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This combination of undated photos provided by Hostages Family Forum show Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami, all of whom were abducted and brought to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)

Hamas releases 3 frail-looking Israeli hostages for 183 Palestinian prisoners under Gaza ceasefire

February 8, 2025 at 1:28 p.m.

Hamas-led fighters released three gaunt, frail-looking Israeli hostages and Israel freed nearly 200 Palestinian prisoners Saturday in the latest exchange of a ceasefire agreement that has paused 16 months of...

FILE- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and President Donald Trump stand as they prepare to depart after the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump won’t rule out deploying US troops to support rebuilding Gaza, sees ‘long-term’ US ownership

February 5, 2025 at 8:25 a.m.

President Donald Trump suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanently resettled outside the war-torn territory and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” in redeveloping the area into “the Riviera of...

FILE – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool, File)

Israel’s Netanyahu heads to US to discuss ‘victory over Hamas’ with Trump

February 2, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will discuss “victory over Hamas,” countering Iran and expanding diplomatic relations with Arab countries in his meeting Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Palestinians who have returned walk among the rubble of buildings largely destroyed by Israeli army bombardments in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, after Israel began allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return to the heavily damaged area last Monday.(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Hamas is set to free 3 Israelis and 5 Thais in next hostage release, officials say

January 29, 2025 at 12:47 p.m.

Hamas will release three Israelis, including two women and an 80-year-old man, as well as five Thai nationals during the next hostage release, slated for Thursday, officials from Israel and...

A drone photo shows a car on the road as Palestinians walk through the destruction left by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Rafah, following a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, Gaza Strip on Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Palestinians confront a landscape of destruction in Gaza’s ‘ghost towns’

January 21, 2025 at 7:56 a.m.

Palestinians in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after a ceasefire paused more than 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas.

Relatives and friends of people killed and abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza, take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 15, 2025. (Ohad Zwigenberg/AP)

Gaza ceasefire takes hold after another delay, raising hopes of ending the war and freeing hostages

January 19, 2025 at 8:03 a.m.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.

Mourners wait outside the morgue for the funeral of six Palestinians who were killed during an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday, in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu postpones Cabinet vote on Gaza Strip ceasefire deal

January 16, 2025 at 4:23 p.m.

Israel has delayed a Cabinet vote on the long-awaited ceasefire deal that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages.

Israeli hospital says Benjamin Netanyahu has undergone successful prostate surgery

December 29, 2024 at 2:43 p.m.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent successful surgery Sunday to have his prostate removed, hospital officials said, a procedure that came as he manages multiple crises including the war in...

Relatives and neighbors, two of them holding guns, walk during the funeral procession of a victim of an Israeli strike on a home late Saturday that killed at least eight people, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. Some families in Gaza are armed to protect their homes from thieves in the camps.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 22 as Vatican envoy visits Christians for pre-Christmas Mass

December 22, 2024 at 9:11 a.m.

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday killed at least 22 people, including five children, Palestinian medical officials said, while Gaza’s small Christian community celebrated a pre-Christmas...

Shireen Daifallah, who was displaced with her children from northern Gaza, checks the fire next to their tent at a camp for displaced people in Deir al-Balah. Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

UN halts aid shipments through Gaza’s main crossing after looting. It blames the crisis on Israel

December 1, 2024 at 2:01 p.m.

The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Sunday it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip because of the threat of armed gangs...

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