Israel says it has killed thousands of the armed group’s members and destroyed much of its infrastructure, but since the cease-fire started Hamas has shown it still holds power in the enclave.

Hamas has announced it would release four female soldiers held hostage for 15 months in Gaza, as part of an exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners laid out in its ceasefire agreement with Israel

TEL AVIV — On lampposts, in shop windows and on smartphone screens across Israel, the posters show a smiling, red-headed baby boy clutching a pink elephant. And now the country is bracing to learn Kfir Bibas’ fate.

President Biden released a statement following the Israel-Hamas ceasefire announcement Wednesday, saying release of American hostages will be included in the agreement.

“Hopefully in the next week we will start to see a few hostages coming back home.” Danon said he was optimistic the deal would be finalized despite attempts by Hamas to gain more concessions.

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For the Islamist militant group, armed struggle now looks like a dead end. Its future in Gaza depends on the civilian politburo.

As the first phase of the ceasefire agreement is being finalised in Doha, Qatar, by the mediators, it is likely Hamas that Hamas will release the 33 hostages who were taken from Israel during the October 7,

Hamas announced on Friday that it would release four female soldiers held hostage for 15 months in Gaza, as part of an exchange for Palestinian prisoners laid out in its ceasefire agreement with Israel.

The scrapping of the lecture is the latest controversy for Harvard in what has been a week of turmoil for the Ivy League institution.

Hamas said it would release four female soldiers as part of a hostage-for-prisoner swap set to take place on Saturday.