Hamas has survived Israel’s 15-month war in the Gaza Strip. Now, the militant group is replenishing its ranks, although restocking its weapons supplies will be more difficult.

Those are the immediate reactions of some peacebuilders in the Gaza Strip, the U.S., and elsewhere abroad Wednesday after Israel and the militant group Hamas reached a new Gaza ceasefire and host ...

Hamas announced on Friday that it would release four female soldiers held hostage for 15 months in Gaza, as part of an exchange for Palestinian prisoners laid out in its ceasefire agreement with ...

Languages: English. Israel has yet to confirm the identities of the hostages, however a Hamas spokesman has said that hostages Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, Liri Albag are set to ...

Israel launched the war following the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, when militants killed 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages back to Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the start of their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war ...

A Romanian citizen who was part of the crew of the ship Galaxy Leader and was kidnapped in Yemen has been released and is now safe, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The release is ...

The Houthis also said Hamas separately requested the release of the ship's crew of 25, who included mariners from the Philippines, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Mexico. “This step comes in ...

Hamas’s representative in Yemen ... The crew is made up of nationals from Bulgaria, Ukraine, the Philippines, Mexico and Romania, according to the ship’s owner, Galaxy Maritime.

As a ceasefire brought calm to Gaza’s ruined cities, Hamas was quick to emerge from hiding. The militant group has not only survived 15 months of war with Israel — among the deadliest and most ...

Romania’s ambassador to Israel, Radu Ioanid, welcomed the release. He noted that out of the four Romanian hostages who were abducted by Hamas, only two have been released. “Two of them hold ...