The Latest Breaking News from Gilad Shalit

As Hamas prepares to release a first group of hostages held for more than six weeks in Gaza, it's worth remembering that Israelis have been held hostage many times over the nation's 75-year history. In October 2011, Franco-Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was freed by Hamas after being held in captivity…

Turkey’s forthright support for Palestine could affecting efforts to revive ties with Israel.

The controversial policy to avoid capture of Israeli soldiers isn’t formally in place now. But echoes persist in Gaza.

Polls suggest that four in five people blame the Israeli government for the 7 October massacres and over half want the PM to resign

Hamas took more than 200 people hostage during its deadly rampage in Israeli border towns on Oct. 7, 2023. Among the hostages are children and the elderly. While four of them have been released, the fate of the rest is unknown, as Qatar serves as an intermediary in working to…

Reports say up to 50 hostages may soon be handed over as experts warn negotiations are probably only way to secure their freedom

Noam Alon, whose girlfriend Inbar Haiman was abducted by Hamas in the October 7 attack in Israel, is calling on international leaders to make the safe return of the hostages their priority

The attack was in part the product of Israel's terrible 2011 decision to trade 1000 Hamas and other terrorist prisoners for a captured soldier. I and other critics predicted the terrible consequences at the time.

Group’s military wing says it has 200 hostages, most of whom are believed to be civilians, and 50 more are being held by other groups

On Yom Kippur in 1973, I was 6 years old and living in Petah Tikvah, a city in central Israel. Playing a nail-biting game of marbles, I initially ignored my mom calling me from our front porch. But sensing something was wrong, I gave up my potential winnings and ran…

Biden will reportedly freeze Iran's ransom deal while the U.S. tries to find 14 missing Americans in Gaza.