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The International Committee of the Red Cross participated Thursday in the gruesome handover ceremony of four bodies of Israeli hostages who were abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and died in captivity in Gaza.

Israelis are mourning Thursday as the bodies of four hostages — including an elderly man and two small children — were returned in locked coffins, following a gruesome handover ceremony by Palestinian Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

The Hamas terrorist organization on Thursday released the remains of four Israeli hostages it murdered following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

Frozen out of peace talks between the U.S. and Russia after years of posturing as a peace broker for the Ukraine war, China complained on Wednesday that the world is paying too much attention to the Ukraine conflict while ostensibly ignoring issues such as the plight of the Palestinians.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said he postponed a visit to Saudi Arabia to express his disapproval of the United States and Russia beginning bilateral negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.

The iconic Bibas children — Ariel, 5, and Kfir, 2 — and their mother, Shiri, have been confirmed as being among the four dead hostages to be returned Thursday to Israel under the ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Their father, Yarden, was released alive several weeks ago, and did not know the fate of his wife or their two children.

A senior official with the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) warned on Monday that the Islamic State “exploited the security vacuum” following the fall of dictator Bashar Assad and remains a formidable threat to the country.

A new academic study of New York Times coverage of the war in Israel launched by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, published by a professor at Yale University has concluded that the newspaper is guilty of pro-Hamas bias.

Indian social media seethed with outrage on Monday after photos of slain Hamas terrorist leaders were displayed during a cultural festival in the Palakkad district of Kerala.

Palestinians are reportedly outraged by the habit Hamas has developed of presenting its hostages with gift bags upon their release.

A precision air strike carried out by U.S. forces killed a senior official of an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria on Saturday.

Russia praised first round of Ukraine talks, with U.S. delegation saying both sides committed to work towards in-person Presidential meeting. 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday as part of his first tour of the Middle East as America’s top diplomat, reportedly emphasizing the importance of rehabilitating Gaza in his talks in Riyadh.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that Hamas has agreed to release the six remaining live hostages on Saturday from the first phase of the ceasefire agreement — and four dead hostages on Thursday.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) redeployed Tuesday in accord with the ceasefire deal that ended the war with Hezbollah — though Lebanon is formally objecting to Israel retaining a “buffer zone.”

Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrov meet for talks on Ukraine, but even before sitting down Russia demonstrated its hard bargaining mindset.

President Donald Trump’s return as leader of the free world is stoking excitement among Mediterranean officials about possibilities for peace and economic agreements in the Mediterranean and Middle East.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that he has already picked investigators who will look into the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.

A new protest movement is gathering strength in Iran, driven by public outrage over the death of 19-year-old Amir Mohammad Khaleghi, an undergraduate business student at the University of Tehran who was robbed and killed near the dormitory last week.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will hold five strategic posts inside southern Lebanon to maintain security and surveillance even after withdrawing from the region on Tuesday in accordance with the ceasefire with Hezbollah.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paid an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday with his wife Olena Zelenska, seeking assistance with recovering Ukrainian prisoners from Russia, a “large humanitarian program” for suffering civilians, and “investments and economic partnership” that could help Ukraine rebuild after the war.

The Communist leadership of China pressured the government of Israel to consider a “two-state solution” to the ongoing war against jihadist terrorists in Gaza and claiming Beijing was “committed” to a “constructive role” in the Middle East during talks this weekend with Israeli leaders.

Australian Senator Fatima Payman claimed Sunday a “double standard” is at play in the outrage over two Sydney nurses caught on camera making vile anti-Semitic threats.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld bested a “Free Palestine” activist over the weekend who ambushed him into a potentially endorsing a message he did not agree with.

The heavy precision-guided bombs that then-President Joe Biden withheld from Israel last year arrived in Israel on Saturday night after being released by President Donald Trump.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would “finish the job” of ending the threat of a nuclear Iran, as he stood next to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first visit to the Middle East in his new role.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel late Saturday night for his first trip to the Middle East in his new role.

President Donald Trump said the three hostages Hamas released on Saturday appear “to be in good shape” and reaffirmed his support for Israel. 

The UK government on Saturday named two Britons detained in Iran as Craig and Lindsay Foreman, with their family saying they are determined to ensure the pair’s “safe return”.

The leader of Ansarallah, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, threatened “military intervention” on Thursday against America if President Donald Trump goes ahead with his plan to rehabilitate the war-torn Gaza Strip.

Egypt is reportedly pushing for a special meeting of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to solidify opposition to President Donald Trump’s proposal for moving the Palestinians out of Gaza to facilitate reconstruction.

The Foreign Ministry of Saudi Arabia confirmed on Friday it is interested in hosting a summit between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the near future after Trump floated the possibility.

Keith Siegel, 65, an American and Israeli citizen who was released from Hamas captivity in Gaza two weeks ago, released a video on Friday thanking President Donald Trump and urging him to bring other hostages home.

Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Yusuf Sharif told Russian media on Wednesday that an agreement first proposed in 2017 to give Russia a naval base on the Red Sea coast will finally proceed, giving Moscow an opportunity to replace the base it lost in Syria with the fall of dictator Bashar Assad.