Tag: Gaza Strip
Former Hamas captive Gilad Shalit meets hostages’ families
Gilad Shalit, who was held hostage for over five years by Hamas in Gaza, recently met with the families of Israelis kidnapped during the terror group's Oct. 7 massacre, Israeli media reported on Monday.
Shalit,...
Hamas tunnels are 100s of miles longer than thought with 5,000-plus entry points
Hamas's network of terror tunnels in the Gaza Strip is even more extensive than previously thought, The New York Times cited senior Israeli defense officials as saying on Tuesday, with new assessments indicating it has upwards...
Two Israeli hostages confirmed dead, bodies being held by Hamas
Israeli hostages Yossi Sharabi and Itai Svirsky have died in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Kibbutz Be’eri announced on Tuesday night in Israel.
Sharabi, 53, and Svirsky, 38, were both featured earlier this week...
Hostages in Gaza yet to receive medicines from Qataris
France has sent badly needed medicines to Qatar for Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, the European nation's embassy in Tel Aviv confirmed to the Times of Israel on Tuesday.
President Emmanuel Macron ordered the foreign...
As intense fighting ends in north Gaza, IDF finds 100 rocket sites
Israel's war against Hamas entered its 102nd day on Tuesday, with rocket-alert sirens sounding in western Negev communities.
Over the past 24 hours, IDF forces located some 100 rocket installations and 60 ready-to-launch rockets in...
Captives’ loved ones plead for their release at Tel Aviv rally
As Israel marked 100 days of captivity for hostages held in Gaza on Sunday, Hamas released a 37-second propaganda video featuring detainees Noa Argamani, Itay Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi.
In the undated video, all three hostages identify...
Biden, Blinken mark hostages’ 100th day in Gaza
U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken released statements on Sunday marking the 100th day in captivity of the hostages taken by the Hamas terrorist organization on Oct. 7.
"Today, we mark...
IDF: Over 9,000 terrorists eliminated in Gaza since Oct. 7
The Israel Defense Forces has eliminated more than 9,000 Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip during its ground offensive against Hamas, the military said on Sunday, citing data between Oct. 7 and Jan. 9.
The IDF...
House speaker: Federal employees who walk out over Gaza ‘deserve to be fired’
The group Feds United for Peace told Al-Monitor it expects hundreds of government employees from 22 federal agencies to play hooky on Tuesday for a planned “Day of Mourning” to “mark 100 days of Israel’s military campaign...
100 days of war
A hundred days have passed since life was halted, the skies darkened, and we, all of us, were exposed to a boiling and horrifying cauldron of terror and deep-seated hatred unleashed upon us. One...