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Thousands gather demanding an end to the war and the release of Israeli captives in Gaza.

The fate of a US-Israeli hostage who Hamas said had featured in an Israeli truce proposal remains unknown, the group said on Saturday, separately releasing a video of another captive alive.

In the run-up to the first anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel, there has been no shortage of dramatic events making headlines in Israel. On Oct. 1, Israelis took shelter during Iran’s missile attack. In the days leading up to the attack, Israel assassinated Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s longtime leader, in…

aeli prime minister says ‘we were close but we didn’t achieve’ rescuing hostages alive as protests take place across country calling for ceasefire

Families of the captives call on the government to sign a deal with Hamas to free about 100 others still in Gaza.

Israeli strikes hit Gaza on Thursday, causing deaths and injuries according to Palestinian medical sources, as a group supporting Israeli hostages held by Palestinian militants alleged "sabotage" of efforts to free them.

The six people were evicted as Israeli PM addressed Congress after standing up with shirts that said: ‘Seal the deal’.

It said the bodies of Maya Goren as well as soldiers Tomer Ahimas and Kiril Brodski, along with Ravid Aryeh Katz and Oren Goldin -- military reservists -- had been returned to Israel following a rescue operation.

Israeli forces retrieved the bodies of five people whose bodies were held in the Gaza Strip after they were killed during Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel, the military said Thursday.