Emily Hand, 9, back in Israel among second group of hostages released by Hamas

Emily Hand, 9, is understood to be among the second group of hostages released from the Gaza Strip by Hamas. The Irish-Israeli girl was taken hostage by Hamas from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Second round of hostages freed. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on … Read more

Little Israeli-American girl, 4, released by Hamas during hostage swap with Israel

Abigail Edan, a 4-year-old American dual citizen abducted by Hamas on October 7, has been released — marking the first successful release of an American hostage since the start of a truce between Israel and Hamas. Edan was one of the 17 hostages released on Sunday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: More hostages released. Watch the … Read more

Israel assessing Hamas claim 10-month-old hostage and family members are dead in IDF airstrike

The Israel Defence Forces said Wednesday it was assessing a Hamas claim that the youngest Israeli hostage, 10-month-old Kfir Bibas, his brother and his mother are dead. The armed wing of Hamas said earlier Wednesday, without providing evidence, that Kfir, his four-year-old brother, Ariel, and their mother, Shiri, were killed in an Israeli airstrike. The … Read more

Israel, Hamas agree to extend truce for seventh day as hostage negotiations continue

Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend the ceasefire in their war by at least one more day — minutes before the six-day truce was due to expire. Israel’s military said the truce would continue as mediators sought to release more hostages held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. The truce, extended from its … Read more

Israel announces resumption of combat in Gaza Strip

Israel’s military says it has resumed combat operations in the Gaza Strip minutes after a temporary truce with Hamas expired, blaming the militant group for breaking the ceasefire. The truce expired at 7am (0500 GMT) on Friday with Israel claiming it had intercepted a rocket launched from Gaza. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Ceasefire in Gaza … Read more

Families of Palestinian Americans shot in Vermont while wearing kaffiyehs allege men were targeted in hate crime

The mothers of Palestinian American college students shot on the street have no doubt that the men were targeted, and say the shooting should absolutely be treated as a hate crime. Three men, all 20 years old, were shot near the University of Vermont in Burlington last week. They all speak in Arabic and two … Read more

Gaza war to last ‘for many months’, Israel says

Israel’s war on Hamas will last months, Israel’s military chief says, as a string of incidents outside the Gaza Strip highlighted the risk of the conflict spreading. Israel’s Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi told reporters in a televised statement on Tuesday from the Gaza border that the war would go on “for many months”. “There … Read more

More Palestinians killed as Israel’s planned ground offensive in Gaza begins

Israeli ground forces are confronting Hamas fighters across the Gaza Strip in the clearest indication yet that a planned ground offensive in the enclave’s refugee-crowded south has begun, as Israeli bombing killed and wounded dozens of Palestinians. The Hamas Palestinian militant group on Sunday said its fighters clashed with Israeli troops about 2km from the … Read more

Israeli PM vows no let-up in war against Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to keep up the fight against Hamas militants, while Palestinians have mourned more than 100 people who Gaza health officials say were killed in Israeli airstrikes. Netanyahu visited Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip just hours after one of the besieged enclave’s deadliest nights in the 11-week-old … Read more