1 week ago Hamas releases sickening video of Israeli hostage begging for his life before threatening 'time is running out' as terrorist group demands 50

Hamas has released a sickening video of an Israeli hostage begging for his life before threatening 'time is running out' in a haunting message.

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1 week ago Hamas reportedly agrees to release five living Israeli hostages for ceasefire

Militants release video of Israeli captive Elkana Bohbot pleading for freedom as they seek a 50-day halt to conflictHamas has allegedly agreed to free five living Israeli hostages in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire, as the militant group released a video of a hostage making an appeal for his freedom.Hamas’s chief, Khalil al-Hayya, reportedly said on Saturday that the militant group expressed willingness to release the five hostages over the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, which begins on Sunday, after a proposal it received two days ago from Egypt and Qatar, Reuters has reported. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Netanyahu warns Israel’s renewed Gaza offensive ‘is only the beginning’

Israeli PM says attacks will continue until Hamas is destroyed and hostages freed, as airstrikes kill hundredsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe wave of deadly airstrikes that shattered the pause in hostilities in Gaza is “only the beginning”, Benjamin Netanyahu has warned, also promising that the new offensive would continue until Israel achieved all of its war aims – destroying Hamas and freeing all hostages held by the militant group.Any further ceasefire negotiations would take place “under fire”, the Israeli prime minister said in a televised address on Tuesday night, his first after Israel launched attacks that killed more than 400 people in the devastated Palestinian territory, in the bloodiest single day of violence since the first months of the war in 2023. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on Israel breaking the ceasefire: destroying hope along with lives | Editorial

Benjamin Netanyahu is kept in place by an endless war, at a terrible cost to Palestinians and hostagesIn shattering the two-month ceasefire that had brought a fragile peace and relief to Gaza, Israel has also smashed the faint hopes that a resolution might just remain within reach. This was one of the deadliest days since the early months of the conflict, sparked by the lethal Hamas raid of 7 October 2023. Israel says it was attacking “terror targets”, but health authorities in Gaza say that 174 children and 89 women were among the more than 400 dead. Evacuation orders issued by the military suggest that a renewed ground offensive may be on its way for traumatised and repeatedly displaced Palestinians. Families of the remaining Israeli hostages are terrified and angry too, attacking the government for choosing to give up on them.Horror is piling upon horror. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed since the war began, and the numbers grew even during the ceasefire, many d...

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3 w. ago Horror in Gaza as hundreds dead and injured in Israeli airstrikes

Medics could not cope with the injured and dying, as a total blockade on supplies meant they lacked basic necessities, including diesel for generators and essential surgical items like gloves, swabs, and syringes

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3 w. ago Horror in Gaza as hundreds feared dead in Israeli airstrikes

Medics could not cope with the injured and dying, as a total blockade on supplies meant they lacked basic necessities, including diesel for generators and essential surgical items like gloves, swabs, and syringes

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3 w. ago Why has Israel launched dozens of strikes on Gaza – and what happens now over the ceasefire?

‘This offensive will continue as long as necessary, and will expand beyond air strikes,’ the Israeli military has said

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3 w. ago Families of Israeli hostages accuse Netanyahu of 'complete deception' as Gaza ceasefire collapses

Hostage families call for return to ceasefire as Hamas claims Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 400 people in Gaza

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3 w. ago Israel resumes fighting in Gaza with '235 killed' as chilling warning issued

Hamas has said the fresh wave of Israeli attacks puts the fate of the hostages in jeopardy after a six-week ceasefire in which it released 36 hostages in exchange for 2,000 prisoners

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3 w. ago Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is prepared to continue Gaza ceasefire talks in response to latest hostage release proposals

Israel is prepared to continue ceasefire talks based on a US proposal for the release of 11 living hostages and half of the deceased, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Saturday night.

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3 w. ago Thousands take to London streets to protest over Gaza as Hamas say they won't release American

Thousands once again took to the streets of central London today to protest over Gaza amid the ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel

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