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Hostage Sudthisak Rinthalak, an agricultural worker from Thailand who was abducted and brought to Gaza in the Hamas attack. File | Photo Credit: AP The remains that militants in Gaza handed to Israel as part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal were those of a Thai agricultural worker, Israeli and Thai officials said…
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Palestinians watch members of the Hamas militant group searching for bodies of the hostages in an area in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israel says the remains of another hostage that Hamas handed over the day before have been identified as Eliyahu Margalit,…
As the Gaza war nears its first anniversary, an Israeli man taken hostage by Hamas on Friday recalled his confinement, saying he heard beatings while in captivity. Shlomi Ziv, 41, was among the four Israeli hostages who were rescued alive from Hamas captivity in June. They were kidnapped from the Nova music festival, a trance…
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This video grab shows Mohammed Abu Selmia, the director of Gaza’s main hospital, who was detained by Israeli forces in November, sitting with his family after his release, along with other detainees, at a hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip on Monday, July 1, 2024. Israel released the director of Gaza’s main hospital on Monday…
Israeli police members stand guard as people protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and to call for the release of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Israel said on Saturday…
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Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza on Monday, advancing in tanks and other armored vehicles on the territory’s main city and freeing a soldier held captive by Hamas militants. The Israeli Prime Minister rejected calls for a ceasefire as airstrikes landed near hospitals where thousands of Palestinians are sheltering beside the wounded. The military…
Hamas has said they are ready for a prisoner swap with Israel. (File) Hamas has demanded Israel to release all Palestinian prisoners from their jails in exchange for the hostages held by them in Gaza. Hostages have very high political currency and had been a major reason for negotiations in the past. Since its October…
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Israel has been carrying out airstrikes at Hamas targets in Gaza Strip New Delhi: The Israeli military has requested Gaza Strip residents to share actionable information about the locations where Hamas has kept Israeli hostages. In a post on X, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) offered money for giving accurate information that could lead to…
Ohad was kidnapped by Hamas operatives on October 7 and taken to Gaza An 8-year-old Israeli boy, believed to be among the 200 Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza, spent his 9th birthday while in captivity. Before turning 9, he had sent a birthday invitation to his friends to celebrate the day with him….
Hamas freed two American hostages on Saturday (File) Jerusalem: Israel on Saturday described as “propaganda” a claim by Hamas that the group had wanted to release two more hostages on humanitarian grounds but that Israel declined to receive them. Abu Ubaida, spokesman for Hamas’ armed wing, said it informed Qatar of the group’s intention to…
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