According to the source, Hamas has been inflating the number of hostages it is able to deliver as a negotiation tactic, which hopefully indicates a willingness to promote a deal. A diplomatic official said that Israel has not agreed to stop the fighting or withdraw from Gaza
Gruparea islamistă palestiniană Hamas a difuzat sâmbătă o înregistrare video în care apar doi ostatici israelieni pe care i-a răpit în cursul atacului lansat la 7 octombrie în sudul Israelului şi i-a dus în Gaza.
Hamas studying Israel's response to position on cease-fire talks ■ Gaza aid shipments resume from Cyprus ■ IDF: Two Palestinians killed after firing on IDF outpost in the West Bank ■ Pro-Palestinian protest leader banned from Columbia campus ■ Here's what you need to know 204 days into the war
'We wanted to save human lives, but Qatar became the punching bag for those trying to protect their political futures.' In a first-ever interview to Israeli media, Dr. Majed Al-Ansari, an advisor to Qatar's prime minister, told Haaretz that Israel and Hamas are not showing enough commitment to reaching a cease-fire/hostage release deal
The talks, aimed to support efforts to reconcile Palestinian rival groups Fatah and Hamas, will be the first time a Hamas delegation is publicly known to have gone to China since the start of the war in Gaza
Thousands protest Netanyahu government across Israel, demanding hostage deal ■ Hamas airs video of two Israeli hostages, one with U.S. citizenship, in Gaza captivity ■ IDF says fighter jets struck Hezbollah compound in Lebanon; Missiles, drone target northern Israel ■ IDF says two Palestinians killed after firing at an army outpost in West Bank
Israëlische functionarissen zouden hun Egyptische collega's hebben verteld dat Israël bereid is onderhandelingen met Hamas over gijzelaars en gevangenen "een laatste kans" te geven. Mocht een deal niet snel worden bereikt, dan gaan de Israëliërs door met hun invasie van Rafah.
Dissent and protest have always been a part of the Columbia experience. But pro-Palestinian student demonstrators, especially those extolling Hamas, cannot be permitted to create an atmosphere of fear for other students – Jewish and non-Jewish – who hold different views
'Bring them back – the ones who are alive for rehabilitation, the ones who are dead for burial,' a family member said at a press conference, following the release of a joint statement by 18 countries calling for Hamas to release the hostages
In an extraordinary show of unity, the United States and 17 other countries issued a joint appeal on Thursday for Hamas to release sick, elderly, and wounded hostages as a potential pathway to ending the ongoing crisis in Gaza. "We call for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas in Gaza now […]
A senior U.S. official rejected allegations that Israel is the main obstacle to securing a hostage release deal, placing the onus squarely on Hamas. The letter calls on Hamas to release the hostages in order to bring about an immediate and prolonged cease-fire in Gaza
The terror group Hamas published Wednesday a propaganda video featuring Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American seized during the Oct. 7 attack and abducted to Gaza. The short, undated video showed the 23-year-old missing a lower left arm. He was shown saying he had sustained serious injuries during the Oct. 7 attack "after I tried using […]
Qatar says it is disappointed by Israeli ministers attacking its mediation efforts, calls on countries to act to curb 'expected Israeli aggression in Rafah' ■ Israel reportedly nixed plans for more extensive attack on Iran due to pressure from allies ■ Israel confirmed it killed two senior Hezbollah members in Lebanon ■ Hamas calls on West Bank Palestinians to increase acts of resistance against Israel ■ Here's what you need to know 200 days into the war
Qatar's mediation led to the release of four women hostages in October and the signing of the first hostage deal in November, and it provides an open channel between Hamas and the U.S. Receding from its role as mediator would deal a harsh blow to negotiations
A woman in a Keffiyeh shouted at a pro-Israel activist, "We are Hamas," outside Columbia on Wednesday. "We're all Hamas," she said at the counter-protesters that had rallied outside the university.
Two Hamas leaders said a Wall Street Journal report that the group's political leaders are considering leaving Qatar, while Hamas said it wants to strengthen ties with Turkey, including the direct receipt of aid
Card after card is being lost in the negotiations with Hamas – as the violent escalation in the West Bank gets out of hand ■ After the Gaza war, the Israeli army will have to attend to its munitions shortage and beef up its reservist units as Hezbollah might attempt a Hamas-style invasion
Hamas' acts of rape on October 7 have turned into one of the massacre's most contentious topics. Each testimony and detail that emerges is weaponized in the clash between Israel's supporters and its opponents. Now, based on conversations with dozens of sources, a Haaretz investigation delineates which proof exists for sex crimes committed by Hamas – and what is missing
The police on Thursday arrested Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem due to alleged incitement in the wake of her views on the Hamas terrorist atrocities on Oct. 7 and the Israeli response in the Gaza Strip. The police arrived at the professor's home following her recent statements, in which […]
A report published by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees includes accounts by its staff members who were detained in Israel of being threatened and coerced to make false confessions that agency staffers took part in the October 7 Hamas attacks