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Israel says it receives ‘findings’ handed over by Palestinian militants in Gaza

December 2, 2025 at 8:23 a.m.

Israel on Tuesday said it had received “findings” handed over by Palestinian militants in Gaza to the Red Cross. They were believed to be remains of one of the two...

A tent sheltering displaced Palestinians stands atop rubble left by Israeli air and ground operations in Gaza City Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza ministry says

November 29, 2025 at 11:24 a.m.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began.

Palestinians wheel the body of a man killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip to the morgue at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel launches strikes on Gaza, killing 24 in latest test of ceasefire

November 22, 2025 at 11:19 a.m.

Israel’s military on Saturday launched airstrikes against Hamas fighters in Gaza in the latest test of the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10.

Palestinian rescue workers check the scene where an Israeli strike on Tuesday night hit the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Israel’s military carries out strikes in Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens of people

November 19, 2025 at 4:45 p.m.

The Israeli military has carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon, targeting what it claims are Hezbollah weapons storage facilities.

Red Cross convoy carrying the body of a person believed to be a deceased hostage handed over by Palestinians fighters makes its way toward the border crossing with Israel, to be transferred to Israeli authorities, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 69,000, as more bodies are exchanged

November 8, 2025 at 9:29 a.m.

The Palestinian death toll has risen due to bodies being recovered since the ceasefire began on Oct. 10.

Red Cross vehicles carrying the bodies of three people believed to be deceased hostages handed over by Hamas make their way toward the border crossing with Israel, to be transferred to Israeli authorities, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians after Hamas returned the remains of 3 soldiers

November 3, 2025 at 6:52 a.m.

The exchange marked another step forward for the tenuous, U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the two-year war — the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and militant Hamas group.

Palestinian kids look into a Red Cross vehicles carrying the bodies of two people believed to be deceased hostages handed over by Hamas make their way toward the Kissufim border crossing with Israel, to be transferred to Israeli authorities, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Unidentified remains of 3 people transferred to Israel, Red Cross says

October 31, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

The Red Cross said it transferred the unidentified remains of three people to Israel late Friday but they were still being examined and may not be those of missing hostages,...

Palestinians injured in an Israeli army strike are brought to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel’s military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104

October 29, 2025 at 8:29 a.m.

Israel’s military said Wednesday that the ceasefire was back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory that killed 104 people, including 46 children,...

People gather to welcome freed Israeli hostage, Elkana Bohbot, who was recently released from Hamas captivity in Gaza, as he returns home from the hospital to Mevaseret Zion, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

US envoys visit Israel to bolster truce, and Gaza fighters hand over a hostage’s remains

October 20, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff and the U.S. president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were in Israel Monday to shore up the tenuous ceasefire that’s holding in Gaza.

Backdropped by buildings destroyed during Israeli ground and air operations in the northern Gaza Strip, people walk and fish at Zikim Beach, near Ashkelon, in southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Red Cross received the remains of another hostage to be returned to Israel from Gaza

October 17, 2025 at 4:31 p.m.

The Red Cross on Friday received the remains of another hostage to be returned to Israel from Gaza, the Israeli military said, after Hamas worked to shore up a tenuous...

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