Hostages

The rubble of destroyed buildings is seen, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, at Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, February 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Middle East

Hamas says talks with US focused on release of American hostage in Gaza

Israeli military vehicles operate in Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Israel, 9 February 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Middle East

Hamas names six hostages it will release on Saturday

A combination image shows a woman holding a cutout picture of British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 14, 2024 (L) and undated handout images of Israeli hostage Doron Steinbrecher (C) and Israeli hostage Romi Gonen (R), who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas. REUTERS/Tomer Appelbaum, Courtesy of Bring Them Home Now/Handout via REUTERS, Gonen Family/Handout via REUTERS
Middle East

Who are the Israeli hostages being released by Hamas on Sunday?

An Israeli military vehicles drives near the border with Gaza, ahead of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Hamas set to release first hostages under Gaza ceasefire deal on Sunday, Israel says

US President-elect Donald Trump. File Photo: Reuters
Hamas-Israel war

Trump warns 'hell to pay' if Gaza hostages not freed before his inauguration

The bodies of the three hostages, Corporal Nik Beizer, Sergeant Ron Sherman and French-Israeli Elia Toledano, were brought back to Israel in December. Photo: Collected
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli army says 'high probability' its air strike caused deaths of 3 Gaza hostages in November

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a state memorial ceremony for Zeev Jabotinsky, founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, August 4, 2024. Naama Grynbaum/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

Biden says Netanyahu not doing enough to secure hostage deal

From left to right: Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin and Ori Danino. Photo: Collected
Hamas-Israel war

Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza, including an Israeli-American

Israelis and hostage families watch a screening of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addresses Congress on a visit to the US, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, at the so-called "Hostages Square", in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 24, 2024. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli forces retrieve bodies of five hostages from Gaza, military says

Andrey Kozlov, a released hostage reacts, after the military said that Israeli forces have rescued four hostages alive from the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, in Ramat Gan, Israel June 8, 2024. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Hamas-Israel war

Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza; Hamas says 210 Palestinians killed in Israeli assault

A woman holds an Israeli flag near the posters of hostages, killed during the deadly October 7 attack by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas or while being held hostage in Gaza, outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem May 23, 2024. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/ File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli army recovers bodies of three hostages in Gaza

Smoke billows after an explosion in northern Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel, May 12, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen/ File photo
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli military says forces seized bodies of three hostages from Gaza

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