Israel
4 Feb
A gunman attacked an Israeli military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, fatally wounding two soldiers before troops shot him
4 Feb
Israel said it was sending a team to negotiate the next phase in its fragile ceasefire with Hamas, signalling possible progress ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Netanyahu will be the first foreign leader to meet Trump in the White House since his return to power last…
1 Feb
Israel on Saturday demanded information from mediators who brokered the ceasefire in Gaza about the fate of three family members of freed hostage Yarden Bibas. "Yarden has returned home. But his wife Shiri and his children Ariel and Kfir have not. We have been searching for them for a long time, tracking their traces and…
1 Feb
The decision by warring parties in Gaza - Israel and Hamas - to cease hostilities is a welcome development that was long overdue, given the carnage, death and monumental destruction it had brought on Palestinians in the last 460 days of the deadly conflict.
29 Jan
Israel said on Wednesday that 11 more hostages held in Gaza, including five Thais, would be freed over two days this week as part of a fragile Gaza ceasefire. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said it had received a list from Hamas of eight hostages to be freed on Thursday, including the Thais, and another…
28 Jan
US President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated his desire to move Palestinians from Gaza to "safer" locations such as Egypt or Jordan, and said he would meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington "very soon."
28 Jan
Thousands of displaced Palestinians were returning to the north of war-ravaged Gaza after Israel and Hamas reached a deal for the release of another six hostages.
25 Jan
Israeli authorities released on Saturday 200 inmates, nearly all Palestinian, in exchange for four Israeli women soldiers held hostage
25 Jan
Bulgaria on Saturday welcomed with "great relief" the release of Israeli-Bulgarian hostage Daniella Gilboa from captivity by Hamas militants
25 Jan
The Adamawa State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board has officially flagged off the 2024 pilgrimage for 180 Batch A Christian pilgrims set to visit Jordan and Israel. The pilgrims will spend three days in Jordan before proceeding to Israel for six days. The orientation and farewell service, held on Friday at the E.Y.N Church, State Low-Cost,…
22 Jan
After more than a year hiding in tunnels and dodging air strikes, uniformed Hamas fighters returned to the ruined streets of Gaza hours into a ceasefire, defying Israel's vow to crush them. With the world watching on Sunday as Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, dozens of balaclava-wearing fighters in the…
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