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All but one of the 13 Israeli hostages released on Friday were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz, an Israeli village close to the Gaza border where Hamas militants took more than 70 people on Oct. 7. Family members said they were thankful that 12 hostages taken from the kibbutz had been returned home to Israel,…
Since talk about a possible prisoner swap to free hostages held in Gaza began circulating weeks ago, Nawaf Salaymeh and his family had been anxiously waiting to hear if his son and two nephews would be among the Palestinian minors who would be released from Israeli detention. “We were so worried about our sons,” said…
A four-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas — the first extended break in almost seven weeks of war — will begin on Thursday morning, officials on both sides said, but a top Israeli official said the exchange of prisoners for hostages will not begin before Friday. The cease-fire was expected to begin at 10 a.m….
The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza has released a list of 6,747 people it said had been killed in Israel’s relentless bombardment of the Palestinian territory in retaliation for the Hamas-led raid on Oct. 7 that killed more than 1,400 people in Israel. The release of the document on Thursday evening served as a sharp…
