Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Unless all our hostages are released, the gates of hell will open. All our war goals will be achieved.
On February 11, US President Trump said: If all the hostages in Gaza are not returned by 12 noon on Saturday, I suggest canceling the ceasefire agreement. Let it all go to hell.
After seeing the plight of the hostages, Trump described them as "survivors of the Holocaust". His patience with the Israel-Hamas ceasefire has faded. The remarks have brought new uncertainty to the fate of the ceasefire. Click to view...
On September 1st, Arnon Bar-David, the president of the Israel General Trade Union (Histadrut), called for a general strike on Monday to pressure the Israeli government to reach a hostage agreement and ensure the return of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza. The president of the Israel General Trade Union called on all civilian workers to join the strike and said that Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel's main air transport hub, will be closed from 8 am local time (1:00 p...
The White House has confirmed that one of the hostages is an American citizen named Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
According to Al Jazeera, a Hamas delegation will travel to Cairo on Saturday, and Gaza hostage-ceasefire talks are expected to continue in Egypt on Sunday.
According to the AXIOS website, sources familiar with the matter revealed that Israel submitted a formal written and updated proposal on the Gaza hostage deal to Qatar, Egypt and the United States on Monday. Israel's latest offer includes a willingness to be flexible on the issue of the number of hostages released in the first and humanitarian phases of the deal, and a willingness to discuss Hamas' demands for "sustained calm" in the Gaza Strip. The Qatari prime minister is expected to meet with...
On May 4th, according to the Palestinian Al-Quds newspaper, Hamas will announce in the next few hours the approval of the ceasefire and the latest proposal for the release of hostages. The Saudi newspaper Al-Shaq also reported that a ceasefire agreement is imminent. Sources said that there have been frequent communications between mediators from Egypt and Qatar and the Hamas and Israeli delegations in order to reach an agreement on the number of hostage exchanges. According to reports, the lates...
Netanyahu countered that only Hamas can profit from early elections and is making every effort to ensure the release of hostages. Click to view>& Gt;