Israeli air strikes kill 26 in Gaza, says hospital
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Although he fought hard to survive more than 500 days of captivity in Gaza, Israeli Omer Wenkert says he is not free. As long as hostages are being held in the Palestinian enclave, his torment will not end.
Edan Alexander was 19 when he left New Jersey to serve in the Israel Defense Forces. He was released by Hamas on Monday.
Israel struck a hospital in Gaza early Tuesday, a day after briefly pausing military activity for the release of Israeli-American Edan Alexander by Hamas.
JERUSALEM, May 7 (Reuters) - An Israeli official said on Wednesday that 24 hostages were alive in Gaza after U.S. President Donald Trump said the number was 21, alarming the families of hostages. Gal Hirsch, Israel's coordinator for hostage issues ...
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said Wednesday that 2,799 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed its offensive in mid-March, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces to 52,928 since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023.
President Trump is visiting Qatar and the U.A.E. after inking big weapons and tech deals in Saudi Arabia. So far, his trip hasn't seemed to push forward chances for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Hamas said it freed American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander based on an understanding with the US that humanitarian assistance would return to Gaza and negotiations to end the war start immediately.
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen blamed United States-supplied bombs for contributing to “genocide” in Gaza amid Israel’s war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas.