Feb 15 Israel and Hamas complete their latest exchange with 2 weeks left in ceasefire’s first phase By Mohammad Jahjouh, Melanie Lidman, Jalal Bwaitel, Associated Press Israel and Hamas completed the sixth exchange of hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Saturday with just over two weeks remaining in the initial phase of their fragile Gaza ceasefire. Continue reading
Feb 14 Hamas names 3 Israeli hostages to be released Saturday to uphold shaky Gaza ceasefire By Julia Frankel, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Feb 10 WATCH: Trump suggests ceasefire deal should be canceled if Hamas doesn’t release all hostages by Saturday By Zeke Miller, Samy Magdy, Associated Press In comments to reporters after signing a series of executive orders, Trump said, “If they’re not here, all hell is going to break out.” He added, however, “I'm speaking for myself. Israel can override it.”… Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 7:29 Lebanese villagers blocked from returning home as Israeli forces remain in area By Simona Foltyn, Ahmad Baydoun Israel pulled its forces from a key Gaza corridor Sunday as part of a fragile ceasefire deal with Hamas. Meanwhile, on Israel’s northern front inside Lebanon, concerns are mounting that its forces there may stay past a second deadline to… Continue watching
Feb 09 Pressure to extend ceasefire in Gaza mounts as Israeli troops withdraw from key corridor By Mohammad Jahjouh, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Talks on the second phase, meant to see more hostages released and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, were due to start Feb. 3. But Israel and Hamas appear to have made little progress, even as Israeli forces withdrew Sunday… Continue reading
Feb 08 Three Israeli hostages exchanged for 183 Palestinian prisoners as Gaza ceasefire continues By Wafaa Shurafa, Mohammad Jahjouh, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Hamas-led militants released three gaunt, frail-looking Israeli hostages and Israel freed nearly 200 Palestinian prisoners Saturday in the latest exchange of a ceasefire agreement that has paused 16 months of war in Gaza. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 3:09 News Wrap: Israel’s Netanyahu heads to U.S. to meet with Trump In our news wrap Sunday, Netanyahu and Trump are preparing to meet at the White House, new preliminary data shows conflicting altitude readings for the aircraft that collided in D.C. on Wednesday, and top USAID security officials were put on… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch 2:41 News Wrap: Israel, Hamas complete 4th prisoner-hostage exchange of ceasefire deal In our news wrap Saturday, the delicate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas moved forward with another hostage and prisoner exchange, Arab leaders rejected Trump’s recent call to transfer Palestinians to their countries, Trump ordered the first military strikes of his… Continue watching
Jan 30 More Palestinian prisoners released after delay from chaotic handover of Israeli hostages By Mohammad Jahjouh, Wafaa Shurafa, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Eight more hostages were freed from the Gaza Strip by Hamas-led militants on Thursday in a sometimes chaotic process that briefly delayed Israel’s release of 110 Palestinian prisoners and underscored the fragility of the ceasefire that began earlier this month. Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch 2:48 News Wrap: Israeli troops kill 22 people in Lebanon during protest against their presence In our news wrap Sunday, tensions are high in Lebanon after Israeli forces killed more than 20 people, weekend rain brings some relief to fire-ravaged southern California but raises flooding concerns, Vance stood behind Trump’s blanket pardon of Jan. 6… Continue watching