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After 15 months of war, Hamas still rules over what remains of Gaza

Jan. 21, 2025 02:13 AM EST

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 destructive in recent memory — but it remains firmly in control of the coastal...

Australian state commits more police to investigate antisemitic crime

Jan. 21, 2025 00:43 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian state committed more police to investigate a spate of antisemitic crimes, officials said on Tuesday after a childcare center was torched near a Sydney synagogue. The childcare center a block from a synagogue in a suburb of Maroubra was also...

Middle East latest: Released Israeli hostage says she has 'returned to life'

Jan. 20, 2025 21:38 PM EST

One of the Israeli hostages freed on the first day of the Gaza ceasefire said Monday in her first comments since being released that she has “returned to life.” Emily Damari, 28, was one of three hostages freed Sunday after spending 471 days in captivity. Officials at a hospital...

As ceasefire takes hold, Hamas returns 3 Israeli hostages and Israel frees 90 Palestinian prisoners

Jan. 20, 2025 05:21 AM EST

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 from Israeli jail, leaving both Israelis and Palestinians torn between celebration and trepidation as the...

Who are the Israelis released on the first day of the ceasefire?

Jan. 19, 2025 23:32 PM EST

JERUSALEM (AP) — Three hostages held by Hamas were released Sunday after 471 days in captivity as part of a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group. A gradual release of dozens of captives over the next several weeks has been agreed on. The truce and release of...

Middle East latest: Israel releases 90 Palestinian prisoners after Hamas frees 3 Israeli hostages

Jan. 19, 2025 21:35 PM EST

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 large bus carrying dozens of Palestinian detainees exited the gates of Israel’s...

Palestinians trek across rubble to return to their homes as Gaza ceasefire takes hold

Jan. 19, 2025 20:56 PM EST

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Even before the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was fully in place on Sunday, Palestinians in the war-battered Gaza Strip began to return to the remains of the homes they had evacuated during the 15-month war. Majida Abu Jarad made quick work...

Israel starts releasing 90 Palestinian prisoners, all women or minors, as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas

Jan. 19, 2025 18:40 PM EST
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel starts releasing 90 Palestinian prisoners, all women or minors, as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas.

Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right minister who resigned from Netanyahu's Cabinet?

Jan. 19, 2025 07:14 AM EST

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's far-right national security minister resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet on Sunday to express his disapproval of the Gaza ceasefire deal. The resignation of Itamar Ben-Gvir does not threaten the ceasefire, but it does weaken...

Gaza ceasefire begins after nearly 3-hour delay as Hamas names hostages to be released Sunday

Jan. 19, 2025 04:21 AM EST
JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza ceasefire begins after nearly 3-hour delay as Hamas names hostages to be released Sunday.