US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas was unlikely to release the hostages without a change in circumstances, but declined fully to endorse Israel’s plan to attack and occupy Gaza City.He maintained that securing the hostages was always going to be “very rough to get them,” stressing that Hamas “are not going to […]
JERUSALEM: Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he believed his discussions with US President Trump on Monday would help advance talks on a Gaza hostage release and ceasefire deal that Israeli negotiators resumed in Qatar on Sunday.Israeli negotiators taking part in the talks have clear instructions to achieve a ceasefire agreement under conditions that Israel has […]
Hamas is willing to release the remaining 59 hostages held in Gaza on the condition that Israel agrees to a permanent ceasefire, according to Palestinian officials speaking to the Times of Israel.The announcement comes amid Israel’s intensification of its military operations across the Strip. A senior Palestinian official told the outlet that the group, through […]
Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot Hamas’ armed wing on Saturday released another video of an Israeli hostage, Elkana Bohbot, crying uncontrollably and desperately pleading with the government to help him return to his home from captivity in Gaza, where he was held for 540 days. In over three minutes of video span, Bohbot, who was taken […]
