Hostages

Israeli security forces stand next to ambulances on stand by outside the helipad of Tel Aviv’s Schneider medical centre, amid preparations for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners later in the day. AFP
Hamas-Israel war

4-day truce begins; Israeli hostages handed over at border: Egyptian sources

The Gaza Strip endures night of intensified bombardment from “air, land, and sea” ahead of start of Qatar-mediated truce, UN says

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, during his visit to Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool
Hamas-Israel war

Blinken urges humanitarian pause; Netanyahu tells him not without hostages' release

Varda Ben Baruch, the grandmother of Edan Alexander, 19, an Israeli army volunteer kidnapped by Hamas, attends a special Kabbalat Shabbat ceremony with families of other hostages, in Herzliya, Israel October 27, 2023. Photo Reuters
World+Biz

'Anxiety' racks Israeli hostage families as army assaults Gaza

From left to right: Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Putin's Special Envoy to the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov, and Hamas head of international relations Mousa Abu Marzouk, during a trilateral meeting in Moscow on October 26, 2023. Photo Times of Israel (Hamas Telegram channel)
World+Biz

Hamas says trying to find 8 Russian-Israeli hostages to free them – Reports