Those are the immediate reactions of some peacebuilders in the Gaza Strip, the U.S., and elsewhere abroad Wednesday after Israel and the militant group Hamas reached a new Gaza ceasefire and host ...

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 ...

A survivor of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack at the Nova music festival will represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest in May. Yuval Raphael, 24, qualified for the contest yesterday after winning ...

A Romanian citizen who was part of the crew of the ship Galaxy Leader and was kidnapped in Yemen has been released and is now safe, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The release is ...

The Houthis also said Hamas separately requested the release of the ship's crew of 25, who included mariners from the Philippines, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Mexico. “This step comes in ...

Hamas’s representative in Yemen ... The crew is made up of nationals from Bulgaria, Ukraine, the Philippines, Mexico and Romania, according to the ship’s owner, Galaxy Maritime.

As a ceasefire brought calm to Gaza’s ruined cities, Hamas was quick to emerge from hiding. The militant group has not only survived 15 months of war with Israel — among the deadliest and most ...

Romania’s ambassador to Israel, Radu Ioanid, welcomed the release. He noted that out of the four Romanian hostages who were abducted by Hamas, only two have been released. “Two of them hold ...

Israel has freed 90 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. The release came early Monday, more than seven hours after three Israeli hostages released from Hamas captivity in Gaza returned to Israel. A ...

The first three hostages released from Gaza arrived in Israel on Sunday for tearful reunions with families, hours after the ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — After 15 months of collective grief and anxiety, three Israeli hostages left Hamas captivity and returned to Israel, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners walked free ...