 Palestinian prisoners in…

Israel ready to resume Gaza war, PM warns after truce delay

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel was prepared to resume fighting against Hamas after the Palestinian group accused it of endangering a five-week-old Gaza truce by suspending…

Tears of joy as Hamas frees more Israeli hostages

Family and friends of released Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov clapped, burst into tears and popped bottles of champagne as they watched him walk free on Saturday after being handed…

Netanyahu orders ‘intensive’ West Bank operations after Israel bus blasts

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered an “intensive operation against centers of terrorism” in the occupied West Bank, his office said, after three buses exploded in central Israel…

Hamas says ready to free all hostages at once in Gaza truce phase two

Hamas signalled on Wednesday that it was willing to free all remaining hostages held in Gaza in a single swap during the next phase of an ongoing ceasefire. Israel and…

Netanyahu says Israel to open ‘gates of hell’ in Gaza if all hostages not returned

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to “open the gates of hell” in Gaza if Hamas does not return all hostages, pointing to a joint US-Israeli strategy to…

Three hostages to be released from Gaza

Three Israeli men, all dual nationals who were abducted from the same kibbutz community during Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack and held hostage by Gaza militants since, are set for…

Saudi Arabia to host Arab summit on Trump’s Gaza plan

Saudi Arabia will host the leaders of four Arab countries at a summit on February 20 to discuss President Donald Trump’s proposal for a US takeover of Gaza, a source…

Trump warns of ‘all hell’ if Gaza captives not freed by Saturday

US President Donald Trump set a Saturday deadline for all hostages to be released from Gaza, saying that otherwise “all hell” would break out and he would call for the…

Arab nations band together against Trump’s Gaza plan

Arab nations have mounted a fierce pushback against US President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan, banding together in a rare united front. Across…

Netanyahu to begin talks on 2nd phase of Gaza truce

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will begin talks on a second phase to the Gaza ceasefire in Washington on Monday, his office said hours after the completion of the fourth…

New backlash over Trump plan to move Palestinians out of Gaza

An idea floated by US President Donald Trump to move Gazans to Egypt or Jordan faced a renewed backlash Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of Gazans displaced by the Israel-Hamas…

Palestinians return to north Gaza after breakthrough on hostages

Masses of displaced Palestinians began streaming towards the north of the war-battered Gaza Strip on Monday after Israel and Hamas said they had reached a deal for the release of…

Nigerian Gov’t Hails Gaza Ceasefire Pact As Thousands Of Palestinians Return Home

Nigerian Gov't Hails Gaza Ceasefire Pact As Thousands Of Palestinians Return Home

Gaza ceasefire to begin Sunday morning

A ceasefire in the Gaza war will begin on Sunday morning, mediator Qatar said after Israel’s cabinet voted to approve the truce and hostage-prisoner release deal. Since Qatar and the…