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Hamas Returns Body of Last American Hostage in Gaza

Itay Chen, 19, was killed fighting in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023

(Newser) - Hamas has returned the body of the last deceased American hostage in Gaza, 19-year-old Israeli-American soldier Itay Chen, bringing a measure of closure to families whose relatives were seized during the group's Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Chen, who also held German citizenship, was killed fighting alongside his...

After 'Frantic' Search, Ex-Israeli Military Lawyer Arrested

Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi is accused of leaking video showing abuse of Palestinian detainee

(Newser) - Israel has arrested Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the nation's former top military lawyer, after she admitted to leaking footage showing Israeli soldiers sexually abusing a Gaza detainee at the Sde Teiman detention center. Tomer-Yerushalmi, who resigned Friday as military advocate general, said she released the video to counter "...

Experts: Gaza Is in the Midst of an 'Ecocide'

Toxic waste, rubble, pollution, and disease reshape daily life amid Israel-Hamas war

(Newser) - Gaza's environmental crisis is deepening at a pace that experts now describe as "above imagination," with a new report highlighting catastrophic pollution, collapsing infrastructure, and rising health threats after years of war. The Arava Institute, an Israeli research center, reports that Gaza is now buried under an...

Israel: Hamas-Returned Remains Aren't of 3 Hostages

Yet another setback for the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire

(Newser) - The remains of three people handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross this week don't belong to any of the hostages, Israel said Saturday, the latest development that could undermine the US-brokered agreement for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. The handover followed Israel's return on Friday...

Palestinian Militants Turn Over Remains

Israel will attempt to identify the two hostages

(Newser) - Israel's military said Thursday that Palestinian militants handed over remains of two hostages, the latest indication that the fragile ceasefire agreement is moving forward despite Israeli strikes on Gaza this week. The two sets of remains were given to the Red Cross in Gaza, then transported into Israel under...

Red Cross: Hamas' Latest Move Is 'Unacceptable'

Humanitarian group, Israel say militants staged fake recovery of Israeli hostage's remains in Gaza

(Newser) - Israel is claiming that Hamas staged the recovery of a hostage's body in Gaza, alleging that the militant group is manipulating the process for political gain and further straining a fragile ceasefire. Israeli officials released drone footage they say shows Hamas burying the body of Ofir Tzarfati, a 27-year-old...

Israel Says Ceasefire Is Back On
Israel Reenters
Ceasefire Mode
Oct 29, 2025 10:15 AM CDT

Israel Reenters Ceasefire Mode

Gaza officials report 104 Palestinians were killed in overnight strikes

(Newser) - Israel says that after it briefly suspended its ceasefire in Gaza, the truce is back on as of Wednesday morning. The Washington Post reports it was Israel's second interruption to the ceasefire in the less than three weeks it has been in place, consisting of 14 hours of airstrikes...

Israeli Strikes Kill 60 in Gaza, Including Children

Hospital officials say more than half of the dead were children

(Newser) - Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials said Wednesday, in what is likely the most serious challenge to the tenuous ceasefire deal in Gaza since it came into force earlier this month. The development came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

Netanyahu Orders 'Powerful' Strikes in Gaza

Hamas says it will delay returning a hostage's body in response

(Newser) - The Israeli-Hamas truce appears to be on its shakiest ground yet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he has ordered the army to immediately carry out "powerful strikes" in Gaza, per the AP . In response, Hamas said it would delay handing over the body of a hostage. The...

Netanyahu: Returned Remains a 'Clear Violation' of Ceasefire

Israeli PM says Hamas sent back body parts of a hostage already recovered almost 2 years ago

(Newser) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the remains of a hostage returned by Hamas overnight are body parts of another hostage who was recovered in Gaza by Israeli troops almost two years ago—an announcement that threatened to rattle the tenuous US-brokered ceasefire. Under the truce, Hamas is expected...

Israel: Turkey Will Have No Role in Gaza Force

'Countries that want or are ready to send armed forces should be at least fair to Israel,' diplomat says

(Newser) - Israel will not allow Turkish troops to take part in an international force the United States has proposed to oversee the ceasefire agreement in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Israel's top diplomat said Monday.
  • The 20-point deal brokered by President Trump earlier this month calls for a force to
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Vance: Israel's Vote to Annex West Bank Is an 'Insult'

Upon departing Israel, VP calls Knesset's move a 'very stupid political stunt'

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance criticized on Thursday a vote in Israel's parliament the previous day about the annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying it amounted to an "insult" and went against Trump administration policies. Hard-liners in the Knesset had narrowly passed a symbolic preliminary vote in support...

Vance Says Ceasefire Is Going Better Than Expected

He makes first visit to Israel as VP

(Newser) - On a visit to Israel Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance and other US envoys projected optimism about Gaza 's fragile ceasefire agreement, calling progress better than anticipated as they visited a new center in Israel for civilian and military cooperation. Vance noted flareups of violence in recent days but...

Hamas Has Now Handed Over Remains of 13 Dead Hostages

15 remain in Gaza as Israel pushes militant group to act faster

(Newser) - The body of a thirteenth hostage was turned over to Israel by Hamas Monday night, leaving the remains of 15 hostages still in Gaza, the Times of Israel reports. The release of the body of Tal Haimi, 41, who was killed while defending Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak during the Oct. 7,...

US, Other Powers Try to Shore Up Peace Deal

Clashes could lead to increased American control over implementation of peace agreement

(Newser) - Israel's strikes Sunday on southern Gaza, and Hamas' fire at Israeli soldiers, set off a scramble among the US and other powers to save the peace deal. "This is a bold violation of the ceasefire ," an Israeli military official told CBS News . The Israeli government had notified...

New Violence in Gaza Is Ceasefire's Biggest Test Yet
Israel Carries Out
Strikes in Gaza
Oct 19, 2025 7:50 AM CDT

Israel Carries Out Strikes in Gaza

It accused Hamas of firing at soldiers, which the group denies

(Newser) - The new peace between Israel and Hamas faced its biggest test to date on Sunday:
  • Israel said it carried out aerial and artillery strikes in southern Gaza after Hamas militants shot at soldiers inside the area still under Israeli control, reports the Guardian .
  • Hamas, though, denied attacking Israeli forces. "
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Israel Identifies the Remains of Another Hostage

76-year-old Eliyahu Margalit is the 10th body returned by Hamas, with 18 left to find

(Newser) - Israel says the remains of another hostage that Hamas handed over the day before have been identified as Eliyahu Margalit, reports the AP , as the Palestinian militant group looks for more bodies under the rubble in the Gaza Strip and urges more aid to be allowed into the embattled enclave....

Trump Warns Hamas to Stop Killing People

If they don't, 'we will have no choice but to go in and kill them,' he says

(Newser) - President Trump on Thursday warned Hamas "we will have no choice but to go in and kill them" if internal bloodshed persists in Gaza. The grim warning from Trump came after he previously downplayed the internal violence in the territory since a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and...

Palestinian Bodies Returned by Israel Show Signs of Torture: Doctors

Bodies returned without names as families asked to help ID

(Newser) - Doctors in Gaza say nearly all of the 90 bodies of Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israel as part of the ceasefire deal have evidence of torture and execution, the Guardian reports. The bodies, which arrived at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis via the International Committee of the Red Cross,...

Israel Receives Bodies of 2 More Hostages

Though remains have not been identified yet

(Newser) - Israel received the remains of two more hostages Wednesday, hours after the Israeli military said that one of the bodies previously turned over was not that of a hostage . The confusion added to tensions over the fragile truce that has paused the two-year war. The coffins carrying the remains were...

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