The Justice Department today announced the leadership team and membership of Joint Task Force October 7 (JTF 10-7), an initiative that will seek justice for the victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack in Israel and address the ongoing threat posed by Hamas and its affiliates.
Thousands protested in Tel Aviv, urging the government to negotiate a hostage deal and a ceasefire with Hamas.
Hamas announced on Friday that it agreed to release an American-Israeli dual national, believed to be the last American hostage held in Gaza. The release follows a proposal from mediators to resume negotiations for the second phase of a ceasefire deal.
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a "last warning" to Hamas, demanding the immediate release of all hostages held in Gaza after direct negotiations with the group.
Palestinian group Hamas has welcomed Egypt’s Gaza reconstruction plan, adopted at an emergency Arab summit in Cairo, aiming to revitalize Gaza without displacement.
The Qassam Brigades announced that the remains of Tsachi Idan, Itzhak Elgarat, Ohad Yahalomi, and Shlomo Mantzur were handed over.
Hamas group said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Israel on releasing Palestinian prisoners supposed to be freed on Saturday as a part of a ceasefire agreement.
Hamas has begun releasing hostages from Gaza on Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, as Israel confirmed that a body handed over earlier was that of hostage Shiri Bibas.
Israel has accused Hamas of violating a ceasefire agreement after discovering that one of the bodies handed over during Thursday’s exchange did not belong to any known hostage. The military is demanding the return of the missing remains.
Hamas handed over the bodies of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, along with their mother Shiri Bibas and hostage Oded Lifschitz, on Thursday under the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Red Cross vehicles carried the four black coffins, each bearing a photo of the hostages.
A senior Hamas official has said the group will release on Saturday the six remaining hostages who are alive within the first phase of the Gaza hostage deal. In addition, four bodies will be handed over on Thursday.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) has announced that Muhammed Shaheen, the Head of Hamas’ Operations Department in Lebanon, was eliminated in a precise airstrike on a car in the Sidon area today.
Tel Aviv—Thousands of protesters have rallied, demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secure the release of all remaining hostages in Gaza before the next phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire
President Donald Trump expressed frustration over the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, stating that he was losing patience after seeing footage of Israeli hostages released over the weekend, whom he compared to Holocaust survivors.
Mossad, Shin Bet officials to resume negotiations as Israel awaits Hamas’ list of detainees amid concerns about Trump’s Gaza remarks.
Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk promises a release of two Russian natives kidnapped from the Nova festival on October 7, 2023 amid his upcoming talks in Moscow.
On Saturday, February 1, as part of the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, a bus carrying Palestinian prisoners released from Israel's Ofer Prison departed from the occupied West Bank. According to Hamas, Israel was to release a total of 182 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
Hamas is set to release three Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of a phased exchange agreement aimed at easing the conflict in Gaza.
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