• Israel seizes Gaza border crossing as cease-fire and hostage deal hangs in the balance

    Israel seizes Gaza border crossing as cease-fire and hostage deal hangs in the balance

    May 07, 2024 10:55 PM EST

    ... Nick, help us understand now. Both sides are -- also seem to be making clear today that this operation is intertwined with the fate of those hostage negotiations as well. Is that right? Nick Schifrin: It's certainly what Israel has said, Amna, absolutely, that Israel has said that this military ...

  • Niece of American held hostage in Gaza updates efforts to bring him home

    Niece of American held hostage in Gaza updates efforts to bring him home

    May 02, 2024 10:45 PM EST

    ... shows that they're doing absolutely everything that they can. Amna Nawaz: You mentioned that your aunt, Keith's wife, was freed back during that hostage deal that was made last November. Our audience may remember we spoke to her soon after her release. I just want to ask you ...

  • Israeli barrage on Gaza continues as cease-fire, hostage release negotiations resume

    Israeli barrage on Gaza continues as cease-fire, hostage release negotiations resume

    Apr 29, 2024 10:55 PM EST

    ... the suffering of children, women, and men, and to create space for a more just and durable solution is to get a cease-fire and hostages home. But we're also not waiting on the cease-fire to take the necessary steps to meet the needs of civilians in Gaza ...

  • News Wrap: Hamas releases video of two hostages, including Israeli-American

    News Wrap: Hamas releases video of two hostages, including Israeli-American

    Apr 28, 2024 09:50 PM EST

    In our news wrap Sunday, Hamas released video of two hostages as efforts around a cease-fire deal with Israel intensify, protestors rallied against the Israel-Hamas war outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, tornadoes killed at least four people in Oklahoma, Iraq passed law imposing heavy prison sentences on ...

  • News Wrap: U.S. and 17 other nations demand Hamas release remaining hostages

    News Wrap: U.S. and 17 other nations demand Hamas release remaining hostages

    Apr 25, 2024 10:50 PM EST

    In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. and 17 other nations issued a joint appeal for Hamas to release the hostages still believed to be held by the group, Ariel Henry resigned as Haiti's prime minister after months of gang violence, the FCC voted to reinstate net neutrality rules and a cargo ship exited Baltimore's...

  • Discovery of Israeli hostage's body in Gaza renews pressure for release deal as cease-fire talks set to resume

    Discovery of Israeli hostage's body in Gaza renews pressure for release deal as cease-fire talks set to resume

    Apr 06, 2024 10:41 PM EST

    Israel's military said Saturday it had recovered the body of a 47-year-old farmer who was held hostage in Gaza, while negotiators prepared for another round of talks Sunday on brokering a cease-fire and securing the release of the remaining hostages, six months into the war.

  • News Wrap: Israeli military recovers body of Oct. 7 hostage from Gaza

    News Wrap: Israeli military recovers body of Oct. 7 hostage from Gaza

    Apr 06, 2024 09:50 PM EST

    ... Oz. His mother, Hana, was also kidnapped. She was released in November during a truce. His father was killed in the attack. At least 36 hostages are confirmed to have died in captivity. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains under public pressure to get a deal to free the remaining hostages ...

  • AP report: Biden asks Egypt and Qatar to urge Hamas on hostage deal

    AP report: Biden asks Egypt and Qatar to urge Hamas on hostage deal

    Apr 05, 2024 08:24 PM EST

    ... private letters, said Biden's national security adviser will meet Monday with family members of some of the estimated 100 hostages who are believed to still be in Gaza. The letters come as Biden has deployed CIA Director Bill Burns to Cairo for talks this weekend about the hostage crisis.

  • Suspect arrested outside Dutch nightclub where 4 hostages were held for hours

    Suspect arrested outside Dutch nightclub where 4 hostages were held for hours

    Mar 30, 2024 03:18 PM EST

    ... was a Dutch citizen. Authorities also released no details about the four hostages. Verhulst said that after an emotionally charged morning, “everything is fine. The hostage-taker is arrested by the police and they are now speaking to him. And the hostages are free, they are very emotional.”Earlier, three ...

  • Families of hostages held in Gaza despair as Ramadan cease-fire deadline passes

    Families of hostages held in Gaza despair as Ramadan cease-fire deadline passes

    Mar 14, 2024 04:58 PM EST

    ... hostages released in November. Shlomi Berger, the father of 19-year-old Agam Berger, said he last heard that she was alive in November. A hostage released during the cease-fire, Agam Goldstein-Almog, told him that his daughter — one of 19 women hostages, according to Israel — was alive and ...