Hamas freed more than 100 people. In exchange, Israel released more than 200 Palestinians from Israeli prisons. Several hostages in Gaza have also been freed in the months since, while the bodies of others have
Emily Damari is a British-Israeli citizen kidnapped from her apartment on Kibbutz Kfar Aza, a communal farming village hit hard by Hamas’ assault. She lived in a small apartment in a neighborhood for young adults, the closest part of the kibbutz to Gaza. Militants broke thro...
The Houthis claim the attacks are aimed at ending the air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip following the 7 October attacks by Hamas. Several ships have been attacked with drones, rockets and in some cases helicopters have been used to drop militants on to commercial vessels...
The attack killed about 1,200 Israelis, mostly civilians, and the militants took some 250 people hostage, sparking the war with Hamas. The conflict has killed over 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to local health authorities, who do not distinguish combatants from civi...
Reports say Gaza had a strong health care system with 36 hospitals and 25,000 doctors, nurses and specialists before Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7. Now, the WHO says, about 15 hospitals are partially operating. That makes getting care difficult for the more than 50,000 injured...
[01:21.00]before Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7. [01:26.24]Now, the WHO says, about 15 hospitals [01:30.48]are partially operating. [01:32.40]That makes getting care difficult [01:35.12]for the more than 50,...
Masked militants from the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas.AP/Adel Hana In its 1988 charter, Hamas said it sought to destroy the state of Israel and create an Islamic society in historic Palestine. In 2017, it published a new document that accepted the idea of an...
"I think all of you have said the two-state solution and so on, and hope this war will end and move into a true solution," he said, before breaking down, describing the current situation as "beyond words". Israel unleashed its campaign to eliminate Hamas after the militants burst int...
and the killing of senior militants in airstrikes. This week, the risk of a wider, more chaotic and deadlier conflict with an array of regional enemies loomed large, as U.S. soldiers were killed for the first time since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war. President Joe Biden vowed...
International aid agencies and non-governmental organisations have been trying to deliver food, water, and medical supplies to the enclave since Israel began its war on Hamas on 7 October after Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel, but serious bottlenecks continue to restrict supply lines, ...