Hostages

FILE PHOTO: Palestinian children inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/
Hamas-Israel war

Israel will enter Rafah with or without Gaza hostage deal, Netanyahu says

"The idea that we will stop the war before achieving all its objectives is out of the question," Netanyahu said.

A person attends a protest as people call for the immediate release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Egyptian delegation in Israel for talks on Gaza hostages

FILE PHOTO: Israeli farmer Elad Katzir walks in his field near the border with the southern Gaza Strip, in Nir Oz, Israel January 11, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli troops recover slain Gaza hostage, Egypt to host new truce talks

Palestinians walk past destroyed houses, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip February 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

New Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages talks set for Cairo this weekend

Relatives of Israelis who have been held hostage by Hamas militants since October 7, storm a parliamentary committee session demanding that the lawmakers do more to try to free their loved ones, in Jerusalem January 22, 2024. REUTERS/Steven Scheer
Hamas-Israel war

Relatives of Gaza hostages storm Israeli parliament panel as protests mount

A sign reading "Help, three hostages" in Hebrew, that the Israeli military says was found on a Gaza building where three Israeli hostages had been hiding before they were mistakenly killed by Israeli forces, hangs from a wall, in this screengrab from a video released on December 17, 2023. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli troops killed hostages, mistaking their cries for help as ambush

Israeli soldiers operate near the opening to what Israel's military says is an iron-girded tunnel designed by Hamas to disgorge carloads of Palestinian fighters for a surprise storming of the border. Photo Reuters
Hamas-Israel war

Israel says five Gaza hostages found dead in tunnel

A picture taken from southern Israel on the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing over northern Gaza on December 16, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
Hamas-Israel war

Hostages killed by Israel forces waved white flag, cried for help

Residential buildings, destroyed in Israeli strikes during the conflict, lie in ruin, amid a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Gaza City November 26, 2023. REUTERS/Bassam Masoud
Hamas-Israel war

Bombs are falling on Gaza again. Who are the hostages still remaining in the besieged strip?

An ambulance believed to be carrying hostages released as part of a deal between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, drives near the Israel-Gaza border, in Israel November 26, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Hamas-Israel war

Egypt receives lists for 13 Israelis and 39 Palestinians for release today

Destroyed buildings lay in ruin in Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, during the temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, November 25, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Hamas-Israel war

Hamas delays hostage release, demands aid to northern Gaza

A helicopter carrying hostages released as part of a deal between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas arrives at Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel, November 24, 2023. REUTERS
World+Biz

Israel expects more hostages to be freed, prepares to release Palestinian prisoners

An image grab from a handout video released by the Hamas Media Office shows members of its Al-Qassam Brigades leading hostages over to officials from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on November 24, 2023, ahead of their transfer to Israel. AFP PHOTO / HO / HAMAS MEDIA OFFICE
World+Biz

The psychological effect of being held hostage