Hostages

Cabinet members criticize Netanyahu's request for list of surviving hostages

Qatar informed Israel that Hamas had rejected the "Paris proposals" and had not provided a list of surviving Israeli hostages.

Israeli hostage Elizaveta Tsurkova abducted from Baghdad is alive, reports Al-Araby

Tsurkova has been moved to a location outside Baghdad under the control of influential armed groups, and she is reported to be alive.

Israeli activists breach IDF checkpoint near Erez, enter Gaza

The activists made it some 500 meters inside Gaza before being stopped by IDF soldiers

Hostage families hold solidarity ceremony at police station in Sderot

The families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas and other terror groups set out on a four-day march from Kibbutz Re’im to Jerusalem

Biden hoping for ceasefire agreement in Gaza by March 4

U.S. President Joe Biden says a truce deal, under which hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7 would be released, is currently being negotiated and will be reached next week

Washington Post: Hamas leader hiding in Gaza, hostages serve as human shield

Yehiya Sinwar's position makes it difficult for Israel to dismantle the terrorist organization and bring the more than four-month-long war to a close

IDF, Shin Bet chiefs visited Cairo to discuss Rafah offensive and humanitarian aid

Israel believes that some of the hostages and Hamas leaders are in Rafah and plans to move there to eliminate the last Hamas stronghold