Hamas gave body of 'Gazan woman' not hostage Shiri Bibas: Netanyahu
Hamas gave body of 'Gazan woman' not hostage Shiri Bibas: Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Hamas had handed over the body of a Gazan woman the day before and not that of hostage Shiri Bibas as agreed in the truce deal. In an unimaginably cynical manner, they did not return Shiri to her small children, the little angels, and...

Body returned from Gaza is not Shiri Bibas, Israeli military says
Body returned from Gaza is not Shiri Bibas, Israeli military says

The Israeli military has confirmed that one of four bodies returned from Gaza on Thursday is not that of Shiri Bibas, as previously claimed by Hamas. This update was reported by BBC, CNN, and other global outlets. The tragic news that Shiri Bibas, 33, and her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, were...

Hamas, Israel agree return of six hostages, bodies held in Gaza
Hamas, Israel agree return of six hostages, bodies held in Gaza

Hamas and Israel announced a deal Tuesday for the release of six living hostages from Gaza and the return of four captives bodies -- including, the militants said, the remains of two young boys seen as national symbols back home, reports AP. The family of hostages Shiri Bibas and her sons Ariel...

Hamas-Islamic Jihad condemn Israeli raid on Palestinian detainees
Hamas-Islamic Jihad condemn Israeli raid on Palestinian detainees

Palestine resistance movements -- Hamas and Islamic Jihad have condemned in the strongest terms a raid by special Israeli prison units on a section of Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, and their assault against Palestinian detainees as a criminal act reflecting the Tel Aviv...

Hamas must be eradicated, says US State Secy Rubio
Hamas must be eradicated, says US State Secy Rubio

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday fully endorsed Israels war aims in the Gaza Strip, saying Hamas must be eradicated and throwing the shaky ceasefire into further doubt. Rubio met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem at the start of a regional tour, where he is...

Hamas releases three Israeli captives for 369 Palestinians
Hamas releases three Israeli captives for 369 Palestinians

Hamas have handed three Israeli captives over to the Red Cross in an exchange for 369 Palestinians to be released later in the latest such swap under an ongoing truce deal. The resistance movement fighters on Saturday paraded the captives onto a stage in Gazas southern city of Khan Yunis, where...

Hamas announces to release more Israeli hostages
Hamas announces to release more Israeli hostages

Hamas announced to release the next group of Israeli hostages as planned, apparently resolving a major dispute that threatened the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The militant group said Egyptian and Qatari mediators have affirmed that they will work to remove all hurdles, and that it would...

Hamas ‘won’t accept language of American and Israeli threats’
Hamas ‘won’t accept language of American and Israeli threats’

Hamas says it will not accept threats from the United States and Israel over a continuing ceasefire in Gaza, amid an impasse between the parties over the implementation of the ceasefire deal, reports Al Jazeera. Our position is clear, and we will not accept the language of American and Israeli...

Trump warning 'further complicates' Gaza truce: Hamas
Trump warning 'further complicates' Gaza truce: Hamas

US President Donald Trumps warning for the group to immediately release allIsraeli hostages further complicates matters relating to the fragile Gazatruce, said a senior Hamas leader said on Tuesday. Trump must remember that there is an agreement that must be respected byboth parties and this is...

Gaza truce under strain after Trump warning
Gaza truce under strain after Trump warning

The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel appeared increasingly fragile Tuesday after US President Donald Trump warned all hell would break loose unless Hamas releases every Israeli hostage by the weekend, reports BSS. The truce, in place since January 19, largely halted more than 15 months of...

Fear in Gaza as Hamas suspends captives release
Fear in Gaza as Hamas suspends captives release

The announcement made by the spokesperson of the military wing of Hamas has triggered a huge wave of fear among Palestinians regarding the sustainability of the ceasefire deal, reports Al Jazeera. Israel has not comprehensively adhered to the terms of the agreement. Palestinians said the number...

Hamas to halt hostage releases, jeopardizing Gaza ceasefire
Hamas to halt hostage releases, jeopardizing Gaza ceasefire

Hamas on Monday announced it would stop releasing Israeli hostages until further notice over what the Palestinian militant group called Israeli violations of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, raising the risk of reigniting the conflict. Hamas was to release more Israeli hostages on Saturday in...

Hamas, Israel to begin fifth hostage-prisoner exchange
Hamas, Israel to begin fifth hostage-prisoner exchange

Hamas is set to release three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for 183 prisoners held by Israel in the fifth exchange of a fragile Gaza ceasefire, reports BSS. The exchange comes despite uproar in the region over a proposal by US President Donald Trump to clear out the Gaza Strip of its...

Malaysia says 'strongly opposes' any plan to forcibly resettle Gazans
Malaysia says 'strongly opposes' any plan to forcibly resettle Gazans

Malaysia said Thursday it strongly opposes any plan to forcibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza, after President Donald Trump floated a stunning proposal for the United States to take over the war-shattered enclave. Trump said Tuesday the United States would rebuild the Gaza Strip and turn it...

Israel to free 183 Palestinians as 3 captives due for release in Gaza
Israel to free 183 Palestinians as 3 captives due for release in Gaza

Hamas and Israel are scheduled to conduct the next exchange of Israeli captives for Palestinian prisoners on Saturday. The three Israeli captives are: Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel, who also holds US citizenship, and Ofer Kalderon, who also has French nationality. Israel will then release 183...

Hamas hails historic return of Palestinians to north Gaza
Hamas hails historic return of Palestinians to north Gaza

Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have begun returning to the northern part of the war-wracked Gaza Strip after a deal was reached between Hamas and Israel over exchange of Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners, Press TV reported. It was announced that Hamas has agreed to...

Dozens killed, hurt as Israeli forces shoot at civilians in Lebanon
Dozens killed, hurt as Israeli forces shoot at civilians in Lebanon

Israeli forces have opened fire at the Lebanese people returning to their homes in the countrys southern towns, killing at least three civilians and wounding 44 others, Press TV reported. Lebanons Public Health Ministry released the figures on Sunday. Lebanons al-Mayadeen television channel...

Hamas frees four Israeli hostages
Hamas frees four Israeli hostages

Palestine resistance movement Hamas on Saturday handed over to the Red Cross four Israeli women hostages under a truce deal in the Gaza war that is also expected to see a second group of Palestinian prisoners freed. An AFP journalist witnessed the handover after the four were presented on a...

Hamas set to release four Israeli soldier hostages in second swap
Hamas set to release four Israeli soldier hostages in second swap

The Palestinian militant movement Hamas is expected to release four female Israeli soldiers on Saturday in exchange for a group of Palestinian prisoners under a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the 15-month-old war in Gaza. The four soldiers - Karina Ariev, Daniela Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri...

Putin commends Egypt’s role in mediating Israel-Hamas deal
Putin commends Egypt’s role in mediating Israel-Hamas deal

During a phone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Russian President Vladimir Putin commended mediation efforts by Egypt and other countries that paved the way to a deal between Israel and Hamas, the Kremlin press service said. The leaders of Russia and Egypt have...

Hamas will defeat Israel in West Bank: Official
Hamas will defeat Israel in West Bank: Official

Zaher Jabarin, chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau in the West Bank said that the Palestinian resistance movement will defeat Israel in the occupied West Bank as it did in the besieged Gaza Strip. He on Tuesday was reacting to the recent Israeli raids across the West Bank. We are facing an...

Israeli raid kills 9 on Jenin; Hamas calls for 'mobilization'
Israeli raid kills 9 on Jenin; Hamas calls for 'mobilization'

Israeli forces have killed at least eight Palestinians and injured 35 others in an attack on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, prompting Hamas to call for full mobilization of Palestinian youths against the occupation forces, Press TV reported. Israeli forces backed by helicopters, raided...

Hamas calls for ‘escalation of resistance’ to West Bank settler violence
Hamas calls for ‘escalation of resistance’ to West Bank settler violence

In a statement, Hamas has condemned the latest Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank towns of Jinsafut and Funduq and called for an escalation of resistance in all its forms to counter the violence. The escalation of settler terrorism underscores the urgent need for our heroic people...

Next hostages will be released on Saturday as scheduled: Hamas
Next hostages will be released on Saturday as scheduled: Hamas

Hamas said on Monday it would next release hostages held in Gaza on Saturday, after an official with the Palestinian militant group had said they would be released a day later than expected. Hamas is set to release the more than 90 hostages over the coming weeks as part of a complex ceasefire...

Gaza ceasefire: Israel frees 90 Palestinian prisoners
Gaza ceasefire: Israel frees 90 Palestinian prisoners

Israel has freed 90 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. The release came early Monday, more than seven hours after three Israeli hostages released from Hamas captivity in Gaza returned to Israel, reports AP. A large bus carrying dozens of Palestinian detainees exited the gates of Israels...

Israel-Hamas ceasefire takes effect
Israel-Hamas ceasefire takes effect

A ceasefire deal agreed between Israel and Hamas has gone into effect after a nearly three-hour delay during which Israeli attacks killed at least 19 Palestinians, Al Jazeera, Times of Israel and Press TV reported. The deal stipulates a pause in fighting and the release of three Israeli captives...

Israel obtains names of captives to be released: Reports
Israel obtains names of captives to be released: Reports

Israeli media reports are now saying that Israel has received the names of the captives that will be released on the first day of the ceasefire. The mechanism of this is that Hamas informs Qatar, the mediator, and then Qatar informs Israel. It looks like this has now been done. These are...

Hamas set to release first hostages under Gaza ceasefire deal: Israel
Hamas set to release first hostages under Gaza ceasefire deal: Israel

The Palestinian group Hamas is expected to release the first hostages under a Gaza ceasefire deal on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus office said on Friday, after 15 months of war that demolished the enclave. If successful, the ceasefire would halt fighting that has razed much of...