A group of families of Israeli hostages said Tuesday at a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, that their government should strive to achieve an agreement in which all 100 captives remaining in Gaza are freed, not just a few.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was given special leave Monday to delay his testimony Tuesday in his trial because of special circumstances — leading to speculation about a strike on Iran, or a hostage deal with Hamas.
On Friday’s broadcast of “NBC Nightly News,” NBC News Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell said that there is increased optimism for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza “because Hamas has
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” Yarden Gonen, the sister of Hamas hostage Romi Gonen, stated that she feels the likelihood of saving the hostages has increased recently and “Since President-Elect Trump was [elected],
President Joe Biden commuted the federal prison sentence Thursday of Mofid Abdel Kader Meshal (or Mufid Abdulqader), the half-brother of billionaire Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, who had served 16 of his 20 years.
WASHINGTON, DC – Family members of several hostages of Hamas expressed hope that President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming presidency and recent developments in the Middle East conflict can help secure the release of their loved ones and the many other hostages.
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed Thursday that there had been progress in hostage talks with Hamas after the Palestinian terrorist organization gave in on several key demands.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Thursday in Aqaba, Jordan, that an American citizen had been found in Syria and that the Biden-Harris administration was working to bring him home.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby reacted to President-Elect Donald Trump’s threat of “hell to pay” for Hamas if they don’t release their hostages by stating that he’s
Hamas is reportedly telling other Palestinian terrorist groups to identify all Israeli hostages in their hands, in the first sign of real movement toward a hostage deal in months.
President-elect Donald Trump told Qatar that he wants a deal to release all 100 remaining Israeli hostages by the time he is inaugurated on January 20, 2025, according to Qatari prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday for his statement on Monday warning Hamas of severe consequences if it does not free its remaining hostages by the time he takes office.
President Donald Trump reiterated a promise Monday to punish Hamas and its sponsors severely if it does not release the 101 Israeli hostages, including several Americans, by the time he is inaugurated on January 20, 2025.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declared Monday that American-Israeli hostage Omer Neutra, who was thought to have been taken alive to Gaza, was in fact killed during the October 7 terror attack and his body abducted by Hamas.
A staffer of New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams, whose job description includes bridging “cultural divides,” was caught on camera ripping down posters of Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas terrorists — and only received a slap on the wrist for it.
The evident intent by Hamas is to pressure Trump in the same way that it sought to pressure President Joe Biden, using the plight of the hostages
Freed Israeli hostage Mia Schem (or Shem) announced her engagement on Thursday, a milestone celebrated around the world as an example of resilience after a brutal experience of terror and torture.
Families of the seven American citizens who are still hostage in Gaza — four still thought to be alive — used the Thanksgiving holiday to urge the White House, and President-elect Donald Trump, to bring their loved ones home.
Hamas, the Iran-backed terrorist organization that started the ongoing war in the Middle East on October 7, 2023, and still holds 101 Israeli hostages, said Wednesday that it also wants a ceasefire, as a deal in Lebanon took effect.
Some evacuees are eager to return home. There are communities like Nirim, next door to Nir Oz, that are rebuilding. But B.J. and Dorine do not think they will return.
If they go back to kibbutz life, it will be elsewhere — far from Gaza.
Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen seizing the car carrier MV Galaxy Leader and taking its crew hostage.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise visit Tuesday to central Gaza to send a message: that Hamas will not return to power in the territory, and that there will be a heavy price to pay for any harm to hostages.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, an Iranian-backed terrorist organization in Gaza, released a video Wednesday of Russian-Israeli hostage Sasha Trufanov, 29, apparently in an effort to pressure Israel to stop trying to rescue the hostages.
Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and musician John Ondrasik performed at a pro-Israel event at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, on Monday — defying the anti-Israel protest that has rocked the Ivy League campus.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is offering millions of dollars, plus safe passage out of Gaza, for any Palestinians who free Israeli hostages that they are holding captive.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the target of an investigation into alleged leaks regarding hostage negotiations, according to court documents unsealed in Israel on Friday.
The daughter of a California man abducted by Iran and executed on Monday condemned the Biden-Harris administration.
Grammy-nominated musician John Ondrasik, also known as “Five for Fighting,” released a new song on Tuesday, “Song for the Hostages,” and launched a yellow ribbon campaign to renew awareness about the 101 Israelis still in captivity.
Israel officially observed the anniversary of the October 7, 2023, terror attacks on Sunday, October 27 — in accord with the Hebrew calendar — as it achieved success on every front in the subsequent war except one: the hostages.
Hamas’s slain leader and October 7 massacre mastermind Yahya Sinwar reportedly urged his negotiators to reject a hostage deal, pointing to the Biden-Harris administration’s increasing pressure on Israel over Gaza as strengthening his terror group’s position while undermining the Jewish state’s.
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Hamas rejected a hostage deal in which its leaders would have been offered safe passage out of Gaza in return for the release of all 101 of the remaining Israeli hostages in captivity.
Iranian authorities unveiled a horrific mural in Tehran featuring blood-splattered photos of the Israeli civilians abducted by Hamas.
Israel reiterated a new offer Monday made last week by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week: Hamas terrorists who release their Israeli hostages will be allowed to live; those who do not will be hunted down and killed.
“No place on earth” is safe for Hamas leaders — “not even their jacuzzi in Qatar,” according to an Israeli official, who said the collapse of Hamas’ leadership following Yahya Sinwar’s death has created a “real opportunity” to free hostages, as he slammed skeptics of Israel’s military strategy, saying they can now see how terrorist groups can be annihilated, much like the West defeated tyranny in World War II.
The U.S., Israel, and the world are “better” and “safer” without Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, according to Israeli Knesset Member Simcha Rothman who criticized the Biden-Harris administration for delaying Israel’s entry into Rafah, arguing that if the terror chief had been eliminated five months earlier, the suffering in Gaza could have been reduced and hostages might already be home, as he urged for a greater respect toward Israel’s strategy.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday evening that Hamas terrorists who freed Israeli hostages would be allowed to live, but that those who sought to harm them would be hunted down and killed. He added that the war in Gaza would end if the hostages were freed and Hamas terrorists laid down their weapons.
Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant had a clear message on Thursday for Hamas terrorists in the wake of the killing of their leader, Yayha Sinwar: release the hostages, lay down your arms, come out into the open, and surrender.
American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was found dead in August along with five other hostages in a tunnel in Gaza, was likely one of the hostages Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar had kept as human shields, Israel’s Army Radio reported Thursday.
The official daily newspaper of the Palestinian Authority, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, recently published a column urging Hamas to release all of its Israeli hostages unconditionally as a way to bring fighting in Gaza and Lebanon to an end.
On Monday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) stated that “We were misled” early into the conflict about Hamas’ willingness to negotiate, because “they seemed like they could negotiate,” “But they don’t care. They do not
