Jerusalem Controversy

JERUSALEM: Hamas freed six hostages from Gaza on Saturday, the last living Israeli captives slated for release under the first phase of a fragile ceasefire agreement that began last month. But hours after the Israeli hostages were handed over, Israel had yet to release the more than 600 Palestinian prisoners…

Reuters FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025. Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo By James Mackenzie and Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it was…

JERUSALEM - Among the six hostages freed by Hamas on Feb 22 in return for Palestinian prisoners were an Israeli Bedouin and an Ethiopian-born man who had been in Gaza for years before the Oct 7, 2023 attack, having wandered into the enclave a decade ago. Civilians Hisham al-Sayed, 36,…

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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