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AL-Moni…  |  Middle…  |  Feb 22, 2025
Tears of joy as Hamas frees more Israeli hostages
Hands clasped in anxious anticipation and eyes fixed on a television screen, the family of Israeli hostage Tal Shoham burst into tears as they watched him walk free after being released by Hamas in Gaza on Saturday. Shoham was among six Israeli cap...
AL-Moni…  |  Middle…  |  Feb 22, 2025
Gaza militants release Israeli hostages, some dazed others elated
Hamas paraded five Israeli hostages, some looking dazed and others elated, before cheering crowds at two meticulously recorded ceremonies in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. In the first well-rehearsed morning ceremony in Rafah, Hamas fighters stood in ...
AL-Moni…  |  Middle…  |  Feb 22, 2025
Hamas frees 6 Israeli hostages in latest transfer under truce
Palestinian militants on Saturday freed six Israeli hostages, the last living captives to be released under the first phase of a fragile truce that is also expected to see Palestinian prisoners released. Freedom for the captives caps an emotional t...
AL-Moni…  |  Middle…  |  Feb 22, 2025
Hamas frees 5 Israeli hostages in latest transfer under truce
Palestinian militants on Saturday freed five Israeli hostages, among the last living captives to be released under the first phase of a fragile truce that is also expected to see Palestinian prisoners released. Freedom for the captives caps an emot...
BBC News  |  Middle…  |  Feb 22, 2025
Hostage's grandson: 'That's not the way anyone should die'
The grandson of Oded Lifschitz, whose body was returned to Israel this week, speaks to the BBC. ...
AL-Moni…  |  Middle…  |  Feb 22, 2025
Hamas frees dazed hostages in staged Gaza ceremony
A crowd cheered as masked militants brought two pale and dazed Israeli captives onto a rainy stage in front of cameras for the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange of the Gaza ceasefire Saturday. Around the stage, Hamas fighters stood in an orderly fa...
AL-Moni…  |  Middle…  |  Feb 22, 2025
Hamas frees 2 Israeli hostages in latest transfer under truce
Palestinian militants on Saturday freed two Israeli hostages, among the last live captives eligible for release under the first phase of a fragile truce that is also expected to see Palestinian prisoners released. Freedom for the captives caps an e...
AL-Moni…  |  Middle…  |  Feb 22, 2025
Bibas family says mother's remains home, ahead of Gaza hostage-prisoner swap
The family of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas confirmed on Saturday receipt of her remains, just ahead of the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange under a fragile Gaza ceasefire. Bibas and her two young sons had become symbols of the ordeal suffered by I...
AL-Moni…  |  Middle…  |  Feb 21, 2025
In Lebanon, Hezbollah prepares for Nasrallah's funeral: What to know
Preparations for Sunday’s funeral for Hassan Nasrallah are underway as massive crowds are expected to attend. ...
AL-Moni…  |  Middle…  |  Feb 22, 2025
Bibas mother confirmed dead as Gaza hostage-prisoner swap set to go ahead
Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas's community confirmed her death Saturday after new remains were returned from Gaza, as the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange under a fragile Gaza ceasefire was set to go ahead. Bibas and her two young sons, whose bodies...
AL-Moni…  |  Middle…  |  Feb 22, 2025
Gaza hostage-prisoner swap set to go ahead after row over bodies
The seventh hostage-prisoner exchange under a fragile Gaza ceasefire was set to go ahead on Saturday, despite an outpouring of grief and anger in Israel after Hamas returned the remains of two child hostages without their mother's. Prime Minister B...
AL-Moni…  |  Middle…  |  Feb 21, 2025
Covert with calculated risk: How Iran is shifting its Israel strategy
Tehran appears to be keeping pressure on Israel mainly through its network of proxies, resorting to calculated restraint and deniability to avoid risks of a devastating full-scale war. ...