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The Forward brings you independent, nonprofit journalism with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis of the Middle East, campus conflicts, and more. Sign up for the free morning newsletter today. (JTA) — An Egyptian team has entered Gaza to join in the ...

Hamas’s military wing has released the bodies of two more slain Israeli hostages Tuesday — as Vice President JD Vance warned it will take time to retrieve the remains of all of the fallen captives from Gaza. The caskets containing the remains of the ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Palestinian militant group Hamas has released the last surviving hostages it was holding in Gaza, in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners, under the terms of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. In the days ...

The Biden administration helped broker two ceasefire and hostage-exchange deals between Israel and Hamas — one in November 2023 and one in January 2025. Hamas released 105 hostages in the November 2023 deal and 33 in the January 2025 deal, a total of 138.

President Trump met with more than a dozen freed Israeli hostages and their family members Thursday at the White House, where he celebrated them as “heroes.” “You’re not a hostage anymore,” Trump said in remarks from the State Dining Room.

No confirmation of report from Hezbollah-linked outlet; Trump's envoy had been expected to raise US demand for Gazan terror group to disarm during meeting in Turkey The post Meeting between Witkoff and Hamas official said canceled due to Israeli pressure appeared first on The Times of Israel.