News about Hamas, Israel

Disturbing images ⚠️ Yarden Bibas, his wife Shiri, and their two children, Ariel (4) and Kfir (1), were taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7th. This video documents Yarden, covered in blood, being kidnapped on a motorbike to Gaza and beaten by a mob of Palestinians.… pic.twitter.com/ckwLxMQJk1

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding a security assessment this evening "in light of the developments in the north, and Hamas's negative response regarding the release of the hostages," his office says.

After participating in Saturday's hostage rescue operation in the Nuseirat, the IDF's 98th Division has been withdrawn from the central Gaza Strip, the military says. In the days ahead of the mission to rescue four Israeli hostages, the division began a new offensive in east… pic.twitter.com/HMvelI8Ka6

Hamas and Islamic Jihad issued a joint statement in response to the ceasefire offer they received. They say that Israel needs to stop the war and withdraw from Gaza, but they do not explicitly say if it's a precondition to Hamas accepting a ceasefire. Nonetheless, the statement…