When Hamas militants staged the worst-ever attack on Israel, they took back into the Gaza Strip 251 hostages, some of them already dead. A year later, 64 people, including two children, are still in captivity and Israel believes they are alive. For the Palestinian militant group that rules the Gaza Strip, the hostages are key … Read more
The war in Gaza broke out after Hamas’s attack on southern Israel. Tel Aviv: The sister of an Israeli hostage whose body was recovered from Gaza last week struck a solemn tone Sunday as she laid him to rest after thousands attended his funeral. “I feared this ending but I wanted so much for it … Read more
But some hostage families are wary, with previous rounds of negotiations having gone nowhere. Jerusalem: Thousands of protesters rallied in Jerusalem on Sunday demanding the release of around 130 hostages still held in Gaza after six months of Israel’s war against Hamas. Hamas gunmen burst into Israel on Oct. 7, killed 1,200 people in their … Read more
