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(L) GAZA CITY- Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas's armed wing, stands inside Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas' house in Gaza City 21 June 2007. Hamas's armed wing firmly denied any attempt on Mahmud Abbas' life. Abbas yesterday accused Hamas of plotting to assassinate him, in his first major speech since the Islamist movement seized control of the Gaza Strip. "I received information coming from Gaza that they wanted to assassinate me. But I went to Gaza regardless. Then I saw a Hamas video. In the film, six people from Hamas were talking about 250 kilos (550 pounds) of explosives," he said. AFP PHOTO/ MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images) / (R-Top) Eden Alexander - American hostage of Hamas. (Photo via: Hostages and Missing Families Forum) / (R-Bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 24: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. Netanyahu’s visit occurs as the Israel-Hamas war reaches nearly ten months. A handful of Senate and House Democrats boycotted the remarks over Israel’s treatment of Palestine. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Hamas: We Have ‘Lost Contact’ With Captors Of Edan Alexander, Last Living American Hostage

According to Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas’ military wing, the Islamist terrorist group “lost contact” with hostage Edan Alexander’s captors on Tuesday, following what he called “a direct strike on their location” — the BBC reported on Wednesday.

This photo taken on August 4, 2020 shows Prince, a member of the hacking group Red Hacker Alliance who refused to give his real name, using a website that monitors global cyberattacks on his computer at their office in Dongguan, China's southern Guangdong province. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images)

What Can The U.S. Learn From Israel About Cyber Security?

An Israeli General explains what the U.S. can learn from the IDF about repelling cyber security threats.

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.