Category: 3. Middle East

A greatly weakened Hamas has sought to reassert itself in the Gaza Strip since a ceasefire took hold, killing at least 33 people in a crackdown on groups that have tested its grip and appearing to get a US nod to temporarily police the…

JTA — Hours before Monday’s expected hostage handover, Tal Shoham, who spent more than 500 days in Hamas captivity, and Ilan Dalal, father of hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal — with whom Shoham was held — expressed gratitude to both…

Mother of slain hostage says government betrayed families like hers because deal left insufficient leverage over Hamas to get bodies back

Yael Adar, the mother of slain hostage Tamir Adar, delivers a searing criticism of the…

Hostages who were freed Monday began sharing details from their time in Hamas captivity with family members, reportedly describing how they were isolated from the outside world, endured long periods of starvation, and were severely tortured…

Eurovision Song Contest organizers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel’s participation in the competition, following Middle East “developments,” the European Broadcasting Union said Monday in an apparent reference…

US President Donald Trump and other world leaders signed the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement during a summit in Egypt after Israeli hostages and Palestinians prisoners and detainees were released.

Trump posed in front of a banner which…

Ahead of a summit in Egypt on Monday, world leaders hailed the release of the 20 remaining living hostages after over two years of Hamas captivity as part of a Gaza ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump.

German Chancellor…