World Mar 14 Hamas agrees to release a U.S.-Israeli hostage and bodies of 4 other dual nationals The militant group did not immediately on Friday specify when the release of soldier Edan Alexander and the four bodies would occur, and other countries party to the agreement did not immediately confirm the Hamas statement.
World Mar 07 Humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza slow as hundreds of millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive Officials from USAID say the the Trump administration's cuts to the U.S. humanitarian agency have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups.
World Mar 05 Supplies dwindle, prices soar in Gaza as Israel's aid freeze continues After more than 16 months of war, Gaza’s population is entirely dependent on trucked-in food and other aid. Most are displaced from their homes, and many need shelter. Fuel is needed to keep hospitals, water pumps, bakeries and telecommunications operating.
World Feb 28 Israeli mourners bury returned hostage as talks start for ceasefire future Tsachi Idan’s body was one of four released by Hamas overnight Wednesday to Thursday, in exchange for over 600 Palestinian prisoners, the last planned swap of the ceasefire’s first phase, which began in January.
World Feb 14 Hamas names 3 Israeli hostages to be released Saturday to uphold shaky Gaza ceasefire Hamas militants have named the next three Israeli male hostages to be released as part of a fragile ceasefire deal that had teetered in recent days amid a major dispute that raised the specter of fighting resuming in the devastated…
World Feb 05 A timeline of the Gaza Strip in modern history While "owning" land is a term that appears to be more applicable to real estate than to territories, the Palestinians see the Gaza Strip as an integral part of their future state, even if the rulers have changed over decades.
World Feb 03 Aid is flowing into Gaza under the ceasefire. Is it helping? Two weeks after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect, aid is flooding into the Gaza Strip.
World Jan 31 Excitement and anxiety in Israel over expected release of high-profile male hostages The men include Yarden Bibas, who is the father of the youngest captives held in Gaza. He, Keith Siegel and Ofer Kalderon have all become household names in Israel since their abduction.
World Dec 30 Gazan women struggle with a life stripped of privacy in crowded tent camps For Gaza’s women, the hardships of life in the territory’s sprawling tent camps are compounded by the daily humiliation of never having privacy.
World Dec 11 Palestinians search for family members who vanished after encounters with Israeli troops in Gaza Dozens of Palestinians are receiving help from an Israeli legal group in their search for family members who went missing after being separated by Israeli soldiers during raids and arrests in the Gaza Strip.