Feb 10 Hamas says it will delay the release of more hostages, putting fragile ceasefire at risk By Melanie Lidman, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Hamas says it will delay the further release of hostages in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire that now faces its most serious crisis since it began three weeks ago. 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 04 Watch 7:51 ‘Netanyahu was an impediment’ to getting uncle released sooner, niece of hostage says By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn On Saturday, American Keith Siegel was brought on stage in Gaza City and paraded in front of a crowd and quickly escorted away. He had been held hostage by Hamas for 484 days. Siegel and his wife were kidnapped from… 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 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 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
Jan 19 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on start of Gaza ceasefire and release of Israeli hostages By Associated Press President Joe Biden on Sunday said “the guns in Gaza have gone silent” under a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas he outlined in May. Continue reading
Jan 19 Three Israeli hostages arrive in Israel as fragile ceasefire with Hamas clears first hurdle By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press The first three hostages released from Gaza have arrived in Israel, the military announced Sunday, hours after the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold. Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch 4:16 Why Netanyahu announced a last-minute snag in Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal By John Yang, Andrew Corkery Just 12 hours before the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is supposed to go into effect, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said it would not go forward until Hamas made good on its agreement to provide a list of hostages they’re… Continue watching