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A missile explodes in Gaza City during an Israeli air strike on October 8, 2023. srael, reeling from the deadliest attack on its territory in half a century, formally declared war on Hamas Sunday as the conflict's death toll surged close to 1,000 after the Palestinian militant group launched a massive surprise assault from Gaza. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

IDF Launches Strikes In Gaza After Hamas Refuses Return Of Hostages

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has launched strikes into Gaza following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz’s orders to “act forcefully” against Hamas, after the terrorist group refused to release more hostages.

Released hostage Omer Wenkert reacts as he celebrates his release while being driven to Beilinson Hospital on February 22, 2025 in Petah Tikva, Israel. The six hostages released by Hamas today are Tal Shoham, Omer Shem-Tov, Eliya Cohen, Omer Wenkert, Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed. Israel is expected to release more than 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire agreement between the both sides. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

6 Hostages Returned To Israel As Ceasefire Deal With Hamas Continues

Six more Israeli hostages have been released and reunited with their families.

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on February 20, 2025 shows posters bearing the portraits of Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas (C) and her two children Ariel (L) and Kfir (R), held in the Gaza Strip since the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas militants, set up on a square outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, on January 21, 2025. Hamas is due to hand over the bodies of four hostages on February 20, including those of the Bibas family, who have become symbols of the hostage crisis that has gripped Israel since the Gaza war broke out. The transfer of the bodies is the first such handover of remains by Hamas since its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered the war. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

IDF: Body Initially Thought To Be Hostage Shiri Bibas Is Not Her, Sons’ Remains Positively Identified

Following forensic investigation, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed that the body believed to be Shiri Bibas is not hers, nor the body of any other hostage taken by the Hamas. Meanwhile, the remains of her two sons, the youngest victims kidnapped by the terrorist group, have been positively identified.

Armed Palestinian militants stand next to the coffins on stage before handing over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025. Hamas handed over on February 20 coffins believed to contain the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including those of the Bibas family who became symbols of the ordeal that has gripped Israel since the Gaza war began. The transfer of the bodies is the first by Hamas since its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered the war, and is taking place under a fragile ceasefire that has seen living hostages exchanged for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. (Photo by Abood Abusalama / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by ABOOD ABUSALAMA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas Displays Bodies Of 4 Israelis In Hostage Exchange, Features Disturbing Display With Propaganda Message

The bodies of four slain Israeli hostages, including the two youngest hostages abducted by the terrorist group Hamas on October 7, 2023, have returned back to Israel 503 days after they were snatched from their homes and dragged into Gaza.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day for the six million Jews killed during World War II, at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on May 5, 2024. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Netanyahu: War In Gaza Will Resume If Hamas Doesn’t Release Hostages By Saturday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that if Hamas does not return all of the remaining hostages by Saturday, the cease-fire deal would end and Israel would return to commencing its war efforts in Gaza.

Hamas militants escort Isreali hostage Agam Berger (C) on a stage before handing her over to a Red Cross team in Jabalia on January 30, 2025, as part of their third hostage-prisoner exchange. (Photo by Saeed Jaras / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by SAEED JARAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

3 Israeli Hostages And 5 Thai Nationals Freed After 16 Months In Captivity Following Cease-Fire Agreement

Three Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals who were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists were freed on Thursday following 481 days in captivity making it the third hostage exchange under the Gaza cease-fire deal.