5 days ago · An Israeli military helicopter carrying Arbel Yehoud, who has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, arrives at the Sheba Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. after she was released from Gaza as …

5 days ago · More than 15 months after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza, a ceasefire agreement has come into effect, paving the way for a hostage release. Hamas seized 251 people...

Jan 27, 2025 · Hamas has told Israel that eight of 26 Israeli hostages set to be released as part of the first phase of the ceasefire are dead, according to a Middle Eastern official briefed on the matter.

4 days ago · Ofer Kalderon, held hostage in Gaza since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack, is released by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in an image ...

4 days ago · Israeli American hostage Keith Siegel has arrived at a reception point in southern Israel, according to the IDF, where it said he will undergo "an initial medical assessment and reunite with ...

4 days ago · The freed hostage Ofer Kalderon has left the Re’im military base in southern Israel in an Israeli Air Force helicopter for Sheba hospital near Tel Aviv, where he will be reunited with members of ...

3 days ago · Hamas and other militant groups kidnapped 251 people from Israel during the October 7, 2023 terror attacks. The Israeli government says that 76 of them are still held captive inside Gaza. At...

4 days ago · JERUSALEM (AP) — Three men held hostage in the Gaza Strip for more than 15 months were freed Saturday, bringing to 18 the number of captives released by militants since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began Jan. 19.

Jan 20, 2025 · Over the next six weeks, 30 more hostages are expected to be released, as are hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. • The Israeli military has withdrawn from several locations in Gaza since the...

Nov 28, 2023 · An Israeli hostage freed by Hamas has said in an interview that she was initially fed well in captivity until conditions worsened and captives became hungry. She was kept in a “suffocating” room and slept on plastic chairs with a sheet for nearly 50 days.