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Demonstrators raise placards as they celebrate the release of three hostages held captive in Gaza since the October 7, 2023 attack by Palestinian militants, in Tel Aviv on January 30, 2025. Israel and Hamas were set to carry out their third hostage-prisoner exchange on January 30, with three Israelis and five Thai captives slated for release as part of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the Gaza war. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas To Release First American Hostage And Father Of Youngest Captive Held In Gaza

Hamas announced on Friday that they would be freeing the father of the youngest hostages kidnapped in the October 7th attack on the Jewish State, in addition to two others that include a dual U.S. citizen, in the next exchange of hostages for “Palestinian prisoners.”

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JANUARY 15: People react to the reports of a possible Gaza cease fire and hostage release deal being reached during a rally calling for the return of hostages held in the Gaza Strip on January 15, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was announced tonight that would entail the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, according to officials from Hamas, the United States, and other parties. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Report: Israel And Hamas Reach Hostage-Ceasefire Deal, Details Being Sort Out

A deal to release more than a third of the Israeli hostages and begin a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has been agreed upon by both Israel officials and Hamas leaders, according to multiple reports.

In this photograph taken on January 11, 2025, Ilana Gritzewsky (R), one of 105 Israeli hostages released during a one-week truce in November 2023, takes part in an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of Israelis held hostage since October 2023, in front of the Israeli defence ministry, in Tel Aviv. Gritzewsky was released from captivity more than a year ago, but with her partner and dozens of other Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, her fight is far from over. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Breakthrough Reached In Israel-Hamas Hostage And Cease-Fire Negotiations

Israel and Hamas reached a significant “breakthrough” in cease-fire talks Monday morning in a deal that aims to finally end more than 15 months of war and bring home the remaining hostages.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the fifth day of testimony in his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv on December 23, 2024. (Photo by DEBBIE HILL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by DEBBIE HILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Netanyahu: Gaza War Will Continue Even After A Cease-Fire Agreement

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly announced in a closed door meeting that fighting in Gaza would continue despite a cease-fire agreement with Hamas, according to the Jewish News Syndicate.

TOPSHOT - An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks outside the walls of the old city of Jerusalem, on which are projected pictures of the hostages abducted by Palestinian militants on the October 7 attack and currently held in the Gaza Strip, on November 6, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump Issues Stern Warning: ‘ALL HELL TO PAY’ If Hamas Hostages Aren’t Freed Before His Inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump issued a dire warning Monday that there will be “all hell to pay” in the Middle East if Hamas does not release every one of the remaining hostages in Gaza before his inauguration in January.

RUMAYLA, IRAQ - MARCH 27: U.S. Army Specialist Chad Morton, of George West, Texa,s stands next to a burning oil well at the Rumayla oil fields March 27, 2003 in Rumayla, Iraq. Several oil wells were set ablaze by retreating Iraqi troops in the Ramayla area, the second largest offshore oilfield in the country, near the Kuwaiti border. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

U.S. Sends 100 American Troops To Israel To Operate Advanced Anti-Missile System As Threat Of Regional War Looms

On Sunday, the Pentagon announced that the U.S. will send Israel an advanced anti-missile system, along with some 100 American troops to operate it.