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Hamas says it wants guarantees that Israel won't resume its military campaign in Gaza once the remaining hostages are released. In the meantime, Israeli troops intercepted another aid flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea. The fleet of nine boats was aiming to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza. Some ...
... hostage release. But Israel broke the ceasefire in March, resuming its campaign of bombardment and offensives, saying it aimed to pressure Hamas for the remaining hostage releases. Past rounds of negotiations have frequently fallen apart over the same obstacle, with Hamas demanding assurances of the war's end and Netanyahu ...
Tuesday on the News Hour, Israel marks two years since the Hamas terrorist attack as peace negotiations offer a glimmer of hope for ending the war in Gaza and bringing the remaining hostages home. Attorney General Pam Bondi pushes back against lawmakers who say she's politicized the Justice Department ...
I think we should have struck a deal to get the hostages back much sooner. I was never in favor of what this government has done since October 7, obviously, before October 7, do everything -- not protecting us on October 7 and not doing the right things afterwards to get ...
In Japan, hundreds of protesters, including Palestinians, marched through downtown Tokyo demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and the hostages' release. Similar protests were held in Osaka and other major cities. Lena Grace Suda, a 30-year-old Tokyo resident who joined the rally, called for sanctions against Israel. “Recognizing the ...
... Aviv, dozens gathered at a memorial site that was set up in a city square. Shay Dickmann, whose aunt was killed in Kibbutz Be'eri and whose cousin, Carmel Gat, was taken hostage by Hamas and killed 11 months later, said all everyone wants is for the war to end.
... offensive to take over Gaza City and kill the Hamas militants it says are hiding there. Israel says it also aims to free the 48 hostages who remain in Gaza, about 20 of whom the government believes are alive. Since the war began, 465 Israeli soldiers have been killed in ...
The Israeli military has taken an unknown number of bodies, saying it is searching for Israeli hostages or Palestinians it identifies as militants. It has returned several hundred corpses with no identification to Gaza, where they were buried in anonymous mass graves. Investigating the missing requires advanced DNA technology, samples ...
... went for four hours, according to Majed al-Ansari, a spokesman for Qatar's Foreign Ministry. Israel's delegation included Gal Hirsch, coordinator for the hostages and the missing from Netanyahu's office. Hamas representatives included top negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya.White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said Monday that U ...
In the past, Hamas has not been willing to release hostages unless Israel ended the war and agreed to a full withdrawal, and that is not what phase one demands. So what we're watching to see is whether Hamas' thinking has changed, whether they're willing to release hostages ...
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