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Hamas hands over two hostage bodies as Israel continues to strike ‘terror infrastructure’ in Gaza | World News

Hamas hands over two hostage bodies as Israel continues to strike ‘terror infrastructure’ in Gaza | World News

Hamas on Thursday said it has handed over the remains of two more Israeli hostages as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal. According to Hamas, it uncovered the remains of two hostages during excavations in Gaza City on Tuesday evening. Israel on Thursday confirmed that the Red Cross was on its way to the meeting point in central Gaza, where several coffins of deceased hostages will be transferred into its custody. 🟡 According to information received, the Red Cross is on its way to the meeting point in central Gaza, where several coffins of a deceased hostages will be transferred into its custody. The IDF requests that the public act with sensitivity and wait for the official… — Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 30, 2025 17 of the 28 deceased hostages returned With this, Hamas has handed over the remains of 17 out of the 28 hostages who were either killed during the terror attack on October 7, 2023, or during their captivity in Gaza. Story continues below this ad Hamas has been arguing that …

Netanyahu calls for hostages to be released during Gaza visit | World News

Netanyahu calls for hostages to be released during Gaza visit | World News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited northern Gaza on Tuesday, accompanied by the country’s defense minister, head of the military and other senior officials, his office said. A statement released by the prime minister’s office said Netanyahu received a security briefing in northern Gaza on the military’s effort to free Israeli hostages and to defeat Hamas. “We insist that our hostages be released and we insist on achieving all of our objectives for the war, and are doing so thanks to our heroic fighters,” Netanyahu’s office cited the prime minister as saying during a meeting with soldiers. Story continues below this ad The statement did not specify where in northern Gaza Netanyahu visited or mention Hamas’ claim on Tuesday that it had lost contact with those guarding Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander after the military purportedly bombed their location. The Palestinian militant group still holds 59 hostages. Almost 200 hostages have been released by Hamas or rescued by the Israeli military over the course of the war, now in its 18th month. Disclaimer: We do not …

Will war in Gaza resume? Here’s what Benjamin Netanyahu says – India TV

Will war in Gaza resume? Here’s what Benjamin Netanyahu says – India TV

Image Source : AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israel-Hamas ceasefire: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in Gaza. An Israeli official said Netanyahu has ordered the army to beef up troops in and around the Gaza Strip. The development comes after Hamas threatened to call off a scheduled hostage release on Saturday. Hamas reiterated that it planned to delay the release of three more hostages after accusing Israel of failing to meet the terms of the ceasefire, including by not allowing an agreed-upon number of tents and other aid into Gaza. Trump hardens his stand US President Donald Trump gave a twist after taking a tough stand, asserting all hostages should be released by Saturday.  After meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday, Trump predicted Hamas would not release all the remaining hostages as he had demanded. “I don’t think they’re going to make the deadline, personally,” the President said of Hamas. “They want to play tough guy. We’ll see how tough …

Israeli Hostages Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, Ben Ami Freed By Hamas News18

Israeli Hostages Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, Ben Ami Freed By Hamas News18

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After delay, Israel begins Palestinian prisoners’ release as Hamas frees 8 more hostages | World News

After delay, Israel begins Palestinian prisoners’ release as Hamas frees 8 more hostages | World News

Israel began releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday as part of a prisoner-for-hostage swap, following the release of three Israeli hostages from Gaza, the Associated Press reported. This marked the third round of exchanges since the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas entered its second week. A Palestinian youth holds a portrait of Zakaria Zubeidi, a leader of Al-Aqsa Martys Brigades, as people gathered in Ramallah to receive released Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in the occupied West Bank as part of a third hostage-prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas on January 30, 2025. (AFP) As part of the swap, Palestinian militants in Gaza freed five Thai and three Israeli hostages, handing them over to the Red Cross amid chaotic crowds. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the scenes of Israeli hostages being escorted by armed militants, stating he would not approve the release of Palestinian prisoners until assurances were made regarding the safe release of hostages in future exchanges. The ceasefire aims to end the ongoing war in Gaza and secure the release of both …

Israel Says Gazans Can Return Home, Hamas To Release 6 More Hostages

Israel Says Gazans Can Return Home, Hamas To Release 6 More Hostages

Gaza City: Israel said Palestinians could begin returning to the north of the war-battered Gaza Strip on Monday after a deal was reached with Hamas for the release of another six hostages, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. The breakthrough preserves a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, which has devastated the Gaza Strip and displaced nearly all its residents, paving the way for more hostage-prisoner swaps under a deal aimed at ending the more than 15-month conflict. Israel had been preventing vast crowds of Palestinians from using a coastal road to return to northern Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating the truce agreement by failing to release civilian women hostages. “Hamas has backtracked and will carry out an additional phase of releasing hostages this Thursday,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement, adding that three hostages would be released that day, with another three captives set for release on Saturday. Palestinian leaders meanwhile slammed a plan floated by US President Donald Trump to “clean out” Gaza, vowing to resist any effort to forcibly displace residents …

Hamas releases names of four Israeli hostages it plans to release on January 25 – India TV

Hamas releases names of four Israeli hostages it plans to release on January 25 – India TV

Image Source : AP Israeli soldiers stand next to armoured vehicles before crossing the security fence. Hamas on Friday published the names of Israeli hostages that the militant group said it will release on January 25, Saturday, as a part of the ceasefire in Gaza Strip. The hostages are to be freed in exchange for the release of dozens of Palestinians imprisoned or detained by Israel. Relatives of hostages still being held by militants in Gaza called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday to ensure all remaining captives are freed, while also appealing to US President Donald Trump to continue pressing for their release. Israel-Hamas ceasefire enters sixth day As a fragile six-week ceasefire between Israel and Hamas entered its sixth day, Israelis waited anxiously for the names of the next four hostages who will be released from among the more than 90 still held in Gaza. In the Palestinian enclave, civilians in the central and southern part of the Gaza Strip hoping to return to the remnants of their home in the …

‘They Can Get Pregnant…’: Inside IDF Base, How Hamas Took Women Soldiers – Hostages’ Kin Show Video

Published on May 23, 2024 02:41 PM IST The Hostages and Families forum released a three-minute-long clip showing five female IDF soldiers in Hamas’ captivity. The footage is from Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel’s Nahal Oz military base. The footage showed the young women, all of them stunned and some bloodied, being bound and bundled into a jeep. It also showed women soldiers lined up against a wall with their hands tied. Meanwhile, Hamas, in a statement on May 22, accused Israel of promoting “fabricated narratives.”   Source link

Hamas Says 2 Israeli Hostages Killed In Gaza Bombing, Releases Video

Two men were killed in “the Zionist army’s bombing”, said Hamas’ armed wing . (File) Palestinian Territorie: Palestinian Hamas group on Monday released a new video announcing the death of two Israeli hostages who were taken to Gaza on October 7. The video showed a woman hostage named as Noa Argamani, 26, speaking under duress, revealing that two men she was held captive with had been killed. It was not clear when the video was taken. 🚨 BREAKING: HAMAS ANSWER THEIR GUESSING GAME VIDEO The latest update from Hamas claims that two of the three hostages featured in their previous video are dead as a result of the Israeli bombing of Gaza. The surviving hostage, Noa Argamani: “Stop this madness and bring us home… pic.twitter.com/HyQhthVuO7 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 15, 2024 Hamas had released another video on Sunday showing Argamani along with two hostages who were seen alive. The pair — widely named in the media as Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itay Svirsky, 38 — were the same men announced as having been killed …

Three hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli troops had been waving a white flag | World News

Three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip had been waving a white flag and were shirtless when they were killed, military officials said Saturday, in Israel’s first such acknowledgement of harming any hostages in its war against Hamas. Israeli right wing protesters demonstrate near the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv on December 16, 2023, close to another demonstration of friends and relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 attack. (AFP) Anger over the mistaken killings is likely to increase pressure on the Israeli government to renew Qatar-mediated negotiations with Hamas over swapping more of the remaining captives, which Israel says number 129, for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. Israeli leaders have said the hostages’ release can only be achieved through military pressure. Stay tuned with breaking news on HT Channel on Facebook. Join Now A senior Hamas official, Osama Hamdan, reiterated on Saturday that there will be no further release of hostages before the war ends and Israel accepts Hamas conditions for an exchange. Hamdan, …