Tag: Hostages
US hopes any ceasefire deal becomes permanent
Washington is hoping that a ceasefire deal will lead to a permanent halt to hostilities in the Gaza Strip, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
"U.S. negotiators are pushing for a cease-fire deal that could stop...
Qatar: Hamas gives initial approval for hostages-for-ceasefire deal
Qatar has received an "initial positive confirmation" from the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza in response to its most recent hostages-for-ceasefire proposal, Doha's Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday night, according to Al Jazeera.
"Israel agreed to...
Hostages’ families urge gov’t to stand firm on talks with Hamas
As Hamas officials headed to Cairo on Thursday for negotiations on a supposedly imminent hostage deal, the families of some of the captives urged the Israeli government not to give in to the terrorists’...
Israel ‘truly committed’ to bringing hostages home, Netanyahu tells families
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged discretion on Wednesday about ongoing hostage negotiations with Hamas and told the families of the 136 hostages in Gaza that the government is "truly committed" to bringing them...
‘Mothers of IDF Soldiers’ converges on US Embassy, demands end to Gaza aid
Israeli grassroots movement Mothers of IDF Soldiers, together with the IDF Reservists movement, gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday to demand an end to humanitarian aid to Gaza.
“We support the Israeli...
Half of Israelis oppose proposed hostage deal with Hamas
Fifty percent of Israelis are opposed to a hostage deal that would see an extended pause in fighting in Gaza and the release of thousands of Palestinian terrorists, according to a snap poll conducted...
Secret document details Hamas psychological warfare
Israeli forces in Gaza recently found a secret document written by a senior Hamas official detailing the terrorist group's psychological warfare strategy against the Israeli public, Channel 12 reported on Monday.
Furthermore, the document was discovered at...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is different this year
As the author of two post-Holocaust novels and a former high school history teacher, my guiding assumption before the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel was that the Holocaust was a unique event in...
Most Jewish Israelis against freeing hostages for end of war
Sixty percent of Jewish Israelis oppose a deal that would see the remaining hostages returned in exchange for releasing all Palestinian security prisoners and an end to hostilities in Gaza, according to an Israel...
Knesset caucus hears testimony on Hamas’s brutal sexual violence
“There will be some difficult things to digest here, so take a deep breath.”
The Knesset Caucus for Female Victims of Sexual and Gender Violence in the Swords of Iron War opened Tuesday’s meeting with...