A ceasefire in Gaza would only help Hamas, the White House said Tuesday, as Israel wages an air campaign against the militant group that carried out an unprecedented attack on the country earlier this month, AFP reports.

An 85-year-old Israeli freed after more than two weeks of captivity by Hamas militants said on Tuesday “I went through hell” during her abduction to war-torn Gaza.

The Islamist group’s military wing said in a statement the two women had been freed for “compelling humanitarian” reasons following mediation by Qatar and Egypt

Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said Monday that more than 5,000 people have been killed in the besieged Palestinian enclave since Israel launched its withering bombing campaign more than two weeks ago.

Live BBC images show UN vehicles with white flags moving through the Rafah crossing into Gaza from Egypt.

We may split hairs over Palestine and Philistine. The Biblical Philistines died out eons ago, just like the 10 out of the 12 tribes of Israel, with just two tribes, Judah and Israel, surviving

Gaza’s Hamas rulers on Friday released two American hostages, from about 200 people abducted in attacks by the militant group in Israel on October 7, Israel and the militant group said.

By Tunde Oso (with agency report) United States citizens travelling abroad have been told to “exercise increased caution” in light of the heightened global tensions spurred by Hamas’ terror attack on Israel and the unfolding Israel-Hamas war. The State Department said in a new advisory yesterday, “Due to increased tensions in various locations around the […]

Israel has said that the Hamas terror group is still holding hostages from 42 countries, according to a video posted on Tuesday.

The last thing Turkey, even under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, would (or could) do would be to have any kind of military confrontation with the United States.

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President of the United States, Joe Biden, has said Israel must eliminate the Hamas terror group but rejected reoccupying the Gaza Strip.

Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, on Friday said at least 13 hostages captured by Hamas were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in the past 24 hours.

‘For your safety, you must leave your homes immediately and go to shelters’

Hamas has said the terror launched against Israel that killed about 1,200 Israelis and other nationals at the weekend was planned for two years.