Gazans prepare for Ramadan amid the pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Gazans prepare for Ramadan amid the pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas 01:21 UP NEXT Ceasefire talks resume between Israel and Hamas as the first phase deadline looms 04:11 Released Palestinian prisoners met with cheers in West … Read more

Hamas ready to cede control of Gaza, official says

TEL AVIV, Israel — Hamas is willing to cede political power and administrative governance of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian unity government, but would not disarm unless an independent Palestinian state is achieved, Dr. Basem Naim, a senior political official for Hamas, told NBC News. “We are ready today, if not yesterday, to step … Read more

Hamas says it will release the bodies of four more Israeli hostages late Wednesday

JERUSALEM — Hamas will release the bodies of four more Israeli hostages on Wednesday night, a spokesperson for the militant group said earlier in the day. They are tsachi Idan, 49; Shlomo Mantzur, 85; Itzhak Elgararat, 68; and ohad yahalomi, 49, hamas said. Abu Obaida, a spokesperson for Hamas’ military wing Al Qassam Brigades, told … Read more

Hamas says Israel evading ceasefire obligations as Netanyahu delays release of 600 Palestinians

The families of some 600 prisoners remain in limbo after Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Saturday that he would delay their release, a decision that violated the exchange terms of the ceasefire agreement after Hamas had earlier released six Israeli hostages. Netanyahu cited “Hamas’s repeated violations, including the ceremonies that humiliate our hostages and … Read more

Hostages released by Hamas reunite with their families

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Hostages released by Hamas reunite with their families 00:57 UP NEXT Israeli hostage Hisham al-Sayed transferred to IDF custody 00:19 Hamas hands off second set of hostages to Red Cross hours after first release 00:37 Two hostages released … Read more

Body released by Hamas is Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, family says

Human remains returned by Hamas to Israel on Friday are those of hostage Shiri Bibas, her family said Saturday, two days after the Palestinian militant group returned the wrong body. “Last night, our Shiri was returned home,” the Bibas family said in a statement Saturday local time through the Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters, … Read more

Hamas plans to release six hostages in the final handover of the peace deal’s first phase

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Hamas plans to release six hostages in the final handover of the peace deal’s first phase 04:34 UP NEXT ‘We’re securing this for America’: Entrepreneur Reid Rasner makes $50B offer to buy TikTok 06:49 Can mRNA vaccines help … Read more

BBC pulls Gaza film as it carries out checks over Hamas links

Ian Youngs Culture reporter BBC/Amjad Al Fayoumi/Hoyo Films The BBC has removed a documentary about Gaza from its iPlayer streaming service while it carries out “further due diligence” after discovering its 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official. The broadcaster has been criticised for Gaza: How To Survive A War Zone, which centred … Read more

Hamas will pay ‘full price’ for failing to return Shiri Bibas’ remains, Netanyahu says

Hamas also released the body of 84-year-old Oded Lifshitz on Thursday in a grisly ceremony that saw four black caskets placed on a stage against a backdrop of slogans which said that Israel had killed Shiri Bibas and her sons using “USA bombs.” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the scenes in a post on X … Read more