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A senior Egyptian official added: “The US administration has conveyed to Arab states that it is open to alternative plans regarding Gaza, beyond Trump’s initiative.”

Four bodies from the first stage of the agreement are expected to be returned on Thursday. Hamas will return four more next week. This is in addition to the release of three living hostages on Saturday, with Israel pushing for three more to be freed as well

Arab leaders from Gaza, Cairo and Amman are struggling to develop a viable post-Gaza plan ahead of key summits. Ironically, pressure from Trump's displacement plan is making it even harder to craft one that excludes Hamas

'If war resumes, it's a death sentence for the remaining hostages,' said the cousin of Carmel Gat, who was murdered in Hamas captivity last year ■ Demonstrators marched from Netanyahu's residence to the Knesset ■ Protests around Tel Aviv occasionally disrupted traffic

ISRAEL: Thousands protest 500 days of captivity; Security cabinet convenes to discuss Stage 2 of Gaza cease-fire; Israel to receive four hostages' bodies on Thursday ■ GAZA: Reports: IDF strike in the central Gaza Strip; Israel to establish administration for "voluntary" emigration ■ GAZA CEASE-FIRE TALKS: Israel and Hamas will continue talks this week; Netanyahu rejects Hamas proposal to hand over Gaza to PA; 'Emergency Arab summit' in Cairo postponed by about a week ■ LEBANON: Lebanese gov't passes resolution effectively calling to disarm Hezbollah; IDF will remain partially deployed in Lebanon, sources say; Hezbollah says Israel must fully withdraw by Tuesday

Egyptian media reports suggest Hamas has agreed not to have a representative on the Gaza reconstruction committee. Officials told Haaretz the timing is meant to offer an alternative to Trump's expulsion plan and push Israel forward in negotiations

While Alexander Troufanov was held alone, Sagui Dekel Chen and Yair Horn were kept in Hamas tunnels with three other hostages still there. They were held in Khan Yunis, close to their homes in Kibbutz Nir Oz. Troufanov only learned of his father Vitaly's murder on October 7th upon release

  Keith Siegel, released two weeks ago from Hamas captivity through the hostage-prisoners exchange agreement, released a video message Friday directed at President Donald Trump, describing his grueling 484-day ordeal in captivity. "Every day felt like it could be my last," Siegel said, whose wife Aviva was also taken hostage and freed in an earlier […]

The Qatari news channel Al Jazeera reported on Thursday, citing its sources, that mediators have successfully facilitated the continuation of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, and the release of more hostages. The entry of caravans into the Gaza Strip has begun. In an official statement, Hamas confirmed the continued implementation of the agreement […]

Some signs confirm hostages were alive until release, while others were alive during specific periods. Freed hostages are debriefed on the same day of their release if possible. Most were held by senior Hamas figures, with some operatives considering Haniyeh's assassination more significant than Sinwar's killing

Israel's defense and security apparatus is preparing for potential Hamas attacks from Gaza that could break the ceasefire. Military preparations are clearly visible, with forces being reinforced along the Gaza border region and planned tree-planting events in celebration of the holiday of Tu B'Shevat in border communities being canceled. A senior security source told Israel […]

Israeli security sources assess that Hamas' main concern is mounting internal pressure from Gazans. As a result, Hamas seeks to keep negotiations on track and advance the deal until the war ends

The next phase of the hostage release and cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas, scheduled for Saturday, should have been the most important thing on the agenda. But Donald Trump's real-estate logic and unworkable plan for a Gaza Riviera has now put it at risk

Four of Israel's most distinguished scientists, including three Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry and the president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, dispatched an urgent letter Wednesday to President Donald Trump, sounding the alarm about the immediate danger facing hostages who Hamas has held for 495 days. The signatories include Professor David Harel, […]

Netanyahu said after a lengthy security cabinet meeting that if Hamas doesn't return hostages by Saturday at noon, the fighting in Gaza will resume. Trump said if Hamas fails to deliver al hostages by the Saturday deadline, 'all bets are off'

There is now an awareness that Hamas is a movement informed by decades-old ideology whose roots reach all the way to Nazi propaganda.

There is now an awareness that Hamas is a movement informed by decades-old ideology whose roots reach all the way to Nazi propaganda.

While Netanyahu is focused on political trickery and dodging responsibility for October 7, Hamas is responding to Israel's unwillingness to advance to the second stage of the deal and is taking advantage of the pressure created by the growing fear for the lives of the hostages. Their fate is in the hands of Trump, whose volatility is endless

ISRAEL-HAMAS CEASE-FIRE: Netanyahu says if Hamas doesn't return hostages by Saturday at noon, Israel will resume Gaza fighting ■ GAZA: Jordan's King Abdullah offers to take in 2,000 sick children from Gaza in meeting with Trump; says let's 'not get ahead of ourselves' regarding U.S. president's Gaza plan ■ ISRAEL: IDF mobilizes reservists amid increased alert level, reinforcement of troops around Gaza

According to Hamas, Israel delayed the return of displaced persons to northern Gaza, carried out airstrikes and shooting across the Strip, and blocked the entry of aid. Sources familiar with the talks say Israel has not violated its humanitarian commitments