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President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed a last-minute hostage deal that would see all of the remaining Israeli hostages released in exchange for ending the war in Gaza. Hamas has yet to accept it.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) retrieved the bodies of two Israeli hostages from Gaza, where they had been held by Hamas since October 7, 2023, according to an announcement on Friday.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir reportedly urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take a hostage deal that he said was “on the table” during a visit to a military base in the port city of Haifa.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he had approved plans to take over the last Hamas stronghold in Gaza City — while also pursuing negotiations for the release of all Israeli hostages.

Israeli opposition parties said Wednesday and Thursday that they would join, or at least vote with, a coalition with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to enable him to pass a potential hostage and ceasefire deal.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter said that Israel has intelligence that whenever French President Emmanuel Macron “makes a statement in favor of a Palestinian state, Hamas hardens its heart

Hamas reportedly offered to accept a ceasefire proposal first floated by U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff three months ago that would see half of the remaining 20 living Israeli hostages released for a 60-day truce.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reportesr Sunday that Israel may sue the New York Times for defamation over a front-page photo that falsely purported to show a starving Palestinian child in Gaza.

During an interview with Ilay David, the brother of Hamas hostage Evyatar David, aired on Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” co-host Leila Fadel responded to Ilay saying that Hamas is starving the hostages, like they do the people of Gaza

On Tuesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Matan Eshet, the cousin of Hamas hostage Evyatar David, said that Hamas has been given power “by seeing that the world believes their propaganda, saying there is not enough humanitarian aid getting into the Gaza Strip, while

On Tuesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” co-host Geoff Bennett stated that “Hamas is clearly trying to capitalize” on anti-Israel sentiment in the international community “over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza” using propaganda video of starving Israelis that Hamas has taken hostage. While

During a report aired on Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” CNN Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Matthew Chance asked Ilay David, the brother of Hamas hostage Evyatar David, if his brother is deliberately being starved by his Hamas captors or if it’s

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda were met by pro-Palestinian protests as they shook hands outside the presidential palace.

The only people who are confirmed to be starving in Gaza are the Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas, according to an Israeli source who cited internal data on the progress of humanitarian aid in the territory.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declared Sunday that it had defeated a Hamas battalion in northern Gaza, one of the last regions not yet fully controlled by Israel, and where Israeli hostages are thought to be held.

British pop star Jessie J has taken to social media to blast the Hamas terror organization over its treatment of Israeli hostage Evyatar David after he was shown starving and captive in a tunnel.

The Israeli foreign ministry challenged the New York Times and other major mainstream media outlets to publish a photo of a starving Israeli hostage — after publishing fake images of starving Palestinian children.

The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas filmed Israeli hostage Evyatar David being forced to dig his own grave in a tunnel underneath Gaza, in a propaganda video meant to pressure the Israeli government to end the war.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group and Hamas published videos on Thursday and Friday of Israeli hostages Rom Braslavksi and Evyatar David, respectively, showing each starving and emaciated.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the best and fastest way to solve the humanitarian problems facing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is for Hamas to surrender and to release its remaining Israeli hostages.

President Donald Trump threatened trade consequences for Canada if it goes ahead with Premier Mark Carney’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September.

Families of Israeli hostages condemned the premature move to recognize a Palestinian state while their loved ones were still in captivity.

More than half of the aid trucks that entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt via the Rafah crossing on Sunday, during a surge of aid, were looted, according to a Qatari-funded newspaper quoted by the Times of Israel.

Israel President Isaac Herzog rebuked Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof for allegedly misrepresenting their phone conversation and for failing to mention Israeli hostages in a subsequent communiqué about the call.

President Donald Trump said Monday that the children of Gaza must be fed, as he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say Hamas has been stealing key humanitarian aid.

President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that the U.S. and Israel had ended talks with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, due to the organization’s intransigence.

The U.S. and Israel both withdrew from indirect hostage negotiations with Hamas in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, saying the terror group was not serious about reaching a deal.

A joint statement by 109 international aid organizations released Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, warning of “starvation” — but failed to mention the remaining Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday that it was about to enter Deir al-Balah, one of the few areas of Gaza relatively untouched by the conflict, and where the remaining Israeli hostages are thought to be held.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee stated that “Hamas is the hold-up” to getting a hostage deal and “They’ve been the impediment” since October 7 because “every time Israel

On Friday, CBS News Foreign Correspondent Ramy Inocencio asked former Hamas hostage Aviva Siegel if she thinks Israel is perpetrating a genocide in Gaza after he cited numbers from Hamas on casualties in Gaza. Inocencio said, “[W]ith a number of confirmed dead

Mandy Patinkin, the entertainer best known as Inigo Montoya in Rob Reiner’s hit The Princess Bride, is saying exactly what Hamas wants Western elites to say, blaming the Gaza war on Jews and urging it to stop.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen claimed on Thursday that “a number of the ship’s crew” from the cargo ship Eternity C have been kidnapped and are being held in a “safe location” after Houthi drones and grenades destroyed the ship on Tuesday.

Hamas has no place in Gaza’s future and must be dismantled entirely—just as the Nazis were after World War II—U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee declared, denouncing any scenario in which the terror group retains power as “senseless” as allowing Nazis to help rebuild postwar Germany, while reaffirming President Trump’s unwavering stance that Hamas will have “no future” in the Strip in any form.

President Donald Trump welcomed Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage to be freed from Hamas custody, to the White House on Thursday, where First Lady Melania Trump was also on hand to greet him.

A hostage-and-ceasefire deal is taking shape between Israel and Hamas, with several living hostages set to be released as ealy as next week in exchange for a 60-day pause in fighting, toward an eventual end of the war.