Tag: hostage negotiations

People check the rubble of a building in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel, following Israeli bombardment the previous night, on December 27. AFP/Getty…

UN Security Council votes on a draft resolution aimed at boosting the flow of humanitarian supplies into Gaza at the UN headquarters in New York, on December 22.…

Sigrid Kaag attends an event in Utrecht, Netherlands on March 27. P van Katwijk/Getty Images Sigrid Kaag, a Dutch politician and veteran United Nations diplomat, will take charge of the international…

A mass funeral is seen at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza on Monday. Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images Officials from the World Health Organization visited Al-Aqsa Hospital in central…

The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, occupied West Bank, on December 24. Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images Church bells echo through the labyrinth-like streets of Bethlehem. With Christmas approaching, the city in…

A chemical tanker operating in the Indian Ocean Saturday was struck by an Iranian attack drone, a US defense official says.  “The motor vessel CHEM PLUTO, a Liberia-flagged,…

The Israel Defense Forces has demolished a tunnel network in the Issa area of southern Gaza City, it claimed in a statement Friday. The network served as an…

Israel’s most recent proposal to Hamas is a one-week pause in the war for the return of around 35 hostages, including the remaining women, elderly, wounded and sick…

If Ramallah has a center, it is Al-Manara Square. Six roads meet here, and pedestrians weave their way confidently across the tight roundabout, forcing cars to make way.…

The Israel Defense Forces claims to have discovered “the biggest Hamas tunnel” in Gaza, spanning a length of 4 kilometers (about 2.5 miles). The IDF said the tunnel,…