U.S. citizen Keith Siegel was released from captivity on Saturday as part of a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, which was brokered with help from the outgoing Biden administration and President Donald Trump.
A freed Israeli hostage told Israel’s Channel 12 that he had once been held for 12 hours beneath a Red Cross office in Gaza, and feared that he would be executed — while the Red Cross failed to visit any of the hostages held in Gaza.
U.S. citizen Keith Siegel, 65, is to be freed from Gaza on Saturday, after being held in captivity by Hamas terrorists for nearly 500 days.
Three Israeli hostages and five Thai hostages were freed by Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza on Thursday amid shocking scenes of a mob of Palestinians shoving two of the hostages as they were transferred to the Red Cross.
Recently freed Israeli hostage Naama Levy, who was abducted on October 7, 2023, endured months alone in a tunnel and was unsure if she was alive or dead at the time of her release.
Outrage erupted after the Palestinian leader commended Yasser Abu Bakr, a convicted murderer who was released in Israel’s ceasefire deal with the terrorist group Hamas.
Israel welcomed home four young women on Saturday who endured 477 days as captives of the jihadist terror organization Hamas, part of a ceasefire deal that included an exchange of 33 Israeli hostages for nearly 2,000 Palestinians imprisoned for crimes in Israel.
Outrage is intensifying after Israeli hostages recently freed from Gaza revealed they were held in U.N. facilities during their captivity, with critics calling UNRWA a “front for Hamas” that must be “disbanded” immediately.
Former Israeli U.S. Ambassador Michael Oren spoke with PragerU CEO Marissa Streit about the newly reached ceasefire deal and the”moral strategic dilemmas” Israel is facing to bring home hostages still held captive by Hamas terrorists.
The Taliban “Ministry of Foreign Affairs” announced Tuesday that one of its members has been traded by the U.S. for two American prisoners.
President Donald Trump signed several pro-Israel executive orders on his first day in office, among a stack of dozens of others. This author had specifically recommended that Trump take over 200 actions — including executive orders — in his first
The IDF released the first photos of the three female hostages who were released Sunday as part of a hostage deal with Hamas.
Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher. These are the names of the first three hostages to be freed on Sunday by Hamas after a ceasefire deal with Israel nearly fell through when Hamas failed to provide the list as agreed.
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has been delayed, as Hamas failed to provide a list of the hostages to be released, as stipulated in the deal.
Israel will release major terrorists, including those who have murdered dozens of civilians, in exchange for the 33 hostages who will be freed by Hamas from captivity in Gaza, where they have been held illegally for 470 days of war.
Israel’s Security Cabinet on Friday voted to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal despite misgivings from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved the hostage deal with Hamas to be voted on by the security cabinet on Friday, the final hurdle to agreement.
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son, Sagui Dekel-Chen, has been held hostage by Hamas, stated that he is grateful for the work of the Biden administration and the incoming Trump administration that was “the
President Joe Biden claimed credit for the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, but President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, reportedly headed up key negotiations last week.
President-elect Donald Trump was the first to announce a ceasefire deal was reached in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday.
President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly being praised by Arab officials for doing more to move Israel and Hamas closer to a hostage and ceasefire deal than President Joe Biden has done in more than a year since the last truce.
Leaders of the Hamas terrorist organization have reportedly accepted a draft agreement that would bring a ceasefire in Gaza if Hamas agrees to release its Israeli hostages.
On Monday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens argued that “the data does not back up that some of the deals that we’ve had to make to bring Americans home [are] actually increasing the amount of people that
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Thursday that the body of Youssef Ziyadne, 53, a Bedouin Israeli Arab, had been recovered in a tunnel in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip.
Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro announced Tuesday the arrest of two “important American mercenaries.”
The Golden Globes reportedly prevented Hollywood star Gal Gadot from wearing a yellow ribbon pin to show solidarity with the Israeli hostages in Gaza — but allowed others to wear a pro-Palestinian “red hand” pin.
Donald Trump repeated his warning to Hamas: the “gates of hell” will open if they do not free the hostages they are still holding by his Inauguration on January 20, the President-elect told radio host Hugh Hewitt on Monday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Israelis against fake news circulating about a potential hostage deal with Hamas, after a false list of hostages to be freed was reported by Israel’s channel 12 and circulated widely.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted that pressure on Israel caused Hamas to pull back from potential ceasefire and hostage deals, in an interview with the New York Times that was released in a podcast Saturday.
The Iranian-backed terror group Hamas has decided to call President-elect Donald Trump’s bluff and abandon negotiations toward a hostage deal, waiting instead to see if it can get a better deal when he takes office January 20.
President-elect Donald Trump celebrated New Year’s Eve on Tuesday at his estate and club at Mar-a-Lago, Florida, and issued a warning to Hamas terrorists: “They better let the hostages come back soon.”
During an interview with ABC News on Monday, Israeli Consul General in New York Ofir Akunis stated that a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas “was closer than ever ten days ago.” But Hamas remains the problem in
Israel is preparing to submit a report to the United Nations later this week that describes the torture suffered by Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas to Gaza last October 7, including sexual assault and the “branding” of children.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Ruby Chen, whose son, Itay Chen, is believed to have been killed in the October 7 attack, and, if so, has had his body held in Gaza, praised President-Elect Donald
Aviva Siegel, a former hostage and the wife of American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel, said Tuesday that she had witnessed and experienced torture by the Hamas terrorists who abducted her and roughly 250 other Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son, Sagui Dekel-Chen, has been held hostage by Hamas, stated that ever since President-Elect Donald Trump vowed “hell to pay” for Hamas if hostages aren’t released by January 20, “There seems to
A group of families of Israeli hostages said Tuesday at a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, that their government should strive to achieve an agreement in which all 100 captives remaining in Gaza are freed, not just a few.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was given special leave Monday to delay his testimony Tuesday in his trial because of special circumstances — leading to speculation about a strike on Iran, or a hostage deal with Hamas.
On Friday’s broadcast of “NBC Nightly News,” NBC News Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell said that there is increased optimism for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza “because Hamas has
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” Yarden Gonen, the sister of Hamas hostage Romi Gonen, stated that she feels the likelihood of saving the hostages has increased recently and “Since President-Elect Trump was [elected],