Israel says remains of last hostage recovered from Gaza
Israel's military says the remains of Ran Gvili, the last person whose body was taken hostage into Gaza, have been recovered.
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Israel's military says the remains of Ran Gvili, the last person whose body was taken hostage into Gaza, have been recovered.
A man alleged to be the founder and leader of a Haitian gang has been sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating the 2021 kidnapping of 17 people, including five children, who were on a missionary trip to the Caribbean country.
So far the Gaza ceasefire is holding, but calls are getting louder for Hamas to hand over more hostages' remains, and for Israel to allow in more aid.
As Israelis come together to mourn those killed two years ago by Hamas, the sounds of the ongoing war in Gaza reverberate over a solemn memorial.
Judi Lynn Weinstein and Gad Haggai, U.S.-Israeli dual nationals, were killed in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attack, but their bodies had been held in Gaza.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not provide details of the group's movements to reach the U.S., but he described the event as a rescue operation.
Officials in Hamas-ruled Gaza say the new Israeli assault has killed more than 400 people, as Israel accuses Hamas of refusing to extend the ceasefire.
The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas was said to have been returned earlier this week, but Israeli forces said it was the body of an unidentified Gazan woman.
Six living hostages — including two who were held in Gaza for a decade — were released by Hamas Saturday.
Hamas is under pressure from Israel and the U.S. at a crucial time for the Gaza ceasefire as it claims it could have misidentified a hostage's remains.
Hamas released dual U.S.-Israeli national Sagui Dekel-Chen along with two other hostages as the Gaza ceasefire remained on track after a tense week.
Only Israel has suggested openness to Trump's plan for the U.S. to move Palestinians out of Gaza and make it a "Riviera of the Middle East."
Keith Siegel, a 65-year-old dual U.S.-Israeli national, is the first American to be released since the Israel-Hamas ceasefire took effect.
Dual U.S.-Israeli national Keith Siegel is among the 3 hostages expected to be released by Hamas in the fourth swap with Israel.
2 Israeli women and an 80-year-old male hostage, along with 5 Thai nationals, were released in Gaza, but Israel delayed its part of the exchange, accusing Hamas of "shocking scenes" at one handover.
After the release of four female Israeli soldiers, Israeli authorities released 200 Palestinian prisoners.
The family of one of the American citizens kidnapped by Hamas is in South Florida, advocating for the release of all the hostages.
Four Israeli hostages taken by Hamas were rescued during an operation in Gaza, but Hamas officials say hundreds of Palestinians were killed in the raid.
The Israeli military says it recovered the bodies of three more Israelis killed during the October 7 attack
The announcement escalates a divide within Israel's leadership.
Hanna Siegel's uncle, U.S.-Israeli citizen Keith Siegel, was one of the hostages seen in a Hamas propaganda video Saturday.
The hostages seen on the video were identified as Omri Miran and Keith Siegel by the campaign group the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
A video released by Hamas' military wing appears to show U.S.-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin delivering a message under duress.
Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose 23-year-old son Hersh was taken hostage by Hamas, calls the amount of time that has passed a "failure on everybody's part."
Saturday, March 9, marks the observation of the first National Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day under legislation signed into law last year.
