Advocate For Israeli Hostages Pins Hopes On Joe Biden
One family’s story offers a snapshot of the devastating impact of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack inside Israel — and the agonizing personal toll that choices by Hamas, Israel and …
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Israeli hostage’s brother says cease-fire deal must be struck by Israel, Hamas
(NewsNation) — Michael Levy, the brother of Israeli hostage Or Levy, believes a cease-fire deal “is the only option” to see the 120 captives freed. Michael Levy joined Connell McShane …
Biden Pushes For New Cease-Fire Deal In Gaza
President Joe Biden pushed for a new cease-fire deal Friday that included a hostage exchange and an end to Israeli hostilities in Gaza, and he criticized some Israeli leaders who …
Three hostages holding white flag mistakenly killed by troops, Israeli military says – National
Three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip had been waving a white flag and were shirtless when they were killed, an Israeli military …
Biden Meets With Families Of American Hostages In Gaza
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday held his first in-person meeting with families of some of the eight Americans still unaccounted for and presumed taken captive by Hamas …
Freed Israeli Hostages Have ‘Tense’ Meeting With Netanyahu
Freed Israeli hostages told top Israeli officials on Tuesday that they feared being killed by Israeli airstrikes while they were held by Hamas militants in Gaza. They also recounted brutality …
Hamas Frees First Hostages Amid Truce, Including 13 Israelis
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas released the first batch of hostages under a cease-fire deal that began Friday, including 13 Israelis who have been held in the Gaza …
Hamas Hostages’ Families Issue Desperate Plea To U.S.
WASHINGTON ― After Hamas released two older hostages last month, Abbey Onn got a sliver of information: Her cousin Ofer Kalderon, a 50-year-old whom Hamas had also kidnapped, was still …
Emails Reveal Biden Admin’s Struggle To Aid Americans In Gaza
As Israel escalates its offensive in Gaza, U.S. officials are privately telling some Americans trapped in the region that the government lacks key pieces of information involving ongoing diplomatic negotiations …
‘We’re at a very critical time’: former FBI negotiator on freeing hostages from Hamas – National
Hamas’s deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel claimed the lives of roughly 1,400 people. Hamas initially appeared to have captured around 100 hostages, but that estimate has grown to around …