Israel was yesterday accused of using its aid blockade on Gaza as a “weapon of war”, as a week of hearings over its humanitarian obligations began in The Hague. Ammar Hijazi, the Palestinian ...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denounced Hamas in harsh terms and demanded that it release the remaining Israeli hostages. In a fiery Tuesday speech, Abbas called Hamas “sons of ...

On February 10, Palestinian group Hamas said that no more hostages releases will take place until further notice, citing what it called Israeli violations of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

“Hamas has given the criminal occupation excuses to commit its crimes in the Gaza Strip, the most prominent being the holding of hostages,” Abbas said at a meeting in Ramallah. “I’m the ...

The president of the Palestinian Authority told a meeting in the occupied West Bank that Hamas had given Israel "excuses" to continue its attacks on Gaza, and told it to "release the hostages and ...

Ahead of his second go-around in the White House, President Donald Trump spoke with certainty about ending Russia’s war in Ukraine in the first 24 hours of his new administration and finding lasting ...

TASS/. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called on the radical Palestinian group Hamas to release Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip so as "not to give Israel an excuse" to carry out ...

Liran Berma and Ilay David, whose family members are being held hostage by Hamas, say they are hoping for the best but do not know their relatives’ condition.

It emphasized that it is "critical that the ceasefire implementation continues and that all of the hostages are freed from Hamas captivity and safely returned to their families." Several family ...

Trump called for a quick end to its war with Hamas and a return of the hostages, adding that Israel ... and most of Gaza's 2.3 million people have been displaced by fighting that has destroyed ...