Hamas’ armed wing on Saturday said that five Israeli hostages might have been killed in Israeli attack, as it lost contact with a group holding the hostages. In a statement on Telegram, Abu Ubaida, the spokesperson for the Al-Qassam Brigades, said: “As a result of the brutal Zionist...

Grief and desperation have overtaken the Gaza Strip in a season that is usually marked by merriment, as Israel continues its unrelenting attacks on the besieged enclave, where one Palestinian Christian Ibrahim Al-Amash summarized the somber situation by saying: “There is no holiday spirit here...

Some two-thirds of Israelis, or 67%, support a new deal to release Israeli hostages from Gaza in exchange for a cease-fire in the strip, says a new public opinion poll.  Only 22% of Israelis opposed a deal to return the hostages in exchange for a cease-fire, while 11% had no view, said...

Israel is preparing its public for possible tough decisions, including releasing "dangerous" Palestinian prisoners as part of a new prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas, Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) said Wednesday.  Tel Aviv is discussing with mediators the release of...