Mr. Alexander, who was held for nearly 600 days before being released in May, is a dual citizen of Israel and the United States. He was in the Israeli military when he was abducted on Oct. 7, 2023.

Israeli airstrikes killed 15 Palestinians in Gaza early on Friday, while a hospital said 20 more people died in shootings ...

President Donald Trump said he expects to hear back from Hamas within 24 hours about the latest peace deal in Gaza brokered ...

Hamas said on Friday it was holding consultations with other Palestinian movements on a truce proposal in the war with Israel, in a possible sign that it was preparing for negotiations for a ceasefire ...

DRAWING inspiration from turn-of-the-19th century US President Theodore Roosevelt, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for mediating ...

US President Donald Trump on Friday (July 4) said that a decision by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on a “final proposal” for a ceasefire with Israel in Gaza will become clear in the next 24 ...

US President Donald Trump has been pushing for a Gaza ceasefire as he said that Israel has agreed to terms for a 60-day ceasefire, but Hamas's decision is yet to come. Trump said that in the next 24 ...

-Refugees prepare food including maize porridge donated by USAID and known locally as posho, during the visit of U.N., ...

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