(JTA) — Following six weeks of fighting, Israel’s government has agreed to a deal with Hamas that will free about 50 of the hundreds of hostages that Hamas took in its Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
After video showed the hostages surrounded by armed terrorists during their handover to the Red Cross, Israel briefly delayed the release of its set of Palestinian prisoners until Hamas agreed to ...
“It is better for Israel to talk less and let the mediators do more,” Baskin added, urging Israel to “convey to Qatar and Egypt that it is ready to adopt the three-week deal that Hamas ...
Hamas agreed to release three female hostages on the first day of the deal, four on the seventh day and the remaining 26 over the next five weeks. This is the second cease-fire achieved during ...
Hamas plans to release three ... to be released in the first phase of the deal. Specific details of the second phase of the deal has yet to be agreed upon, although a Middle Eastern official ...
Palestinian militant group Hamas on Friday announced the names of four Israeli women soldiers to be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in the second swap under the ceasefire deal in ...
As part of the deal’s 42-day phase one, Hamas agreed to release all women, children, men over 50 years old, and non-military males. Israel agreed to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, ...
Israel has agreed to accept the four female hostages Hamas said it would release on Saturday — despite protesting that Hamas breached the cease-fire deal. The list of names provided by Hamas ...