hostages release

The Thai, Israeli, and Qatari governments announced on Friday that a number of Thai captives taken during Hamas’s October 7 raids into Israel had been freed, just hours after the Israel-Hamas conflict came to an end....

The possibility of a ceasefire in Gaza was once again dismissed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, despite rumors of talks with Hamas on a short-term ceasefire. Prior to this, a source close to...