Body handed over by Hamas was not that of mother taken hostage, Israel says
Israel claims body received is not that of Shiri Bibas or any other hostage
Hamas
Saudi Arabian crown prince tries to rally Arab leaders to counter Trump’s Gaza plan
Mohammed Bin Salman is expected to host counterparts from Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in Riyadh on Friday to discuss the proposal
Hamas hands over bodies of youngest Gaza hostages taken from Israel
UN says parading of bodies is abhorrent and flies in the face of international law
Two tiny captives, symbols of hostage crisis, to come home dead, Hamas says
Hopes have dissipated that Shiri Bibas and her children, aged four and nine months at time of Hamas-led attack, will be returned alive
Israel and Hamas to begin negotiations on second phase of Gaza ceasefire deal
Palestinian militant group says six living hostages will be released this weekend
Israel sets up body to facilitate ‘emigration’ of Palestinians from Gaza
Directorate set up within Israeli defence ministry to offer ‘among other things, special departure arrangements by sea, air and land’
Rubio pushes for next stage of Gaza ceasefire and says Hamas must be eliminated
Netanyahu again describes US president as the greatest friend Israel has had in the White House
Three more Israeli hostages released by Hamas in Gaza
Israel has also began releasing 369 Palestinians, easing fears that the ceasefire could collapse
Writer Omar El Akkad: ‘There have been so few bright spots in terms of ... national or institutional moral compass. Ireland has been a rare exception’
The US-based Egyptian-Canadian’s new book reads as a break-up letter with a West that has seen a derailment of normalcy
Release of three Israeli hostages to go ahead following week of tension
Hamas to hand over Sagui Dekel-Chen, Yair Horn and Alexander Troufanov after threat to halt hostage releases
While Israel faces pressure to bring hostages home, Hamas has to get aid into Gaza to maintain credibility
Gazans need mobile homes as rain has swamped makeshift shelters and temperatures fall to 5 degrees at night
Gaza ceasefire back on track after Hamas says it will release hostages
Three further hostages seized in October 2023 attack on Israel due to be freed on Saturday
The Middle East is on the brink again, and it’s hard to be optimistic about what comes next
As diplomats scramble to save the Gaza ceasefire, the clock is ticking down towards Saturday' scheduled hostage release
Trump repeats Gaza takeover plan as he meets Jordan’s King Abdullah
Israel’s Netanyahu threatens to end ceasefire if Hamas does not release hostages on Saturday
Israel places military on ‘highest alert’ as Hamas says it is postponing next hostage release
Militant group accuses Israel of breaching aspects of fragile ceasefire in Gaza
Emaciated state of latest released hostages piles pressure on Israel to bring the rest home
Three captives report having been tortured and deliberately starved, and that captors denied them water for days at a time
McDonald’s reports sales growth in fourth quarter as Gaza boycott eases
US fast-food chain records like for like improvement in revenue, with business in the Middle East picking up
Israeli forces withdraw from key Gaza corridor as part of ceasefire deal
Joy of some Israelis watching release turned to shock when they saw emaciated state of hostages
Hamas releases three Israeli hostages in central Gaza
Militant group hands over Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy to Red Cross in Deir Al-Balah
Government criticises ‘provocative’ Israeli comments on Irish ‘obligation’ to Gaza refugees
Controversy comes as figures show the number of Palestinians seeking asylum in Ireland has increased more than eightfold
Trump calls for immediate nuclear talks with Tehran
US president dismisses reports that United States and Israel planned to ‘blow Iran to smithereens’ as ‘greatly exaggerated’
Trump Gaza proposal condemned by Arab states and welcomed by Israel’s far-right
Palestinians unite in their outright rejection of plan to remove residents from their own land
Trump’s Gaza comments are ‘very concerning’, Simon Harris says
St Patrick’s Day visit should be cancelled if US president remains on ‘trajectory towards ethnic cleansing’, Social Democrats say
Netanyahu returns to a different White House, and a less patient president
The Israel leader hopes to return from Washington with significant achievements on two fronts
Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon, Keith Siegel: The three Israeli hostages released on Saturday
Freedom part of 42-day ceasefire deal that went into effect last month, pausing the fighting between Israel and Hamas
Five killed in West Bank air strikes as Israeli hostages freed in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners released
First two Israelis to be released by Hamas include Yarden Bibas, whose wife and children became poignant symbols of hostage crisis
Vincent Durac: Even if ceasefire holds, war in Gaza will affect whole region for years
West Bank at risk of even more violence, and events in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria have significantly weakened Iranian regime
Portraits of survival: Israeli hostages who made it home
The details of their ordeals vary, but all yearn for the return of the people still held captive
Ireland’s planned ban on certain Israeli goods complicated by recent events
Ceasefire in Gaza and election of pro-Israel US president Donald Trump likely to feed into deliberations on Occupied Territories Bill
Three Israeli hostages, including dual US and French citizens, set for release in Gaza on Saturday
Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel and Ofer Kalderon will be handed over on Saturday
Israel begins releasing Palestinian prisoners after delays following hostage handover chaos
Three Israeli and five Thai hostages released as buses arrive in Ramallah with some of 110 prisoners to be freed
Hostage releases show Hamas still in charge in Gaza
Neither Israel or the US likely to accept military group’s involvement in any postwar administration
Steve Witkoff visits Jerusalem to discuss next phase of Gaza ceasefire
Trump’s Middle East envoy held prior talks in Saudi Arabia over US president’s plan for region
Palestinians begin return to northern Gaza after Israel signals end to blocking travel
Gaza war: Israel and Hamas reach agreement on the release of an Israeli civilian and two other hostages
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