TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are “very soon expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire” after Hamas returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza. Netanyahu spoke during a press conference with visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and stressed … Read more
Jerusalem (AP) — Hamas said it would hand over the remains of a hostage as Israel said it would begin letting Palestinians leave Gaza through the Rafah border crossing, signs of a U.S.-backed ceasefire, despite an earlier error over the returned remains. Hamas said it would return the newly discovered remains on Wednesday, but it … Read more
Some critical Israeli sites were hit by Iranian ballistic missiles during the war, including the Beersheba Medical Center, the Haifa Bazan Oil Refinery, and the Weizmann Institute of Science. State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman on Tuesday accused the Ministry of Defense, the IDF and the National Security Council (NSC) of failing to provide physical defenses for … Read more
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Tuesday it had received remains handed over by Palestinian militants in Gaza to the Red Cross. It was believed to be the remains of one of the two hostages still in the area: an Israeli citizen and a Thai. The Israeli government said the “finds” in Gaza … Read more