Israel says it has released 200 Palestinian prisoners in Gaza ceasefire deal, after Hamas freed 4 soldiers
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it has released 200 Palestinian prisoners in Gaza ceasefire deal, after Hamas freed 4 soldiers.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it has released 200 Palestinian prisoners in Gaza ceasefire deal, after Hamas freed 4 soldiers.
Israel accuses Hamas of ‘complete violation’ of ceasefire agreement and says its military now on 'highest alert'
A spokesperson for Hamas says it will delay the next hostage release after accusing Israel of violating a ceasefire agreement. Israel and Hamas are in the midst of a six-week ceasefire during which Hamas has committed to releasing 33 hostages captured in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. The next exchange, scheduled for Saturday, called for three more Israeli hostages to be freed in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
More than 250 foreign and Israeli hostages were taken by Hamas in the 7 October attack, according to Israeli tallies
A performer at Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show unfurled a flag emblazoned with the words Sudan and Gaza in a protest over the two wars that are roiling the Middle East. The NFL said the person would be banned for life from NFL stadiums and events, while the company behind the halftime show said it was not part of the planned performance. Here is what's going on: What's happening in the Gaza Strip?
Three men tell the BBC they have crossed the border multiple times to fight the military.
M23 chief Sultani Makenga, wanted for war crimes, has fought as a rebel and a soldier in two countries.
Short-range aerial drones were the most common killer of civilians in Ukraine in January, the U.N.'s monitoring mission said on Tuesday, highlighting how drone use has ballooned during three years of war with Russia. The U.N. mission said at least 139 civilians were killed and 738 wounded in January 2025, with 27% of the deaths and 30% of the injuries caused by short-range drones. In total, the U.N. says nearly 12,500 civilians have been killed in the war including 650 children - though it has repeatedly said its tally is an undercount since it only includes deaths its teams have managed to verify.
Nearly 500 days after Hamas gunmen seized him from a roadside bomb shelter in southern Israel, Alon Ohel managed to get a message out from the Gaza tunnel where he is being held by the Palestinian militants. He sent a birthday wish for his sister via two other hostages who had been held with him and were freed on Saturday, his mother Idit Ohel said. "Alon has been in the tunnels all this time," Ohel told Reuters in an interview.
Hamas continues to free Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, holding to cease-fire terms. But the militant group's grip on Gaza remains strong
Hamas says Israel must abide by the ceasefire if the hostages are to be released
North Korea has given Russia 200 long-range artillery pieces, a South Korean defence ministry official told AFP on Tuesday, as Moscow and Pyongyang deepen their military ties.The North has given Moscow "some 11,000 troops, missiles, 200 pieces of long-range artillery and a substantial amount of ammunition," the South Korean official said.
Israel's defence minister calls the Hamas announcement a "complete violation of the ceasefire agreement".
Donald Trump says that all hostages held in Gaza should be returned by noon on Saturday - and if they are not he will recommend cancelling the ceasefire and let "all hell break loose."
South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and diplomatic sources said, after 14 of its soldiers were killed in fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels last month. The South African reinforcement comes amid fears that fighting in eastern Congo could spark a broader war in a powderkeg region that has over the past three decades witnessed genocide, cross-border conflicts and dozens of uprisings. Flight data reviewed by Reuters showed transport aircraft flying from South Africa to Lubumbashi, in southern Congo.
The United Nations World Food Programme said Tuesday that an aid worker has died in a Yemeni prison three weeks after his detention by Houthi rebels. The announcement came a day after the U.N. suspended its operations in the rebel’s stronghold in northern Yemen. The World Food Program said in a statement that one of its staff members died while in detention in northern Yemen.
The military leader says a caretaker government will be formed as his forces gain ground in Khartoum.
An uneasy calm held Sunday on the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern front after regional powers dreading a wider war urged Congolese and pro-Rwandan forces to agree to a ceasefire.After intense fighting on Saturday 60 kilometres (35 miles) from Bukavu, the front line was calmed Sunday, local and security sources said.
His wife, Lianne Sharabi and two daughters were murdered by Hamas in the 7 October attack.
The United Nations has reported mass violations including summary executions, gang rape and sexual slavery in the wake of a major M23 advance in late January that lead to the capture of east Democratic Republic of Congo's largest city of Goma. M23 fighters, Congolese soldiers and pro-government militias were all implicated, the U.N. human rights office found.
A former California “teacher of the year” sobbed in court as she admitted to sexually abusing two of her students, aged 11 and 12.