'During the first phase, Hamas releases 33 Israeli detainees (alive or corpses),' Hamas said when it laid out the conditions for the ceasefire deal they had agreed to.
Several thousand people demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening in favor of a negotiated solution for the release of Israeli hostages held by the militant Islamist group Hamas. There was also loud criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calls for new elections. Protesters held banners and signs aloft reading "Negotiate now, resign later." The father of one of the Israeli hostages criticized that the government's own survival seemed more important than the hostages.He...
Hamas-Israel Truce To Free Hostages Said To Be Closer Than Ever Rumors are flying Saturday that Hamas and Israel are closer than ever to finally reaching a truce deal that would center of the release of more Israeli hostages, and the freeing of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. "Negotiations for a potential hostage deal and truce in Gaza appeared to reach a critical moment Saturday, with Hamas set to offer its response to the latest proposal, and Israel indicating an...
Elyakim Libman was a security guard at the Nova music festival when Hamas attacked on 7 October.
Israel anticipates adjustments to the terms of a potential hostage release agreement with Hamas in the coming days. According to an Israeli official, one of the proposed timelines includes a 10-week pause in fighting in exchange for the release of 33 living hostages. The proposal, which Israel helped draft but has not yet endorsed, involves […]
Students blocked off entrances to Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) this week, as they called for an end to fighting in Gaza. It’s just one of many educational institutions across the world that’s been mobilised by protesters over recent days, including 40 in the US. “When we see what is happening in the United States, and now in Australia, we’re really hoping it will catch on here in France, the academic world has a role to play”, one student told Al Jazeera. Flags could be...
A video of Bay Area-born Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who has been held by Hamas as a hostage for more than six months, was released to the United States government on Monday, which in turn made contact with Goldberg-Polin’s family, according to CNN. Goldberg-Polin was abducted from the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, as reported previously by SFGATE. He was born in Berkeley before moving to Israel when he was in elementary school. He is a citizen of Israel and the United States, the Los...
Younger registered voters are more likely to say they support Hamas in the war. Vast majority overall believes Hamas should be removed from Gaza. Poll finds majority believe Hamas is to blame for the crisis in Gaza. READ MORE: Pro-Palestinian protests take place on campuses across the U.S.
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday vowed to launch an operation in Rafah “with or without a hostage deal.” Netanyahu made his comments after meeting with family members of bereaved families and hostages who expressed their opposition to reports that Israel agreed to an Egyptian-mediated deal for the release of some hostages in exchange for […]
Former President Donald Trump said the prospect of Hamas returning Israeli hostages is growing dimmer by the day.
Republican officials are blasting the current “wildly anti-Israel” administration for withholding crucial ammunition from Israel in its war on the terror group Hamas, accusing President Joe Biden of “carrying water for the pro-Hamas mob” in order to “appease his radical anti-Semitic base” and the Democrat party’s “pro-Hamas wing” for his own “personal political gain.”