TEL AVIV (AP) — New footage of six Israeli hostages shows them celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah while being held captive in a tunnel…
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This combination of six undated photos shows hostages, from top left, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, from bottom left, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Carmel Gat, who were held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza. On Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, the Hostages Families Forum announced their deaths while in Hamas captivity. (The Hostages Families Forum via AP)
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — One by one, the soldiers squeezed through a narrow entrance to a tunnel in southern Gaza. Inside a dark hallway, some…
FILE - Hamas militants and Egyptian workers accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) head to Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City to search for the remains of deceased hostages, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
FILE - Hamas militants accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) head to Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City to search for the remains of deceased hostages, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The apparent leader of a failed coup in Benin was on the run and the fate of hostages remained unclear a day after a gro…
A Hamas official says the group is ready to discuss “freezing or storing” its arsenal of weapons as part of its ceasefire with Israel. The comments by Bassem Naim in an interview with The Associated Press offer a possible formula to resolve one of the thorniest issues in the U.S.-brokered agreement. The sides, which agreed to the ceasefire in October, are preparing to move into a second and more complicated phase of the agreement. The deal halted a two-year Israeli offensive in Gaza and lays out a plan for rebuilding the devastated territory. Israel launched the offensive in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack, which Naim called an “act of defense.”
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday in Jerusalem that Israel and Hamas are “very shortly expected…
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar’s prime minister on Saturday said the Gaza ceasefire has reached a “critical moment” as its first phase winds down, w…
JERUSALEM (AP) — There were hundreds, then dozens, and then just a few. Now there’s one Israeli hostage left in Gaza: Ran Gvili.