The changes come as pressure mounts for Israel and Hamas to move into the second phase of the ceasefire plan that U.S.

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(Reuters) -Israel has received the body of deceased hostage Meny Godard from Palestinian militants in Gaza via the Red Cross, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Thursday. Godard lived ...

Israeli forensic examiners have identified the remains of a deceased Israeli hostage returned from Gaza as those of Dror Or, the prime minister’s office said on Wednesday.

Israeli forces said they resumed the Gaza ceasefire after strikes on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump pressed Hamas to act faster in returning the bodies of deceased hostages amid a delicate ...

The militant group took more than 250 hostages from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, including 31 from Thailand. The remains of all ...

Israeli authorities have confirmed they received the body of a deceased hostage from the Red Cross on Monday evening, as President Donald Trump's 48-hour deadline looms. The body was handed over to ...

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 ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas says it will return the body of an Israeli hostage Tuesday, part of last month's fragile ceasefire that has held despite Israeli strikes on Gaza, mounting ...

An Egyptian team has entered Gaza to join in the search for the remains of 13 hostages whose bodies have still not been released following the ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. The ceasefire’s first ...