US official:
'Five female soldiers will be released this coming Sunday'
Senior official in the Biden administration tells reporters that American citizens Keith Siegel and Sagui Dekel-Chen are expected be released in the first phase of the deal.
Senior official in the Biden administration tells reporters that American citizens Keith Siegel and Sagui Dekel-Chen are expected be released in the first phase of the deal.
Hours after Israel and Hamas agree on hostage release and ceasefire deal, to go into effect on Sunday, Netanyahu's office says Hamas is trying to backtrack from the understandings: The Prime Minister instructed the negotiation team to reject outright Hamas's last-minute attempts at extortion.
Prime Minister's Office says Netanyahu thanked Trump for his help in advancing the release of the hostages. Netanyahu also speaks to Biden, and thanks him for his help in advancing the deal.
Jewish community in Ireland expresses outrage over President Michael Higgins, who criticized Israel's counterterrorism operation in Gaza, being chosen as keynote speaker at International Holocaust Remembrance Day event.
Senator Marco Rubio, Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, says during confirmation hearing that the incoming administration will end the sanctions on Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria: I’m confident Trump’s administration will continue to be perhaps the most pro-Israel administration in American history.
Parents of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, whose body is held by Hamas, blast the release of the terrorists as part of the hostage deal: Hamas cares more for its terrorists than Netanyahu cares for his soldiers.
US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming National Security Adviser to Fox News: The hostage release deal was reached thanks to the Trump effect. We’re with Israel if Hamas doesn’t live up to the terms of this agreement.
Iranian media claims the ship, named Zagros, is outfitted with "electronic sensors," interceptors, and additional cyber and intelligence capabilities.
Based on Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits's Smicha Program
Bereaved families from the Gvura Forum, together with many supporters, set up tents outside Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, say they will sleep in them in protest of the hostage release deal.
US Vice President comments on ceasefire and hostage release deal: Doug and I pray for all the hostages, and we are grateful that some, including Americans, will soon be reunited with their loved ones.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa'ar spoke about the hostage deal with Rome's Jewis community before departing Europe for Israel.
Thousands of Gazans took to the streets to celebrate the ceasefire deal that was reached with Israel. Majdi Fathi filmed the celebrations in Dir al-Balah where teens chanted 'We're your men Mohammed Deif' among other things.