... conflict. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Egyptian President (through interpreter): The war in Gaza is no longer a war to achieve political goals or to release hostages only. This war has long since surpassed any logic or justification, and has become a war of starvation, genocide, and the liquidation of the ...
Families of hostages in Gaza fear starvation affects them too, but blame Hamas. As international alarm has mounted, several countries have airdropped aid over Gaza. The U.N. and aid groups call such drops costly and dangerous for residents, and say they deliver far less aid than trucks. 'The entire ...
... outside the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli leader faces mounting pressure to end the war and secure the return of the remaining hostages as part of a cease-fire deal. Today, Netanyahu faced more blowback for his Cabinet's unanimous decision to fire the country's attorney ...
... militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251 in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war. They still hold 50 hostages, around 20 of them believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefires or other deals. Israel's retaliatory military ...
... they fired three drones at Israel; Israel's military said a “suspicious aerial target launched from Yemen” was intercepted. Videos of hungry and suffering Israeli hostages The videos — released by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the second-largest militant group in Gaza — triggered outrage across the political spectrum after the hostages ...
... it would not disarm unless a Palestinian state is established. In Tel Aviv, U.S. Special envoy Steve Witkoff met today with families of Israeli hostages who are calling on their government to end the war and bring back their loved one. Russia claims its forces captured a village in ...
... can find a silver lining here, the Arab League today or this week, a unanimous vote, said that Hamas needs to step down, free the hostages and get out of Gaza. And somehow this shift is, a lot of -- some people, at least in the Arab League, are seeing this ...
... comes a week after U.S. officials walked away from ceasefire talks in Qatar, blaming Hamas and pledging to seek other ways to rescue Israeli hostages and make Gaza safe. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that he was sent to craft a plan to boost food and ...
... the negotiating table and come to an agreement. But not only do we need to address the humanitarian situation in Gaza, but there are still hostages and there are the remains of hostages who are still being held by Hamas. We need to get them back to their families and ...
... Seeing how the scandals are hindering the work of the government, I believe that I cannot allow our ruling coalition and the Cabinet to become hostages to these scandals," Paluckas wrote in a letter to Social Democratic party members. "Therefore, I have decided to take a quick and decisive decision ...
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