The Gaza war is paused, but Israel and Hamas keep up a fierce battle of optics over hostage releases
Arbel Yehoud is achingly close to freedom, but her face is a study of shadow and terror. Yehoud makes it into waiting vehicles, and then to Israel. The visuals out of Israel and Gaza during recent hostage-for-prisoner swaps were part of a choreographed battle of optics waged in parallel to the 16-month ground war between Israel and Hamas.
American-Israeli Keith Siegel, 2 other hostages released in Gaza in 3rd exchange of Israel-Hamas ceasefire
It is believed that at least two of the six American hostages still held in Gaza are alive — Sagui Dekel-Chen, 35, who grew up in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and Edan Alexander, 19, from Tenafly, New Jersey. Four other Americans are believed to have been killed in captivity.
A group of 50 sick and wounded Palestinian children began crossing through Gaza’s Rafah crossing into Egypt for treatment.
One of the three companies hired to run the checkpoint is seeking 96 green berets to search Palestinians’ vehicles.
Even before the first phase is completed, the fragile cease-fire agreement that has paused 15 months of war in Gaza between ...
Support from Americans has surged for the U.S. nonprofit that raises money for UNRWA, the U.N. agency that serves Palestinian ...
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