4 hours ago · DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives on Thursday, and Israel is to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners, in the third such exchange since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month.. The truce is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas ...

12 hours ago · TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed 15 months ago that Israel would achieve “total victory” in the war in Gaza — by eradicating Hamas and freeing all the hostages. One week into a ceasefire with the militant group, many Israelis are dubious.. Not only is Hamas still intact, there’s also no …

3 days ago · The families have been informed, he said, adding that the information matched what Israeli intelligence had believed. The ceasefire is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas. Militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in the Oct. 7 assault and abducted another 250.

An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas -led Palestinian militant groups [t] has been taking place in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. It is the fifth war since 2008 in the Gaza–Israel conflict, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. [77] .

4 days ago · The Israeli fire on Sunday was the deadliest eruption of violence in Lebanon since the war between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia, ended with a truce in November. In the renewed ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Follow the latest news on the Israel Gaza war. Get live updates, maps, verified video reports and expert analysis from BBC journalists on the ground.

Jan 18, 2024 · Israeli forces severely damaged a Gaza cemetery this week, exhuming and removing bodies in what the military told CNN was part of a search for the remains of hostages seized by Hamas. Here’s how...

Oct 7, 2023 · Despite Israel’s partial troop withdrawal from Gaza and a reduction in operations in the strip’s north, satellite imagery shows ongoing land clearing and military advancement in southern and...

Oct 8, 2023 · Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis they are going into a "long and difficult war". Hundreds of gunmen burst into southern Israel, killing soldiers and civilians, and taking...

Oct 20, 2024 · Israeli strikes have killed more than 1,500 people since Israel ramped up its war against Hezbollah last month, according to the Lebanese government.