The vote was a crucial next step for the fragile ceasefire and efforts to outline Gaza’s future following two years of war between Israel and Hamas.
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The remains of four hostages are still in Gaza after Palestinian militants released the remains of another on Sunday.
With Monday’s return, the bodies of 270 Palestinians have been handed back since the start of the ceasefire.
Since the ceasefire in Gaza took effect on Oct. 10, Palestinian militants had released the remains of 17 hostages, with 11 remaining in Gaza.
Had President Donald Trump not been re-elected, terrorist entities would try to “wipe out” the State of Israel, Sen. Rick Scott told a packed crowd in Las Vegas.
Militants had previously returned the remains of 15 hostages since the start of the ceasefire, with 13 more still to be recovered.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar, his office said Saturday.
Intelligence officials in Syria’s new de facto government thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine, state media reported Saturday.
The Houthis said the strikes occurred while Yemenis were rallying in the capital Sanaa in support of the Palestinians in Gaza.
Elizabeth Tsurkov, a 38-year-old student at Princeton, disappeared in Baghdad in March 2023 while doing research for her doctorate.
Benjamin Netanyahu became an internationally wanted suspect last year after the International Criminal Court, the world’s top war crimes court, issued an arrest warrant for him and others in connection with the war in Gaza, accusing them of crimes against humanity.
The bodies of around three dozen hostages have been recovered in Gaza and eight hostages have been rescued by the army.
Palestinians have carried out scores of shooting, stabbing and car-ramming attacks against Israelis, especially during the past 15 months of the Israel-Hamas war.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year while inside the terrorist group’s war operations room, according to a senior Hezbollah official.
A fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah has held up for over a month, even as its terms seem unlikely to be met by the deadline.
Families of Israeli hostages have rallied weekly to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire deal that would bring loved ones home.
Israeli strikes killed at least 42 people in Gaza overnight and into Friday, hospital and emergency response workers said.
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 40 people across the Gaza Strip, hitting Hamas security officers.
Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, officials said Wednesday, as the nearly 15-month war ground on into the new year.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent successful surgery Sunday to have his prostate removed, according to hospital officials.
Israel’s army detained the director of one of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospital, Palestinian medical officials said Saturday.