Washington — President Trump issued what he called a "last warning" to the terrorist group Hamas Wednesday to release all hostages still held in Gaza, directing a sharply worded message after ...

Israel accused Hamas of rejecting a U.S. proposal to extend phase one of the ceasefire deal. Describing the aid stoppage as "blackmail," Hamas said it was ready to begin talks for the next phase.

By Natan Odenheimer and Aaron Boxerman Reporting from East Jerusalem The moment Ashraf Zughayer, a Hamas leader in Israeli prison, heard in October 2023 that Palestinian militants had taken ...

Hamas has brushed off President Donald Trump’s latest threat and reiterated that it will only free the remaining Israeli hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip CAIRO ...

March 5, 2025 U.S. and Hamas officials have had talks in Qatar about hostages held in the Gaza Strip, according to two Israeli officials, a Western official and a diplomat briefed on the matter ...

Hamas members are “sick and twisted,” in the words of US President Donald Trump. The only option, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly pledged, is to “eliminate” the ...

Six Israeli hostages were released by Hamas on Saturday, amid renewed outrage across Israel after the bodies of two of the youngest hostages were returned earlier this week. Eliya Cohen ...

Each casket was shown with a photo of a body Hamas said it would hand over. Hamas handed over coffins it said contain the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday, including those of the Bibas ...

US President Donald Trump issued what he said was a “last warning” to Hamas to release all of the hostages in Gaza immediately – in a move that came just hours after the White House ...

Hamas said Thursday that it would continue releasing hostages according to the terms of the ceasefire and hostage release deal with Israel, several days after it accused Israel of violating the ...