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
Jan 26 Israel blocks Palestinians from returning to northern Gaza over ceasefire dispute with Hamas By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Israel kept thousands of Palestinians from returning to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday as it accused Hamas of violating a fragile ceasefire by changing the order of hostages it has released. Local health officials said Israeli forces fired on the… Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 8:19 Uncertainty looms over Israel’s truce in Lebanon ahead of troop withdrawal deadline By Simona Foltyn There was jubilation in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank on Saturday as hostages and Palestinian prisoners were freed in the latest advance for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Meanwhile, Israel’s fragile truce in Lebanon appears to be in doubt as this… Continue watching
Jan 25 As ceasefire holds, Israel releases 200 Palestinian prisoners after Hamas frees 4 Israeli soldiers By Isabel DeBre, Sam Mednick, Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Four female Israeli soldiers who were taken in the attack that sparked the war in Gaza returned to Israel on Saturday after Hamas militants paraded them before a crowd of thousands in Gaza City and handed them over to the Red Cross. Continue reading
Jan 21 Palestinians return to rubble in ‘ghost towns’ of Gaza By Tia Goldenberg, Abdel Kareem Hana, Associated Press Palestinians in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after a ceasefire paused more than 15 months of fighting. Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch 5:29 Father of U.S.-Israeli hostage hopeful for son’s release as Gaza ceasefire gets underway By John Yang, Andrew Corkery Three women are back on Israeli soil for the first time in 15 months since they were kidnapped in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and held captive in Gaza, as a long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect… Continue watching