Hostages

Israeli soldiers operate near the opening to what Israel's military says is an iron-girded tunnel designed by Hamas to disgorge carloads of Palestinian fighters for a surprise storming of the border. Photo Reuters
Hamas-Israel war

Israel says five Gaza hostages found dead in tunnel

The publication left open the question of how they had died.

A picture taken from southern Israel on the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing over northern Gaza on December 16, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
Hamas-Israel war

Hostages killed by Israel forces waved white flag, cried for help

Residential buildings, destroyed in Israeli strikes during the conflict, lie in ruin, amid a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Gaza City November 26, 2023. REUTERS/Bassam Masoud
Hamas-Israel war

Bombs are falling on Gaza again. Who are the hostages still remaining in the besieged strip?

An ambulance believed to be carrying hostages released as part of a deal between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, drives near the Israel-Gaza border, in Israel November 26, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Hamas-Israel war

Egypt receives lists for 13 Israelis and 39 Palestinians for release today

Destroyed buildings lay in ruin in Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, during the temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, November 25, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Hamas-Israel war

Hamas delays hostage release, demands aid to northern Gaza

A helicopter carrying hostages released as part of a deal between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas arrives at Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel, November 24, 2023. REUTERS
World+Biz

Israel expects more hostages to be freed, prepares to release Palestinian prisoners

An image grab from a handout video released by the Hamas Media Office shows members of its Al-Qassam Brigades leading hostages over to officials from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on November 24, 2023, ahead of their transfer to Israel. AFP PHOTO / HO / HAMAS MEDIA OFFICE
World+Biz

The psychological effect of being held hostage

Israeli security forces stand next to ambulances on stand by outside the helipad of Tel Aviv’s Schneider medical centre, amid preparations for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners later in the day. AFP
Hamas-Israel war

4-day truce begins; Israeli hostages handed over at border: Egyptian sources

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, during his visit to Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool
Hamas-Israel war

Blinken urges humanitarian pause; Netanyahu tells him not without hostages' release

Varda Ben Baruch, the grandmother of Edan Alexander, 19, an Israeli army volunteer kidnapped by Hamas, attends a special Kabbalat Shabbat ceremony with families of other hostages, in Herzliya, Israel October 27, 2023. Photo Reuters
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'Anxiety' racks Israeli hostage families as army assaults Gaza

From left to right: Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Putin's Special Envoy to the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov, and Hamas head of international relations Mousa Abu Marzouk, during a trilateral meeting in Moscow on October 26, 2023. Photo Times of Israel (Hamas Telegram channel)
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Hamas says trying to find 8 Russian-Israeli hostages to free them – Reports