An exchange of Palestinian prisoners and Israeli hostages in Gaza can only happen after a ceasefire, senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said on Tuesday, as ceasefire talks in Cairo between Hamas, Egypt and Qatar continued
In an interview posted today, a Hamas political official tells the BBC that the organization cannot give Israel a list of living hostages because it does not itself know who is alive and where all
A senior Hamas official tells Arab World Press that “the ball is in Israel’s court” on the hostage talks, after Hamas presented the criteria for the Palestinian prisoners it wants to see released. The official
A march by thousands of Israelis demanding the release of hostages held in Gaza reached Jerusalem on Saturday as negotiators prepared to resume ceasefire negotiations in Cairo that would include a swap deal with Hamas.
Hamas’s military wing confirms the news after an investigation although it does not state when the captives died. The military wing of the Palestinian group Hamas says seven more captives held in the Gaza Strip
Thousands of marchers led by relatives of Hamas-held hostages are now entering Jerusalem to partake in a weekly demonstration near Netanyahu’s official residence. The march to Jerusalem began at Kibbutz Re’im this Wednesday and will
The hostage families leading the procession are speaking to the massive crowd through loudspeakers hooked up to a van at the rally’s fore. Each relative is choosing a song to dedicate to their missing loved
Crowd expected to swell as procession calling for a deal reaches the capital; anti-government rallies to be held week after mounted police, water cannons deployed against protesters. The families of hostages held in the Gaza
The families of hostages held in Gaza and their supporters are launching a four-day march from southern Israel to Jerusalem to demand their loved ones be set free. The march comes as negotiations are underway
