Doron Steinbrecher, a 31-year-old woman with dual Israeli-Romanian citizenship, was among the three hostages released on Sunday, January 19, as a result of the agreement reached between Israel and Hamas.

On December 24, 2024, in Mătăsaru, Romania, @calhandeniz shared a video of a man dressed as the Grinch slipping down a staircase. The video shows children interacting with a man dressed as Santa Claus when another man in a Grinch costume appears but accidentally slips down the stairs.

But President Trump is the new sheriff in town and during the transition, he declaimed that there would be hell to pay if the hostages were not released before his inauguration. So Hamas finally agreed to accept a hostages-for-ceasefire deal and now they are doing their best to make it work in their favor.

Israel and Hamas have agreed a ceasefire on 15 January 2025, which took effect on 19 January 2025, starting with the exchange of three Israeli female

At least eight of the 26 remaining Israeli hostages who were expected to be released in the first phase of the Hamas cease-fire deal are believed to be dead, according to reports. The grim ...

Yemen's Houthis announced the release of 25 crew of the Galaxy Leader, a commercial vessel seized in November 2023 in the Red Sea.

The Iranian-backed rebel group in Yemen had earlier said they would scale back attacks given the cease-fire in the conflict in Gaza.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels and the Yemen branch of the Palestinian group Hamas on Wednesday linked the release of the crew of the Galaxy Leader vessel to the ceasefire agreement that took effect in Gaza on Sunday.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the start of their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war

The Iran-backed Yemen-based Houthi militia has released the crew of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship, more than a year after it seized the vessel as part of a maritime blockade in the Middle East during Israel's war in Gaza.

Under Israel's multi-phased deal with Hamas, some hostages held in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have started to be released. Negotiations between Israel and Hamas are ...

My mother has studied and experienced enough of Jewish history to be wary of its repeated patterns of tragedy and dislocation, and the chronic failures of overconfidence.