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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 09: People gather and wave flags in what's known as Hostages Square as they react to the news of the Gaza peace deal on October 09, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Overnight, the US president announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire plan that would see the release of hostages - held in Gaza after their capture on Oct. 7, 2023 - in the coming days. Israel's government is meeting today to formally approve the deal. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire resolution

Israel’s government has voted on and officially approved the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release resolution, which was brokered by the United States in an effort to bring an end to the over two years of bloodshed and fighting.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 08: NY Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference at the offices of the Attorney General on January 08, 2025 in New York City. James spoke about new measures to stop transportation companies from the use of fake billing schemes to steal from Medicaid and vulnerable patients.The attorney general issued cease and desist notices to 54 transportation companies throughout NY. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

N.Y. AG Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted on Thursday by a federal grand jury in Virginia on fraud charges.

Palestinians carrying belongings arrive on a coastal path northwest of Nuseirat refugee camp as they are displaced southward from Wadi Gaza following an Israeli announcement of closing Al-Rashid road towards the north of the besieged Gaza Strip on October 1, 2025. Israel's defence minister issued a final warning for Gaza City residents to flee south on October 1, as the Palestinian Hamas movement weighed the latest US plan to end nearly two years of war in the Palestinian territory. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas unlikely to accept Trump’s Gaza peace plan — ‘serves Israel’s interests’

Hamas is reportedly expected to reject President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, saying that it “serves Israel’s interests” and “ignores those of the Palestinian people.”

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 21: People demonstrate prior any hostage announcements outside the Kirya defense complex as the political cabinet hold a meeting on November 21, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Families and supporters of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza gathered near The Kirya defense complex this evening as the Israeli cabinet convened regarding a proposed deal with Hamas for the release of some hostages. The full terms of such a deal were not clear, but both the Israeli prime minister and Hamas leader reported progress. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

The Emaciated Israeli Hostages: When Will The World Blame Hamas?

By Richard Pollock
August 4, 2025

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TOPSHOT - Palestinians evacuate the area following an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Israel continued to battle Hamas fighters on October 9 and massed tens of thousands of troops and heavy armour around the Gaza Strip after vowing a massive blow over the Palestinian militants' surprise attack. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump expresses optimism for a ceasefire in Gaza ‘within the next week’

President Donald Trump expressed optimism for a potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas within a week.

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Photographs of some of those taken hostage by Hamas during their recent attacks are seen on October 18, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. As Israel prepares to invade the Gaza Strip in its campaign to vanquish Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that launched a deadly attack in southern Israel on October 7th, worries are growing of a wider war with multiple fronts, including at the country's northern border with Lebanon. Countries have scrambled to evacuate their citizens from Israel, and Israel has begun relocating residents some communities on its northern border. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of residents of northern Gaza have fled to the southern part of the territory, following Israel's vow to launch a ground invasion. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Israel recovers bodies of U.S.-Israeli couple Judi Weinstein and Gadi Haggai from Gaza

The bodies of an elderly U.S.-Israeli couple, who were abducted by the Islamist terrorist group Hamas on October 7, 2023, have been recovered more than a year after they were initially reported to have been killed while in captivity.