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Yarden Bibas, 35, Ofer Kalderon, 54, and Keith Samuel Siegel, 65, will be released in the next phase of the cease-fire agreement with Hamas on Saturday. Bibas and Kalderon were taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz, Siegel from Kibbutz Kfar Azza

Fresh testimony has emerged Friday about Agam Berger's 482-day ordeal in Hamas captivity. Yaffa Deri, wife of Shas party chairman Knesset member Aryeh Deri, and their daughter Margalit Peretz, visited the released observers at the hospital Friday, revealing intimate details of Agam's spiritual resilience. During the visit, Deri shared that "Agam found a Siddur (Jewish […]

Eighty-year-old Gadi Mozes, released Thursday from Hamas captivity as part of the hostage deal, endured his entire captivity in isolation, paralleling the experience of fellow hostage Arbel Yehoud. Their first human contact with other Israelis came when they met each other – both residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz. Their release photos generated widespread concern as […]

Yarden Bibas, held captive by Hamas, will be released on Saturday and return to Israel as part of the Hamas hostage deal, while grave concerns remain for the lives of his wife and two young children, Kfir and Ariel. Israel conveyed a message to Hamas through Qatar and Egypt several days ago, requesting additional information […]

Netanyahu vowed to destroy Hamas, but they were the ones who secured the hostages' safety as a mob of civilians surrounded them. The PM's statement after the event only cemented Hamas' rule in Gaza

A White House document obtained by Haaretz shows that Trump's executive order aims to take 'unprecedented' steps to combat 'the explosion of antisemitism,' including the ability to revoke student visas of 'Hamas sympathizers on college campuses'

Blocking access to the northern Gaza Strip forced Hamas' hand to free three more hostages than intended this week. Now that the IDF-controlled Netzarim corridor is open, Israel could delay its withdrawal from the Strip to ensure Hamas continues to hold its end of the bargain

The four female soldiers released after 477 days in Hamas captivity - Karina Ariev, Liri Albag, Daniella Gilboa, and Naama Levy - are now back in Israel, about 72 hours since their release. As time passes, more details are coming to light about the harsh reality they endured in captivity, and their bravery. The bravery […]

Keeping the Netzarim corridor sealed off forced Hamas to meet its cease-fire obligations and, given the organization's desire to keep Israelis on tenterhooks, the government needs to find ways to ensure Hamas compliance

Hamas finally handed over to Israel its long-awaited list of hostages slated to be released over the next five weeks, claiming that 18 remain alive while 8 have perished. Authorities have begun preparing families for deeply concerning news about their loved ones' fate. The delayed list, arriving almost 24 hours late, details the condition of […]

Israel's Prime Minister's Office announced that "following firm negotiations, Hamas has agreed to an additional phase of hostage releases scheduled for this Thursday. In this phase, Israeli civilian Arbel Yehud, IDF soldier Agam Berger, and another hostage will be freed." In conjunction with this agreement, Israel has received a detailed list from Hamas outlining the […]

Hamas claims to have assured Israel that hostage Arbel Yehoud is alive, amid a cease-fire dispute exacerbated by an Israeli delay in allowing displaced Gazans to return north

With Hamas breaching the hostage deal and Israel in response maintaining the closure of the Netzarim crossing and preventing Gazans from returning to northern Gaza, residents, with Hamas backing, have been attempting to create alternative facts on the ground as they march along the route toward northern Gaza. #شاهد مشاهد جوية لآلاف الفلسطينيين الذين يرابطون […]

Conor McGregor, like many others around the world, likely saw the release of Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity on Saturday and could not remain indifferent. The controversial MMA fighter, known for his outspoken nature, criticized pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Ireland who had waved Hamas and Hezbollah flags in Dublin. "To raise the flag of a terrorist […]

Daniella Gilboa, Karina Ariev, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag have been home for almost a day after 477 days in Hamas captivity, and the accounts of their ordeal are beginning to surface. In conversations the returning soldiers had with their families, it was revealed that they had limited access to news via Al Jazeera and […]

The 37th anniversary of the founding of Hamas, the Arabic acronym for "Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya" (Islamic Resistance Movement), was recently marked. Hamas was officially founded by the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Gaza Strip, led by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a few days after the outbreak of the First Intifada in December 1987. Since […]

The images of masses gathering to see the release of the hostages and the return of the Palestinian prisoners allow Hamas to convey a message of victory to the Palestinian public. But these scenes won't provide Gazans with solutions to their daily problems

Shortly after Netanyahu's office issued a statement demanding her release, a Hamas source said that the group had informed mediators that Arbel Yehoud is alive and will be released in the next phase. Israeli officials told mediators that her early release could resolve the crisis that led to the delay in Palestinians' return to northern Gaza

Israel's concessions in the cease-fire agreement, including allowing aid and medical transfers, potentially strengthen Hamas, despite concerns they will renege on their promises ■ The IDF's operation in the West Bank has implications for the hostage deal and regional stability

An Israeli source said the list of names submitted by Hamas do not align with previous agreements made between the parties over the release of the hostages, though their release on Saturday is going ahead as planned