Israel’s latest attacks on Hamas have been described as an attempt to pressure the terrorist organization to release its remaining hostages. But it may also have the broader goal of implementing U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a video on Tuesday evening explaining why Israel had returned to war against Hamas in Gaza after the Palestinian terrorist organization refused a new ceasefire deal.
Israel consulted with President Donald Trump’s administration before renewing its attack on Hamas in Gaza, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Monday night.
On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Sabrina Singh, who served as Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary during the Biden administration, stated that “we need Hamas to get back to the table so that a ceasefire can continue” and release more
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to a question on whether Israel’s strikes in Gaza are the start of President Donald Trump keeping the promise to punish Hamas if they
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) resumed attacks on Hamas in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday local time, after the terror group refused repeated attempts to extend a ceasefire and release all of its remaining Israeli and American hostages.
The Palestinian terrorist organization known as Hamas offered Friday to release one living American hostage and the bodies of four dead American hostages while retaining about 55 Israeli hostages, in response to American proposals.
The Hamas terrorist organization said Friday it will release a U.S.-Israeli dual national, believed to be the last living American hostage held in Gaza. The bodies of four dual-nationals who had died in brutal captivity will also be handed over.
The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen issued a warning to international shipping companies on Wednesday that they intend to resume missile and drone attacks against “any Israeli vessel” passing through the Red Sea. The Houthis suspended their attacks in January after Israel announced a ceasefire in Gaza.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher agreed that President Donald Trump has been far more aggressive on getting hostages in Gaza freed than it appeared that the Biden administration was. ABC’s “The View” co-host and CNN
President Donald Trump met with eight freed Israeli and American-Israeli hostages in the Oval Office on Wednesday, saying he was deeply moved by the experience and vowing to punish Hamas and Gaza generally if all are not released.
President Donald Trump has decided to bypass Egypt and Qatar as middlemen, and negotiate directly with Hamas for the release of the remaining hostages, breaking a taboo against negotiating with terrorists in order to achieve a result.
President Donald Trump mentioned the hostages in Gaza, however briefly, in his address to a special joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that Israel will be halting all movement of goods into Gaza, following Hamas’s apparent rejection of a ceasefire proposal suggested by President Donald Trump’s envoy.
Israel accepted a new proposal by the Trump administration on Saturday night, under which all of the 63 remaining hostages would be released over the course of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, en route to a permanent ceasefire.
Freed Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi has described the conditions in which he was held by Hamas in Gaza, including torture and starvation that caused him to lose 40% of his body weight until he was released earlier this month.
The first phase of a ceasefire deal between Israel and the Hamas was completed early Thursday when the Palestinian terrorist group handed over four corpses belonging to hostages whom it murdered on October 7 and afterwards.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has halted the release of 602 Palestinian terrorists in return for Israeli hostages because of the morbid ceremonies in which Hamas makes hostages participate before they are freed.
One police officer was killed and two others injured by a gunman who allegedly took ICU staff hostage Saturday at York, Pennsylvania’s UPMC Memorial Hospital.
Palestinian terrorists freed the final six living hostages set to be released in phase one of the ongoing ceasefire deal, while forcing two other Israeli hostages to watch the macabre release ceremony in Gaza in an attempt to taunt Israel.
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” United States Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler stated that “our main focus is the release of all living hostages.” And Hamas needs to release American hostage Edan Alexander as well as the four American bodies they
On Friday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Brian Kilmeade Show,” President Donald Trump said that he’s okay with whatever decision Israel makes regarding hostages and the ceasefire and also stated that he thinks that the remaining hostages are in even
Gazan culture, as seen in the celebrations of murdered Israeli infants, is “evil,” according to Senator Tom Cotton, who backed President Donald Trump’s stance that Gaza can no longer be accepted as a Palestinian entity.
The grotesque ceremony Thursday in which Hamas terrorists paraded the coffins of four dead Israeli civilian hostages before a jeering crowd was the best argument for President Donald Trump’s plan to move Palestinians out of Gaza.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” United States Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler stated that Hamas failing to turn over the body of hostage Shiri Bibas is a “clear violation” of the ceasefire and advised Hamas to release Bibas’ body and
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Thursday that the two Bibas children — Ariel, 5, and Kfir, 2 — whose corpses were handed over by Hamas were “brutally murdered,” not killed by an Israeli airstrike, as the terror group claimed.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Thursday that one of the four hostage corpses handed over by Hamas as part of the ceasefire deal was not, in fact, the right person.
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan called for the full eradication of the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas and the transformation of Gaza.
The United Nations – whose employees participated in the October 7, 2023, massacre of civilians in Israel – condemned the jihadist terrorist organization Hamas for staging a parade of coffins, including a child and infant, on Thursday prior to handing their bodies over to Israel.
The International Committee of the Red Cross participated Thursday in the gruesome handover ceremony of four bodies of Israeli hostages who were abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and died in captivity in Gaza.
Israelis are mourning Thursday as the bodies of four hostages — including an elderly man and two small children — were returned in locked coffins, following a gruesome handover ceremony by Palestinian Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
The iconic Bibas children — Ariel, 5, and Kfir, 2 — and their mother, Shiri, have been confirmed as being among the four dead hostages to be returned Thursday to Israel under the ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Their father, Yarden, was released alive several weeks ago, and did not know the fate of his wife or their two children.
Palestinians are reportedly outraged by the habit Hamas has developed of presenting its hostages with gift bags upon their release.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that Hamas has agreed to release the six remaining live hostages on Saturday from the first phase of the ceasefire agreement — and four dead hostages on Thursday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would “finish the job” of ending the threat of a nuclear Iran, as he stood next to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first visit to the Middle East in his new role.
President Donald Trump said the three hostages Hamas released on Saturday appear “to be in good shape” and reaffirmed his support for Israel.
Keith Siegel, 65, an American and Israeli citizen who was released from Hamas captivity in Gaza two weeks ago, released a video on Friday thanking President Donald Trump and urging him to bring other hostages home.
Future plans for Gaza can only be implemented after Hamas’ defeat, according to Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, who praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for the United States to take control of the coastal enclave, resettle its population, and rebuild it into a thriving economic hub; calling it a “bold,” “outside the box” and “credible” shift away from past failed peace strategies.
Israel reiterated Thursday that it would end the current ceasefire and return to war in Gaza if Hamas did not release “hostages” by noon on Saturday — but it appeared to back away from a threat to act if “all” hostages are not released.
The Hamas terrorist group said Thursday it would reverse its previous threat of non-compliance and will now continue freeing Israeli hostages as set out in the Gaza agreement.
