The remains of four hostages are still in Gaza after Palestinian militants released the remains of another on Sunday.
Middle East Peace
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.
Israel’s military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104
The strikes, the deadliest since the ceasefire began on Oct. 10, marked the most serious challenge to the tenuous truce to date.
The U.S. military launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said.
Soldiers killed fighters and destroyed terrorist infrastructure and anti-tank missile launching positions in Gaza, the military said.
President Joe Biden said he has not directly sought assurances from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel will hold off on an expected ground invasion into Gaza before hostages can be released.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved Jacob Lew to be ambassador to Israel, moving quickly to get him in place during the country’s new war with Hamas.
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration is linking a pro-Palestinian student organization to terrorism and is ordering state universities to ban the group from campuses.
The prospect of Israeli forces launching an assault into Gaza’s dense urban neighborhoods, where terrorists use civilians as human shields, brings back searing memories of the deadly battles the U.S.-led coalition fought against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
Officials told The Wall Street Journal that Israel has agreed to an American request to get proper air defenses in place before a ground invasion of Gaza.
Israeli officials were outraged Wednesday that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ said the Oct. 7 Hamas attack “did not happen in a vacuum.”
Israel Foreign Minister Eli Cohen also dismissed calls for “proportionality” in the country’s response to Hamas’ surprise attacks that killed 1,400 people.
A Lebanese politician allied with Hezbollah said Tuesday that Lebanon would not initiate a war with Israel but would defend itself if attacked.
Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, described the harrowing Oct. 7 assault on her kibbutz by Hamas terrorists and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip.
Washington is speeding multiple sophisticated air defense systems to the Middle East days ahead of an anticipated ground counterattack on Gaza.
Israeli troops found instructions for dispersing cyanide gas on a Hamas terrorist’s body
Hamas and other militants in Gaza are believed to have taken roughly 220 people, including an unconfirmed number of foreigners and dual nationals.
Working non-stop to identify those murdered is taking mental toll on police and rescue workers.