Hamas lists three hostages for release, man wounded in suspected terror attack
Ex-hostage treated for pneumonia • Israelis attack Palestinians in village near Bethlehem • ICRC local branch voices 'concern' over 'conditions of hostages'
Released hostage Ofer Kalderon re-admitted to hospital with pneumonia
He has been re-admitted to Sheba Hospital, where he is receiving care and is being closely monitored by a team of professionals.
Released hostage Ofer Kalderon has contracted pneumonia in the days after his release from the hospital, his family announced on Friday.
Kalderon, who was freed from Hamas captivity two weeks ago, was released from the returnees ward at Sheba hospital before returning home.
Go to the full article >>Chained hostage prays kiddush before Shabbat each week, fiance shares
Hostage Eliya Cohen passed a message through freed hostages to his mother that he does kiddush before Shabbat and prays every morning.
Sunday marked eight years that young Israelis Ziv Abud and Eliya Cohen have been together, but Cohen has been held hostage in Gaza since October 7, 2023.
Cohen is one of the 33 hostages slated to be released as part of the first phase of the hostage-ceasefire deal. Of those 33, 17 have yet to be released.
Go to the full article >>Israeli settlers wound Palestinians in attack in village near Bethlehem
The IDF said that four Palestinians were injured in the incident, while the Palestinian Red Crescent claims that 16 were injured.
About 40 Israelis attacked Palestinians in the West Bank village of Al-Maniya, southeast of Bethlehem, army radio reported Friday evening.
The Israeli rioters used dogs, clubs, and pepper spray. The Palestinian Red Crescent claimed that 16 Palestinians were wounded in the incident, while a statement by the IDF said that only four Palestinians were lightly wounded, and said the incident was a clash between Israeli and Palestinian civilians, Ynet reported.
Go to the full article >>IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi apologizes to released female observers for their time in Gaza
IDF will investigate everything that happened at the outpost on October 7, Halevi said, and told the observers that he wishes for them to participate in the investigation.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi met with four out of the five female observers who were released from captivity in Gaza and apologized for their time in captivity on Friday.
Halevi met with Agam Berger, Liri Albag, Naama Levy and Karina Ariev. Daniella Gilboa was the only one not present at the meeting. The observers told Halevi about what they went through in Nahal Oz and in captivity and the struggles they faced.
Go to the full article >>Hostages to be released Saturday to be treated at Tel Aviv Sourasky and Sheba medical centers
Hostages Sagui Dekel Chen, Alexander Sasha Troufanov and Iair Horn will be treated at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sheba Medical Center upon their release on Saturday.
Go to the full article >>Hamas, Islamic Jihad name three hostages set for Saturday release
An Israeli official further told The Jerusalem Post that Israel had not received the list of hostages expected to be released on Saturday.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) said it would release one hostage on Saturday as part of the hostage-ceasefire deal, the group announced on Friday.
Go to the full article >>PIJ says it will release one hostage on Saturday
Palestinian Islamic Jihad said it would release one hostage on Saturday as part of the hostage-ceasefire deal, the group announced on Friday.
Go to the full article >>Man in 60s wounded by axe in suspected terror attack in Gilboa
Security forces were deployed to the area and were looking for the attacker.
A man in his 60s was attacked by an axe-wielding suspect in the yard of his home in the Gan Ner community situated in the Gilboa area in a suspected terror attack, Israeli media reported on Friday.
Go to the full article >>PIJ says it will release one hostage on Saturday
Palestinian Islamic Jihad said it would release one hostage on Saturday as part of the hostage-ceasefire deal, the group announced on Friday.
Go to the full article >>Police arrest man with suspicious object on body in northern Israel
The police are investigating whether the suspect was wearing an explosive belt and whether he was planning to carry out a terror attack.
Police arrested a suspect who was wearing a suspicious object on his body near Tamra in northern Israel, police said on Friday.
Go to the full article >>Israel at war: What you need to know
- Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
- Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities.
- 76 hostages remain in Gaza.
- 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says.
- The IDF launched a ground invasion of Lebanon on September 30.
- The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire came into effect on November 27 at 4:00 a.m.
- Netanyahu confirmed the first phase of the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire on January 17, 2025
- 735 terrorists will be released as part of the hostage deal