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Their names, faces and stories have resonated around the world, on posters and in prayers, since they were taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023. Now, some of the 98 remaining hostages abducted that day, when ...

Arbel Yehud was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, 2023, and is reportedly being held in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, by a Salafi group affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

The 29-year-old, among seven women set to be freed during the first part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas, is reportedly ...

When Hamas released a video of female Israeli soldier Liri Albag this month, after 15 months in Hamas captivity, her parents ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 21 The Washington Post on the need for transparency from social media platforms Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken a lot of ...

Hamas is set to free four more female Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners Saturday in the second release ...

In December 2023, the Israeli military expressed "deep remorse" after soldiers mistakenly killed three hostages in northern ...

The second phase of the ceasefire still needs to be worked out, and the deal doesn’t begin to address long-term questions ...

There are men, women and children on the list of 33 to be released from Gaza. Two are U.S. citizens. Israel is set to free ...