Middle East latest: Hamas frees 3 hostages, Israel releases ...
1 day ago · Hamas freed three hostages in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners in the fourth round of exchanges during the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.. The six-week phase one truce calls for the release of 33 hostages and nearly 2,000 prisoners, as well as the return of Palestinians to northern Gaza and an increase in humanitarian aid to the ...
Israel and Hamas Exchange 3 Hostages and More Than 180 …
21 hours ago · Under the deal, Hamas pledged to free at least 33 of the 97 remaining hostages over the first six weeks, in exchange for more than 1,500 Palestinians jailed by Israel. More than 30 of the ...
Three hostages released by Hamas, including Israeli American …
1 day ago · Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed the return of Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon and Keith Siegel back to Israel, after the trio were released by Hamas earlier today.
What’s in the Hamas-Israel ceasefire and hostage release deal
Jan 15, 2025 · The first phase of the deal reached between Hamas and Israel on Wednesday includes a pause in the war and the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli ...
What is Hamas and why is it fighting with Israel in Gaza? - BBC
Oct 7, 2023 · Hamas is a Palestinian armed group and political movement in the Gaza Strip. On 7 October 2023 it attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. This...
Israel-Hamas War | Explanation, Summary, Casualties, & Map
The Israel-Hamas War is the war between Israel and Palestinian militants, especially Hamas, that began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an assault on Israel that killed more than 1,200 people in Israel.
What We Know About the War Between Israel and Hamas
Nov 20, 2023 · On Oct. 7, Hamas led a surprise attack on towns, a music festival, army bases and other locations in Israel, killing roughly 1,200 people and taking about 240 hostages, including children,...
Israel is at war with Hamas. Here’s what to know | CNN
Oct 16, 2023 · Israel and Hamas are at war, after the Palestinian militant group launched surprise cross-border raids from Gaza on October 7, killing more than 1,400 people and taking hostages. In response,...
What happened in Israel? A breakdown of how Hamas attack …
Oct 7, 2023 · A surprise attack by Palestinian group Hamas on Israel – combining gunmen breaching security barriers and a barrage of rockets fired from Gaza – was launched at dawn during the Jewish holiday...
Why the Palestinian group Hamas launched an attack on Israel?
Oct 7, 2023 · Early on Saturday morning, the Palestinian armed group Hamas launched “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” against Israel in the most serious escalation since their 11-day war in 2021. Hamas said it...