Israeli troops recover slain Gaza hostage

Israel says its special forces have recovered the body of a hostage killed while being held captive in Gaza, as the Palestinian enclave’s dominant Islamist movement Hamas said it would take part in a new round of ceasefire talks in Cairo. Read more

Freed Thai hostages wed, plan to return to Israel

Two Thai citizens who were abducted to Gaza during the Oct. 7 Hamas invasion and were later freed have married and are planning to return to Israel for work. Read more

Israeli turns 86 in Hamas captivity in Gaza

Israeli hostage Shlomo Mansour, the oldest of 134 captives still being held by Hamas in Gaza, turned 86 years old on Sunday. Read more

Knesset members shocked to learn families of Israeli abductees denied mental health care

Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza told shocked members of the Knesset Health Committee on Monday that they have been denied access to mental health services despite dealing with depression, dysfunction and physical exhaustion, while other family members said they felt neglected. Read more

Hamas presses on with Gaza truce talks without Israel

Hamas and Egyptian mediators are pressing on with talks in Cairo on securing a ceasefire in Gaza, despite Israel’s decision not to send a delegation, as Washington pressed again for a truce, the release of hostages and a plan to alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe. Read more

Where is the ‘humanitarian aid’ for the hostages?

The day after President Joe Biden announced that the United States would begin airdrops of humanitarian aid to Gaza, U.S. military planes parachuted pallets of food and water over the beach in the southwest of the Strip. Read more

Gaza truce in balance as Hamas seeks plan to end war

Mediators are expected to reconvene in Cairo soon and search for a formula acceptable to Israel and Hamas for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, as pressure mounts for a pause in fighting by Ramadan. Read more

Israel agrees ceasefire framework, now up to Hamas: US

Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it, a day before talks to reach an agreement were to resume in Egypt. Read more

Captives’ loved ones begin four-day protest march

Families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza embarked on a four-day march on Wednesday from Kibbutz Re’im near the Strip to Jerusalem’s Paris Square. Read more

Israel says it has footage of hostage mother, children

The Israeli military has released footage which it said showed Israeli woman Shiri Bibas and her two small children being moved by Palestinian militants in Gaza shortly after the family was kidnapped in southern Israel on October 7. Read more

‘I am going to The Hague to speak for those who no longer can’

One hundred representatives of families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza left for The Hague on Wednesday morning to submit a comprehensive complaint to the International Criminal Court on behalf of the victims of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist invasion. Read more

CIA chief eyes Middle East talks for Gaza hostage deal

US Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns plans to meet with Israeli, Egyptian and Qatari officials in coming days for talks on a potential Gaza hostage deal, a source familiar with the matter says. Read more

Plan for one-month Gaza truce makes progress

Israel and Hamas have moved closer to an agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Gaza when Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners would be released, sources tell Reuters, as Israel presses ahead with its assault on southern Gaza’s main city of Khan Younis. Read more

Hamas rejects offer of two-month ceasefire for release of all hostages

Hamas rejected an Israeli proposal for a two-month ceasefire in exchange for the staged release of the 136 remaining hostages being held in the Gaza Strip, a senior Egyptian official told the Associated Press on Tuesday. Read more

Israel has repeatedly been mugged by reality

At its core, Zionism is all about Jewish self-determination. Read more

Guterres meets freed Israeli hostages in Davos

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres met with released Israeli hostages for the first time on Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Read more

Israeli president raises plight of hostages in Davos

Sitting with a photo of Kfir Bibas on his one-year birthday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog brought attention to the plight of the hostages in Gaza during an interview at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday. Read more

Qatar, France broker deal for aid, medication to Gaza

Qatar and France have brokered a deal with Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to deliver urgent medication to some 45 Israeli hostages held by the group in Gaza in return for humanitarian and medical aid for the most vulnerable civilians. Read more

‘My heart is split in two’: Families of hostages mark 100 days of captivity

“My heart is split in two,” says Zvika Mor, whose 23-year-old son remains captive in Gaza. Read more

Hamas to reveal hostages’ fate as China urges talks

China has called for a large-scale and authoritative peace conference on the war in Gaza, while the terrorist group Hamas has aired video of three Israeli hostages and says their fate will be disclosed soon. Read more

Penny Wong: decision not to visit the Oct 7 sites ” insulting and deeply concerning”

Australia’s Foreign Minister, Senator Penny Wong is visiting Israel and will not be inspecting the kibbutzim, targets of the October 7 massacre. Read more

Tens of thousands rally in Tel Aviv for release of hostages

Tens of thousands of Israelis poured into “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to join the families of those held captive by Hamas in Gaza for a 24-hour vigil to mark 100 days since they were abducted and demand their return. Read more

Mourning

Most of us are in a state of mourning at this moment. If not for our personal losses, then for the nation’s deaths, wounded and abused. Read more

Save a Child’s Heart treats its 7,000th patient

Save a Child’s Heart marked a major milestone when it cared for Kelvin, a 10-year-old from Kenya, the 7,000th child treated by the Israeli humanitarian organisation since its establishment in 1995. Read more

Families of hostages: Suspend Gaza aid deliveries for release of loved ones

Families of 132 Israeli hostages being held by Hamas called on Israel to withhold humanitarian aid to leverage the release of their loved ones on Tuesday, while trying to disrupt the arrival of aid trucks at the Kerem Shalom crossing. Read more

Netanyahu confirms Israel engaged in new talks on releasing hostages

During a meeting on Thursday with representatives of captives still being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that his government was engaged in negotiations to return “everyone.” Read more

Red Cross finds little sympathy among Israelis amid accusations of ineptitude, bias

“Humanitarianism,” “compassion,” “neutrality”—these are the words the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) would like linked to its name. Read more

Egypt floats ambitious plan to end Israel-Hamas war

Egypt has put forward an ambitious, initial proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war with a ceasefire, a phased hostage release and the creation of a Palestinian government of experts. Read more

Five Gaza hostages found dead in tunnel

Five Israeli hostages killed in Hamas captivity have been recovered from an underground tunnel network in the northern Gaza Strip, the military says, showing footage of a white-tiled bathroom and workroom linked by dark, concrete-lined passages. Read more

Hamas says contact lost with group holding five hostages

Hamas says it has lost contact with a group responsible for five Israeli hostages being held captive in the Gaza Strip due to Israeli bombardment. Read more

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