Israel
15 Feb
Gaza militants are due to release three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for 369 Palestinians in Israeli custody, the sixth swap of a truce that came close to collapse this week. Israel and Hamas have traded accusations of violating the January 19 ceasefire, with the Palestinian group saying it would pause releases and Israel…
14 Feb
The government of Israel on Friday, pledged to deepen collaboration with Nigeria in advancing healthcare services in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, disclosed this in Abuja, against the backdrop of the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary symposium. The theme of the symposium is: “Bridging the gap in Hepato-pancreatic-biliary surgery…
14 Feb
A freed Israeli hostage said Friday that Hamas militants starved and tortured him during captivity, as the Red Cross expressed concern over the condition of those still held in Gaza. Hamas is set to release three more captives on Saturday in the sixth hostage-prisoner swap under a ceasefire deal with Israel. "When I was in…
14 Feb
The International Committee of the Red Cross, which has facilitated the ongoing hostage-prisoner swaps between Israel and Hamas
13 Feb
Hamas said Thursday it was committed to honouring a truce with Israel that is facing its worst crisis since it took effect
12 Feb
The wife of Elkana Bohbot, a Colombian-Israeli man being held hostage by Hamas, said Wednesday she had received proof he was alive and denounced the "terrible" conditions in which he was being held. In an interview with Colombia's Blu Radio, Rebecca Gonzalez said that she received news of her husband from Ohad Ben Ami, one…
12 Feb
Hamas said Wednesday it would not bow down to threats from Israel and the United States, which demanded the militant group release hostages this weekend or face a return to war in Gaza. Mediators Qatar and Egypt were pushing to salvage the ceasefire agreement, a Palestinian source and a diplomat familiar with the talks told…
12 Feb
Two workers in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have been sacked after saying they would not treat Israeli patients. They said they would rather kill them in a video shared on social media. The video, uploaded to TikTok on Wednesday, showed the exchange between a man and a woman in NSW Health…
8 Feb
Fakhri Barghouti grimaced in pain as an exultant crowd lifted him onto their shoulders next to his son Shadi, released from an Israeli jail on Saturday under a Gaza ceasefire deal. Though Barghouti, 71, shed tears of joy at seeing his son, he was also in physical pain. The night before, Israeli forces stormed his…
8 Feb
Horror swept through the crowd of onlookers in Tel Aviv's "Hostage Square" on Saturday as the three emaciated faces of hostages freed by Hamas in Gaza appeared on screen. Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy appeared to the crowds of supporters, on the huge display in the square, flanked by Hamas fighters during…
7 Feb
Israeli hostage Yarden Bibas, who was freed last week by Hamas militants in Gaza, on Friday urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring back his wife and two children from the Palestinian territory. "Prime Minister Netanyahu, I'm now addressing you with my own words... bring my family back, bring my friends back, bring everyone…
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