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Families of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 demonstrate in Tel Aviv's 'Hostage' square during US envoy Steve Witkoff's visit on August 2, 2025. Witkoff met the families of hostages on August 2, according to the main association representing them, with a cellphone video posted online showing the Washington negotiator arriving at the square in Tel Aviv square that has become known for protests by supporters of the hostages' families, and being greeted with applause and pleas for help. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Witkoff meets with families of Israeli hostages to detail new ‘comprehensive’ plan to end war in Gaza, free remaining hostages

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East, met with families of Israeli hostages on Saturday to announce he is working with the Israeli government on a “comprehensive” plan to end the war in Gaza and free the hostages.

TOPSHOT - Palestinians, mostly children, push to receive a hot meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2025. The head of Gaza's largest hospital said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, amid a devastating assault by Israeli forces. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel announces ‘suspension of military activities’ in parts of Gaza to allow in ‘minimal’ humanitarian aid

The Israeli military announced that it will begin a limited pause on Sunday in three populated areas in Gaza to allow humanitarian aid to enter amid international criticism over the growing starvation crisis.

(Background) STOCK IMAGE. (OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images) / (L) BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 23: French President Emmanuel Macron talks to media prior to talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at Villa Borsig on July 23, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. The two leaders are meeting as Germany, France and the United Kingdom forge a stronger European alliance following U.S. President Donald Trump's disruption of transatlantic ties. (Photo by Christian Mang/Getty Images)

Macron announces France will officially recognize Palestine as a state: ‘We will achieve peace’

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France is officially set to recognize “the State of Palestine,” becoming the first G7 nation to do so.

Freed Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander visits WH, thanks Trump for ‘saving his life’

Edan Alexander, the last Israeli-American hostage in Gaza who was recently released from captivity, met with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in the White House on Thursday.

CATANIA, ITALY - JUNE 01: Greta Thunberg with part of the crew of the ship Madleen, shortly before departure for Gaza, during the press conference in San Giovanni Li Cuti on June 01, 2025 in Catania, Italy. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is among those who will attempt to sail to Gaza on a boat organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), in a bid to break Israel's blockade of the Palestinian territory. Freedom Flotilla had to abort a previous journey in early May after it said its boat came under attack by drones in international waters near Malta. (Photo by Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images)

Israel to show Greta Thunberg footage of Oct. 7 attack after intercepting ‘activist yacht’

Israel’s defense minister announced on Monday that left-wing activist Greta Thunberg, in addition to the group of other international activists who embarked on the trip alongside her, will be shown footage of the October 7th terrorist attack — following the Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) interception and boarding of the Gaza-bound “selfie yacht.”

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.