Hamas on Saturday released three Israeli hostages, Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel Chen, Alexander (Sasha) Troufanov, after 498 days in captivity. The Israel Defence Forces have posted a video on X, showing family's reaction.
The three hostages, Eli Sharabi, 52; Ohad Ben Ami, 56; and Or Levy, 34, who were in Hamas' captivity, were handed over to the Red Cross on Saturday. This was the fifth swap of hostages for prisoners since the ceasefire began on January 19.
A report makes shocking revelation that Hamas has tortured its own members for allegedly indulging in same-sex relations. The charges against them included flirting with girls without a legal relationship, homosexual conversations, and sodomy.
As part of the fourth round of hostage releases agreed upon in the Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel on Saturday began freeing Palestinian prisoners. This comes after Hamas released two hostages, Yarden Bibas and French-Israeli Ofer Kalderon.
In the latest development in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Hamas militants released eight hostages. Earlier in the day, Hamas handed over Israeli soldier Agam Berger, 20 to the Red Cross. The latest development facilitates the release of another 110 Palestinian prisoners by Israel.
Gaza ceasefire update: As the four released Israeli soldiers reunited with their family members after more than a year in Hamas' captivity, emotional scenes unfolded. Excitement was natural in Israel, with Israeli media showing interviews of friends and families of those released.
Israel on Saturday denied to allow the return of Palestinian to northern Gaza as it seeks Hamas to release Arbel Yehoud, is freed. The development comes after Hamas released four Israeli soldiers after parading them in front of a huge crowd.
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Israel is witnessing massive protests and a general strike after the deaths of six Israeli hostages as pressure builds on Netanyahu over a ceasefire deal. US President Joe Biden has said the Israeli PM is not doing enough to secure a ceasefire and hostage deal.
Some of the hostage-takers were convicted of terrorism charges and were allegedly linked to ISIS, which took responsibility for the Moscow concert hall attack that killed 145 people in March. They wanted to negotiate their free passage out of the prison, but were eliminated by the Russian forces.
Negotiators from the US, Egypt and Qatar are working on a framework deal under which Hamas would free some of the dozens of hostages it holds, in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners and a six-week halt in fighting.
Israel-Hamas war: Sitting in the middle, one of the hostages speaks to the camera, saying he and other elderly hostages who have health issues are "suffering greatly in very harsh conditions."
The 193-member UN General Assembly adopted the draft resolution, introduced by Egypt, at an Emergency Special Session here. The resolution was adopted with 153 votes in favour, while 23 nations abstained and 10 voted against the text.
The Israeli military initially did not acknowledge her death but after the video was released, it said Hamas “continues to exploit psychological terrorism and act inhumanely, through videos and photos of the hostages.”
In a statement likely given under duress, the Israeli woman soldier said Israeli strikes were hitting near where she was being held and called on Israel to halt them.
Security analysts said the chain of events, which took place three weeks after the slaying of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was a “systematic and planned” attack that had shown the state was ineffective in preventing violence.
Dhaka: The hostages were given a test: recite verses from the Quran, or be punished, according to a witness. Those who passed were allowed to eat. Those who failed were tortured and slain. The dramatic,
Tokyo: A sunset deadline was approaching on Thursday in the Middle East for Jordan to release an Iraqi prisoner or face the death of a captured Jordanian air force pilot, according to the latest threat
London: Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida sought US and French help to secure the release of two Japanese men held by the Islamic State (IS) militants.Kishida Tuesday called on his US and French counterparts over
Raipur, May 3: After 12 days in captivity, Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon was today released unharmed by Maoists bringing to an end the hostage crisis in Chattisgarh marked by some anxious moments just before
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