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Hamas’ armed wing said Saturday an Israeli woman taken hostage during the October 2023 attack had been killed in northern Gaza, but Israel’s military said it could not “confirm or refute” the claim. Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obeida said contact had been restored with the woman’s captors after a break of several weeks, and […]
Israeli forces reportedly laid siege to Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, detaining hundreds of staff patients and displaced people as they targeted suspected militant sites. Palestinian officials claimed dozens of civilians including children were killed in Israeli strikes. The IDF cited “intelligence information” on terrorist activities in the area and said it previously facilitated patient and […]
A Yazidi woman freed from Gaza after a decade of captivity claims ISIS ‘fed them the meat of babies’. The 21-year-old woman — identified as Fawzia Sido — was kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Iraq ten years ago. She was freed earlier this month in a secret operation months in the making that involved […]
Hamas vowed on Friday it would not release the hostages it seized during its October 7 attack on Israel until the Gaza war ends, as it mourned the death of its leader Yahya Sinwar. The killing of Sinwar, the mastermind of the deadliest attack in Israeli history, had raised hopes of a turning point in […]
Hezbollah said on Sunday it was fighting Israeli forces trying to infiltrate Ramiya village in southern Lebanon, as a third UN peacekeeper was wounded in Israel’s escalating conflict with the Iran-backed Lebanese group. Israeli strikes have shaken the peacekeepers’ main base in southern Lebanon, prompting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Western countries to condemn the […]