US envoy Steve Witkoff says Hamas response to Gaza proposal "totally unacceptable"US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has rejected Hamas' response to the proposed ceasefire deal with Israel, deeming it "totally unacceptable." ...
01 Jun, 2025, 07.37 AM IST
Hamas official says group open to freeing hostages, five-year truce in GazaHamas has proposed a comprehensive agreement to end the Gaza conflict, involving the release of all remaining hostages in exchange for a fi...
26 Apr, 2025, 02.38 PM IST
Hamas says will free hostages if end to Gaza war guaranteedA senior Hamas official stated on Monday that the group is willing to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for a comprehensive prisoner...
14 Apr, 2025, 04.56 PM IST
Hamas calls for talks on next phase of ceasefire after hostage-prisoner exchangeHamas declared its readiness to discuss the second phase of a ceasefire in Gaza, following the exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisone...
27 Feb, 2025, 03.05 PM IST
Israel and Hamas agree on new exchange, leaving fragile ceasefire intactIsraeli and Hamas officials have reached an agreement to exchange the bodies of dead hostages for the release of hundreds of Palestinian pr...
26 Feb, 2025, 06.47 AM IST
Hamas halts hostage release, citing ceasefire violations, as conflict with Israel intensifiesHamas has postponed the release of hostages, accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement. The group claims Israel continued milita...
11 Feb, 2025, 01.17 AM IST
Three Israeli hostages set to be released in latest Gaza exchangeHamas is set to hand over three Israelis, including Yarden Bibas, in exchange for 182 Palestinian prisoners as part of a truce. The Rafah c...
01 Feb, 2025, 08.33 AM IST
Hamas names Israeli hostages to be freed on SaturdayHamas announced plans to release three additional hostages, including the father of the youngest captives taken on Oct. 7, 2023, an Israeli...
31 Jan, 2025, 03.34 PM IST
What's behind uneven exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners?The Gaza Strip ceasefire involves uneven hostage exchanges: Hamas released three Israeli women, while Israel is to free 90 Palestinian wome...
20 Jan, 2025, 06.56 AM IST
Israel agrees to US-proposed prisoner-hostage exchange deal with HamasThe proposed exchange will "definitely include some" American hostages, because it will include the release of men over the age of 50.
25 Mar, 2024, 06.29 PM IST
Hamas issues ceasefire proposal detailing exchange of hostages, prisonersHamas has proposed a Gaza ceasefire plan to mediators, calling for the initial release of Israeli women, children, elderly, and ill hostage...
15 Mar, 2024, 12.23 PM IST
Hamas says no hostage will leave alive unless demands metPalestinian militant group Hamas, engaged in a war with Israel in the Gaza Strip, warned Sunday that no hostage would leave the territory a...
10 Dec, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
Israel says Hamas will 'take the mother of all thumpings'Tensions escalated as an Israeli government spokesperson announced the end of a Gaza Strip truce, citing Hamas's failure to release all kid...
01 Dec, 2023, 06.00 PM IST
Hamas releases third group of hostages in Gaza as part of truce dealHamas militants freed 17 more hostages, including 14 Israelis, in a third set of releases under a cease-fire deal. The army said one of the...
26 Nov, 2023, 10.41 PM IST
Hamas delays hostage release, demands aid to northern GazaUnder the truce deal between Israel and Hamas, mediated by Qatar, a total of 50 hostages are to be exchanged for 150 Palestinian prisoners,...
25 Nov, 2023, 10.21 PM IST
Hamas seeks Palestinian prisoners' release, says will free non-Israeli captivesSoon after Hamas official Khaled Meshaal made the remarks on the captives, who include Israelis and non-Israelis kidnapped by Hamas on Oct....
17 Oct, 2023, 03.01 PM IST
Israel: Locals hold demonstration in Tel Aviv, urge govt for prisoner exchange with HamasLocals in Tel Aviv held a demonstration demanding that the Israeli government negotiate with Hamas to exchange hostages. Protesters called ...
13 Oct, 2023, 09.05 AM IST