Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
GAZA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas released three Israeli hostages and Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday, the first day of a ceasefire suspending a 15-month-old war that has ...
Hamas released three Israeli hostages and Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday, the first day of a ceasefire suspending a 15-month ... 3 Israeli hostages are free after 471 days in ...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — After 15 months of collective grief and anxiety, three Israeli hostages left Hamas captivity and returned to Israel, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners walked free from Israeli jail, leaving both Israelis and Palestinians torn between celebration and trepidation as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold Sunday.
In exchange, Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners to the West Bank and hundreds of aid trucks carrying food and fuel were allowed to enter the Gaza Strip through the border crossings in Israel and Egypt. [119] [120] On 21 February, Hamas returned to Israel the dead body of Shiri Bibas, after delivering the wrong body to Israel the day ...
Israel began its assault on Hamas in Gaza after the group's fighters burst into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 250 were taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 2011 deal between Israel and Hamas Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcoming Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit at Tel Nof after his release from Hamas captivity The Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange, also known as Wafa al-Ahrar ("Faithful to the free"), followed a 2011 agreement ...
Amnesty International has stated that Israel has imprisoned Palestinians for prolonged periods, without charging them or putting them on trial. [80] Israel has said that detention without trial is a necessary security measure used to avoid exposing confidential information in trials. [81] The European Union has criticized the policy. [82]
Israel, with the support of U.S. President Donald Trump, has said it will resume fighting if the hostages are not freed, but did not immediately comment on the statement by Hamas. The announcement from Hamas could allow the ceasefire to continue for now, even after Israel said Thursday that a rocket had been launched from Gaza.