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Last Female Israeli Soldier Held Is Freed to Jeers

Chaotic scene unfolds in Gaza

(Newser) - Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month. Israel was expected to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners, reports the AP . The release was delayed by a chaotic scene in which a crowd of Palestinians surrounded...

Hamas: 8 Hostages of First 33 to Be Freed Are Dead

As Israeli doctor says 7 most recently released women are 'not in a good shape'

(Newser) - Israel says a Hamas list released overnight shows that eight of the 33 hostages to be freed in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire are dead, reports the AP . The next release of hostages is scheduled to take place on Thursday, followed by another on Saturday. Whether hostages are...

6 More Israeli Hostages to Be Freed This Week

Including Arbel Yehoud, civilian at the center of Israel-Hamas disagreement

(Newser) - Six more Israeli hostages will be released by Hamas this week, including Arbel Yehoud, the civilian that Israel said was supposed to have been released Saturday . Israel vowed not to let Palestinians start returning to the northern part of Gaza until she was freed, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later...

Next Group of Hostages to Be Freed: Female Soldiers

Set for release Saturday are 4 young women captured from Nahal Oz military base on Oct. 7

(Newser) - Last Sunday, the first three Israeli hostages were released by Hamas under a newly negotiated ceasefire with Israel. Now, the names of four Israeli soldiers, all women, who are set to be freed this coming weekend have been announced, reports the AP . The soldiers were stationed at the Nahal Oz...

3 Israeli Hostages Received 'Gift Bags' From Hamas

'Undoubtedly bizarre' packages are said to have included certificate, photos of the women in captivity

(Newser) - As more details on the Israeli hostages released by Hamas over the weekend continue to trickle out , one "undoubtedly bizarre" revelation has come to light, per CNN . The three women—Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Doron Steinbrecher—were set free on Sunday under the terms of a new ceasefire,...

Freed Israeli Hostage: I've 'Returned to Life'

Emily Damari spent 471 days in captivity, is 'the happiest in the world'

(Newser) - One of the Israeli hostages freed on the first day of the Gaza ceasefire said Monday in her first comments since being released that she has "returned to life." Emily Damari, 28, was one of three hostages freed Sunday after 471 days in captivity, reports the AP . Officials...

Israeli Government Backs Ceasefire, Hostage Deal

Cabinet OKs agreement in victory for Netanyahu

(Newser) - The government of Israel gave its approval to the deal with Hamas calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners early Saturday, the day before it is to go into effect. The 33-member group of ministers had begun its deliberations on Friday evening, CNN...

First Phase of Ceasefire Could See Release of 33 Hostages

Momentum behind deal appears to be building

(Newser) - Israeli officials say 33 hostages—most of them still alive—could be released in the first stage of a proposed ceasefire deal with Hamas. Officials say the hostages would be released in the initial 42-day ceasefire as part of a deal being finalized by negotiators in Qatar, CNN reports. The...

Israeli Troops Find Hostage's Body in Gaza

Remains of man's son may also have been recovered

(Newser) - Israeli soldiers recovered the body of a 53-year-old hostage in an underground tunnel in southern Gaza, the military said Wednesday, and the army was determining if another set of remains belongs to the man's son. The discovery of Yosef AlZayadni's body comes as Israel and Hamas are considering...

Eye on His Inauguration, Trump Issues Gaza Ultimatum

President-elect: If Israeli hostages aren't released by Jan. 20, 'there will be ALL HELL TO PAY'

(Newser) - As news broke Monday that 21-year-old American Omer Neutra had been killed in the Oct. 7 attack in Israel, renewed attention was directed to the plight of the hostages still believed to be held by Hamas in Gaza. President-elect Trump was one of those weighing in, and he made clear...

Hamas Releases Propaganda Video Featuring Israeli Hostage

Edan Alexander, an IDF soldier, has not previously been seen in a Hamas video

(Newser) - For the first time in months, Hamas has released a propaganda video featuring an Israeli hostage. Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American soldier in the Israel Defense Forces , has never before appeared in one of the videos, CNN reports. Released Saturday on the secure messaging site Telegram, the video claims to have...

SodaStream Ex-CEO Offers $100K to Any Gazan Who Returns an Israeli Hostage

Offer from Daniel Birnbaum expires at midnight Wednesday

(Newser) - The former CEO of SodaStream has an offer for Gazans: Anyone who returns a living Israeli hostage will get $100,000 from him. In a social media video directed to people living in the Gaza Strip, Daniel Birnbaum addressed "the good people in Gaza," the Jerusalem Post reports....

Relatives of 6 Slain Hostages Issue a 'Clarion Call'

'Act,' they write in an open letter

(Newser) - The families of the six hostages taken by Hamas and killed 328 days later have penned an open letter published by Time "to people in power" that contains a simple request: "Act." The families of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Carmel...

Military: Slain Hostages Were Held in 'Horrific Conditions'

Israeli military releases video of cramped Gaza tunnel where bodies of 6 hostages were found

(Newser) - Israel released video Tuesday of the tunnel under Gaza where six hostages were held in grim conditions before they were killed by their Hamas captors. The video shows Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari entering the tunnel, where the roof was too low for him to stand upright, Ynetnews reports. "...

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Biden Reportedly Sours on Self-Serving Netanyahu

Reports suggest Israel's leader views ceasefire as a political loss

(Newser) - Last week, Biden administration officials said an agreement to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was close, with only minor details to iron out. But Saturday's discovery that six Israeli hostages were killed in Gaza as Israeli forces moved in "changed everything," one Israeli official tells...

Hostage's Parents Fear He'll Die Next From 'Israel's Indifference'

Adi and Yael Alexander say their hope is 'running out' for son Edan

(Newser) - For more than 300 days, Adi and Yael Alexander have felt a bond with Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin. As parents of Edan Alexander, a 20-year-old US member of the Israel Defense Forces who's been held hostage in Gaza since Oct. 7, they...

Six Hostages Taken by Hamas Found Dead

All six, including a man with dual American citizenship, were found in a Gaza tunnel

(Newser) - Six of the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas last year were discovered dead in a Gaza tunnel, reports the BBC . The six included Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old with dual American citizenship whose parents spoke at the Democratic National Convention in August, per the Washington Post .
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Israel Says It Has Rescued a Hostage

Military says Qaid Farhan Alkadi was rescued 'in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip'

(Newser) - The Israeli military said Tuesday that it has rescued one of the scores of people abducted in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, which ignited the ongoing war in Gaza. The military said Qaid Farhan Alkadi was rescued "in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip." It did not...

Israel Recovers Bodies of 6 Hostages

Only 1 had been presumed alive

(Newser) - The Israeli military said Tuesday that it recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that started the war in Gaza, as US and Arab mediators tried to advance an agreement to halt the fighting and release scores of other militant-held captives. The military said its...

Weeks After Reunion, Mother of Freed Hostage Dies

Noa Argamani was rescued 3 weeks ago after being taken captive by Hamas

(Newser) - The mother of a newly freed Israeli hostage has died less than a month after her daughter's dramatic rescue . Liora Argamani, 61, died of brain cancer at a hospital in Tel Aviv, reports NBC News . Daughter Noa Argamani had been seized in October during the Hamas raid and held...

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