Jerusalem Controversy

Omer Wenkert, a hostage held in Gaza since the Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel, is flanked by Hamas fighters as he holds a certificate confirming his release, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Feb 22. (Photo: Reuters) JERUSALEM - Hamas militants freed six hostages from Gaza on…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas on Saturday released the last six living hostages expected under the first phase of its ceasefire with Israel with a week remaining, as questions over the next phase clouded the deal 's future. The release of Palestinian prisoners was delayed without explanation. Freed were…

GAZA/JERUSALEM, Israel — Hamas has returned the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including those of Kfir and Ariel Bibas, the youngest captives taken during the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel. However, Israeli authorities have confirmed that the remains expected to be those of their mother, Shiri Bibas, were…

JERUSALEM — A series of explosions on three buses in a parking lot rattled central Israel on Thursday in what authorities suspected was a militant attack. No injuries were reported. The explosions happened on a day when Israel was already grieving after Hamas returned the bodies of four hostages from…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was meeting in Jerusalem with US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Netanyahu said in a statement on Wednesday, amid the Gaza ceasefire and a regional diplomatic push read more Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress at the…

Tragedy occurred in Lagos State, when a Pastor, Magistrate Olasanmi Ogunkanmi, 58, suddenly, slumped and died the night after returning from a three-week holy pilgrimage in Jerusalem, Israel. It was gathered that late Magistrate Ogunkanmi, performed his last pilgrimage exercise to Jerusalem with the first batch of Lagos pilgrims, before…

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The Israeli government has formally approved the ceasefire deal in Gaza and the release of some hostages, soon halting the conflict that has been raging for 15 months. The Israeli Cabinet voted in favor of the deal in the early morning hours in Jerusalem on Saturday...Read More

JERUSALEM/CAIRO Jan 17, (Reuters) – The Israeli security cabinet has recommended approving the Gaza ceasefire and hostage return deal, ahead of a full cabinet meeting expected later on Friday, a statement from the prime minister’s office said...Read More

An illustration of the newly unearthed structure as it likely stood 2,800 years ago. (Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority) Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a series of stone rooms and objects that were likely used for worship and ritual practices in the Kingdom of Judah 2,800 years ago, they say.…