1 day ago · The families of hostages freed from Gaza over the weekend, the latest release in the ceasefire deal, described difficult conditions — including rarely seeing the sun — during their captivity.. The six-week first phase of the truce calls for the release of 33 hostages and nearly 2,000 prisoners, as well as the return of Palestinians to northern Gaza and an increase in …

3 days ago · Ofer Kalderon, held hostage in Gaza since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack, is released by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in an image ...

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Gaza war hostage crisis Part of the Gaza war Posters in Tel Aviv calling for the return of Israeli hostages in Gaza Date 7 October 2023 – present (1 year, 3 months, 3 weeks and 6 days) Location Gaza Strip and Israel ; some Palestinian prisoners were released to the West Bank …

6 days ago · More than 15 months after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza, a ceasefire agreement has come into effect, paving the way for a hostage release. Hamas seized 251...

3 days ago · Hamas-led militants have freed three more hostages from the Gaza Strip after more than 15 months in captivity. The three men are household names in Israel after their families spent months fighting for their release.

Jan 20, 2025 · The first hostages freed from Gaza under a long-awaited ceasefire agreement are back in Israel, and desperately needed aid is beginning to flow into the enclave. Follow for live updates.

Jan 20, 2025 · Damari, Gonen and Steinbrecher were the first among 33 Israeli hostages who are meant to be released in the coming six weeks in a deal that includes a pause in fighting, the release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and increased fuel and aid deliveries for Gaza.

Jan 16, 2025 · When Hamas led the Oct. 7, 2023, raids into Israel, killing about 1,200 people, about 250 people were taken into Gaza as hostages, including citizens of Israel, the United States, Britain,...

Oct 25, 2024 · More than 60 living hostages, and the bodies of about 35 others taken captive on Oct. 7, 2023, but believed to be dead, are still in Gaza, according to the Israeli authorities.

Jan 20, 2025 · TEL AVIV — Israelis celebrated the return Sunday evening of the first wave of hostages from the Gaza Strip, hours after Israel and Hamas ' long-awaited ceasefire went into effect and spurred...