Families in Israel and Gaza await truce in agony | AP News
22 hours ago · Shiri and Yarden Bibas and their two red-haired sons, 5-year-old Ariel and Kfir — who will turn 2 on Saturday — were among the roughly 250 hostages dragged into Gaza in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that triggered the war, in which some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed. Kfir, who was then 9 months old, was the youngest to be taken ...
Israel and Hamas reach deal on Gaza ceasefire and hostage release
19 hours ago · The hard-won agreement will also free dozens of hostages held in Gaza, as well as Palestinianis in Israeli jails, bringing the first real break in violence since a weeklong truce expired Dec. 1, 2023.
Hostage release and withdrawal of Israeli forces among terms in Gaza ...
19 hours ago · A ceasefire agreement involving a release of hostages has been reached after more than a year of deadly fighting in Gaza. The breakthrough follows weeks of painstaking negotiations in Qatar ...
What we know about emerging Gaza ceasefire and hostage …
1 day ago · The Israeli government and Hamas say that they are in the final stages of indirect talks over a deal for a ceasefire and the release of hostages held in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
Hopes rise for Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
2 days ago · Veteran Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin has criticized the emerging Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal. “The deal is essentially the same deal that has been on the table since May.It was ...
Hamas hostages: Stories of the people taken from Israel - BBC
6 days ago · According to Israel, 251 Israelis and foreigners were taken on 7 October 2023. Israel's official figure for those held in Gaza is 98 - this includes four people taken hostage in 2014 and 2015....
Dozens of Hostages Remain in Gaza: What We Know
Oct 25, 2024 · More than 60 living hostages, and the bodies of about 35 others taken captive on Oct. 7, 2023, but believed to be dead, are still in Gaza, according to the Israeli authorities.
What we know about the six hostages killed in Gaza | CNN
Sep 1, 2024 · The bodies of six hostages held by Hamas have been recovered in an underground tunnel in Gaza, Israel’s military said Sunday. Here’s what we know about them.
Israel-Hamas war: What we know about the Gaza hostage crisis
Jun 5, 2024 · Fears are rising that time is running out for hostages in Gaza that are still alive. Nearly eight months later, there are 43 hostages whose remains are being held by Gaza militants and roughly 80 who have not been declared dead. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
Freed Israeli hostage describes conditions under Hamas - AP News
Nov 28, 2023 · An Israeli hostage freed by Hamas has said in an interview that she was initially fed well in captivity until conditions worsened and captives became hungry. She was kept in a “suffocating” room and slept on plastic chairs with a sheet for nearly 50 days.