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Israelis rallied nationwide on Saturday evening for the freedom of the 239 hostages still believed to be held by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in Gaza, urging the government and the international community not to forget them as the war continues.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terror group controlled by Iran in Gaza, released propaganda videos Thursday that featured two Israeli hostages and offered their release in return for fuel and other supplies.

Despite the “nightmare” of tunnel warfare, the mission being carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) appears “very successful,” though Israel doesn’t have unlimited time, according to retired United States Army Major and urban warfare expert John Spencer, who deemed Hamas an “existential threat” whose strategy is to “create their own civilians’ deaths and get the world to react,” in order to prevent the IDF from eliminating their military capabilities — “and it is working.” 

Israel reportedly “agreed” to unilateral, daily four-hour pauses in the fight against Hamas in Gaza for “humanitarian” reasons, though it was already pausing on its own and providing an evacuation corridor for Palestinian civilians from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily.

During a portion of an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) lamented the fact that “more energy has been spent calling on Israel to enter into a ceasefire” and stop trying

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined Tuesday to condemn the tearing down of posters featuring hostages taken by Hamas terrorists to Gaza — a phenomenon that has appeared on college campuses and in cities across the nation.

The Iranian regime on Sunday made efforts to drag the China-led BRICS economic coalition and Pope Francis into the Israel-Hamas war, on the side of the Hamas terrorists.

An 18-hour hostage situation at the Hamburg Airport ended after police arrested a Turkish-speaking man, who allegedly kidnapped his four-year-old daughter.

The father of two women seen in New York City ripping down posters of Israeli child hostages is standing by the sisters.

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” 2024 U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) stated that there has to be an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict because “The cessation of violence and hostilities is crucial to the release

Celebrations erupted in the working-class town of Kiryat Gat at the family home of rescued Israeli soldier Private Ori Megidish on Monday evening, after news emerged that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had liberated her from Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reportedly rescued a hostage overnight Sunday into Monday — Private Ori Megidish, a female soldier who had been at an observation post that was attacked by Palestinian Hamas terrorists on October 7.

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that if getting the hostages held by Hamas released “requires some sort of humanitarian pause or pauses, then we’re obviously in support of that

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that while a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is a bad idea, “what Secretary Blinken said today at the United Nations, calling for a humanitarian pause in the

Released hostage Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, said Tuesday she “went through hell” during her abduction by rampaging Hamas terrorists, being moved though a “spiderweb” of tunnels before starting more than two weeks as a captive in Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday issued an appeal to Gaza Strip residents for help in finding hostages being held by Hamas terrorists.

President Joe Biden said Monday that he was open to discussions of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas if the Palestinian terrorist organization released all of the hostages that it still holds in Gaza.

Two elderly Israeli woman held hostage in Gaza were released Monday by Hamas with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Ahuva Maisel says she felt a sense of relief when she learned that her daughter Adi, 21, had been found dead — instead of taken hostage by Hamas.

Protests were held across Europe on Sunday to show support for Israel and to demand Hamas release the hostages taken on October 7th.

The Palestinian Hamas terrorist group released Evanston, Illinois, residents Judith Raanan, 59, and her daughter Natalie Raanan, 17, to the Red Cross in Egypt on Friday.

Biden also announced $100 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza and the West Bank during his remarks and said he would request an “unprecedented support package” for Israel later this week.

No humanitarian aid will be delivered to the Gaza Strip until Hamas terrorists release the hostages they kidnapped in their October 7 attack, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced on Wednesday.

The Pentagon on Monday did not deny a report that said roughly 2,000 U.S. troops were told to be “prepared to deploy” if needed to assist Israel in its war against Hamas.

The Palestinian terror organization known as Hamas has released what is being described as a video of one of the 199 known Israeli hostages taken to Gaza during a massive terror attack that killed an estimated 1,200 Israelis and wounded over 4,100 on Oct.7.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Patriarch of Jerusalem, has offered to exchange himself for the Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas.

The Israeli government says it has identified and notified the families of 199 people known to be held since the Hamas terrorist attack. 

The Israeli government said Saturday that it would not negotiate with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas over the release of between 100 and 200 Israeli and international hostages, because it was destroying the organization and not trying to save it.

Israeli-American businessman Robby Berman has offered one million Israeli shekels — the equivalent of 250,000 U.S. dollars — as a reward to any Palestinian who helps in the location and rescue of the hostages currently held in Gaza by Hamas terrorists.

The profound shockwave emanated by a sudden and violent attack by Hamas terrorists against Israel over the weekend is reverberating across the world, leaving a tragic tapestry of loss, abduction, and injury that has affected numerous nations from six continents, each mourning and frantically searching for its citizens targeted in the “savage” onslaught.

An estimated 500 to 600 American citizens are in the Gaza Strip, with some looking for safe passage out, according to two reports.

Some reports claim Islamist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is attempting to negotiate the liberation of hostages held by Hamas.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the death toll of Americans killed by Hamas in Israel on Saturday has risen to 25.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Israel, where an unknown number of Americans are being held by Hamas militants who have threatened to begin executing hostages.

Nigel Farage said the world needs Donald Trump back, noting Trump’s prediction that Biden’s Iran deal would have “deadly consequences” for Israel.

Sullivan said at least 20 Americans are unaccounted for in Israel, after attacks on Saturday by Hamas that left over 1,000 dead.