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Edan Alexander's family members have urged further efforts to release the remaining hostages
US-Israeli hostage reunites with family after being freed by Hamas
TEL AVIV — Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander has been reunited with his family in Israel after being held captive by Hamas in Gaza for 19 months.The 21-year-old had been serving in the Israeli army on the border of Gaza when he was captured by Hamas militants on 7 October 2023.On Monday, Israel paused its military operations in Gaza for a few hours to facilitate the transfer. A senior Hamas official told the BBC the release was intended as a goodwill gesture and as part of efforts to reach a new ceasefire deal ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East on Tuesday.Alexander is thought to be the last US citizen held by Hamas who was still alive.President Trump offered "congratulations" to his family on his release.Television pictures show Edan...
May 13, 2025

US-Israeli hostage reunites with family after being freed by Hamas

Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party display flags with a portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2024
Kurdish PKK militants announce decision to dissolve after decades of conflict with Turkey
ISTANBUL — The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Monday it would dissolve itself, in what would be a historic move after decades of conflict with Turkey that have killed tens of thousands of people.The militant group said in a statement Monday that “all activities” conducted under the group’s name have come to an end.The Kurdish issue has come “to a point where it can be resolved through democratic politics,” the PKK said in a statement. The 12th Congress, a high-level decision-making meeting by the group, has “resolved to dissolve the PKK’s organizational structure and end the armed struggle,” the statement said, adding that the implementation of the process will be managed and led by their imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan.The statement did not clarify whether the...
May 12, 2025

Kurdish PKK militants announce decision to dissolve after decades of conflict with Turkey

The talks between Abbas Araghchi and Steve Witkoff in Oman lasted more than three hours
Iran calls latest nuclear talks with US ‘difficult’ but negotiations will continue
TEHRAN — The latest round of high-stakes nuclear talks between Iran and the US have ended, with Tehran calling them difficult but with both sides agreeing to further negotiations.Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei confirmed on X that the talks had concluded, saying they were “difficult but useful to better understand each other’s positions and to find reasonable & realistic ways to address the differences.”A senior Trump administration official gave a more positive assessment, telling CNN the discussions “were again both direct and indirect” and lasted over three hours, calling them encouraging.“Agreement was reached to move forward with the talks to continue working through technical elements,” the official said, adding that the US side was “encouraged...
May 12, 2025

Iran calls latest nuclear talks with US ‘difficult’ but negotiations will continue

Ships docked at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen, on July 31, 2024
Israel issues evacuation warnings for Yemen ports 
TEL AVIV — The Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for three ports in Yemen on Sunday night after vowing to “defend itself by itself” following a ceasefire deal between the US and the Houthis that excluded Israel.The warning, posted on social media by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Arabic media spokesperson Avichay Adraee, warned people to evacuate the ports of Ras Isa, Hodeidah, and Salif.The anticipated airstrikes come two days after Israel intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, according to the IDF.That missile was the first since President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire deal between the US and the Iran-backed rebel group last week.Despite the deal, the Houthis said they would continue to attack Israel in solidarity with the Palestinian population of Gaza.Blindsided by...
May 12, 2025

Israel issues evacuation warnings for Yemen ports 

Moshe Sharvit agreed to be interviewed
Tense encounter with a sanctioned Israeli settler in West Bank
By Fergal Keane & Alice DoyardJORDAN VALLEY — Dust was rising on the track. It hung in the hot midday air as the white jeep came toward us. The driver was less than a minute away."I think it's Moshe Sharvit," said Gil Alexander, 72, a devout religious Jew who tries to protect Palestinian shepherds from intimidation by Jewish settlers.Over the last year, we've been documenting his work with shepherds in the northern Jordan Valley, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.The man approaching us was placed under sanctions by Britain and the EU last year after they said he had used "physical aggression, threatened families at gunpoint, and destroyed property as part of a targeted and calculated effort to displace Palestinian communities".In a case reported by our...
May 12, 2025

Tense encounter with a sanctioned Israeli settler in West Bank

Edan Alexander's grandmother holds a photo of him, as she called for his release again last month
Hamas to release US-Israeli hostage as part of efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire
GAZA — Hamas says it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, who is believed to be the last living captive with US nationality in Gaza, as a part of efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement.The decision comes ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East on Tuesday. Hamas said it was also intended to facilitate a deal for the entry of humanitarian aid. Gaza has been under an Israeli blockade for 70 days.Earlier a senior Hamas official told the BBC that the Palestinian armed group was holding direct negotiations with a US administration official in Qatar.The Israeli prime minister's office said it had been informed by the US of the Hamas intention to release Alexander.A senior Palestinian official familiar with the negotiations told the BBC that...
May 12, 2025

Hamas to release US-Israeli hostage as part of efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire

A Houthi rebel walks next to a destroyed plane at the Sanaa International Airport on Wednesday, a day after Israel's military warplanes struck Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa
Israel vows to ‘defend ourselves alone’ after Trump strikes truce with Houthis
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “defend ourselves alone” against Yemen’s Houthi rebels after US President Donald Trump struck a deal with the Iran-backed group.The US deal, announced just hours after the Israeli military carried out major strikes against Yemen’s international airport and other facilities in response to a Houthi attack on Israel’s main airport, was a surprise to Israel, which was not informed in advance about the truce, an Israeli official told CNN earlier.According to Trump, the US would halt an ongoing military campaign against the Houthis in exchange for the group stopping its attacks on US interests in the region.The Houthis acknowledged the agreement but made it clear their attacks on Israel would continue. Senior Houthi...
May 09, 2025

Israel vows to ‘defend ourselves alone’ after Trump strikes truce with Houthis

Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee camp
Israeli forces close UN-run schools in East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Armed Israeli security forces have forced the closure of three schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem.Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee camp just after classes began on Thursday morning.Unrwa's Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, said Israeli authorities were denying children their basic right to learn and accused them of a "blatant disregard of international law".An Israeli ban on Unrwa took effect earlier this year and Israel accuses the agency of being infiltrated by Hamas. Unrwa denies this claim and insists on its impartiality.Videos showed girls in uniform hugging each other outside one school in Shuafat following the arrival of Israeli forces...
May 09, 2025

Israeli forces close UN-run schools in East Jerusalem

A Palestinian woman prepares bread from spoiled flour, in Gaza City, May 1, 2025.
Dozens of Gaza communal kitchens shut as supply runs out, worsening hunger
GAZA — Dozens of community kitchens in Gaza shut their doors on Thursday due to a lack of supplies, closing off a lifeline used by hundreds of thousands of people in a further blow to efforts to combat growing hunger in the enclave, Reuters reportedThe move followed hours after the US-based World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity announced that it had run out of the ingredients necessary to provide much-needed free meals and had been prevented by Israel from bringing in aid.UN humanitarian agency OCHA has said more than 2 million people — most of Gaza's population — face severe food shortages.Charity kitchens have become the only source of food for thousands of families in Gaza, especially since March 2, when Israel re-imposed a blockade on humanitarian aid.Amjad al-Shawa, director...
May 08, 2025

Dozens of Gaza communal kitchens shut as supply runs out, worsening hunger

Hostages' families have urged Israel's prime minister to agree another deal with Hamas rather than expand the Gaza offensive
Israel PM 'uncertain' over condition of three Gaza hostages
JERUSALEM — Israel's prime minister has said there is "uncertainty" about the condition of three of 24 hostages previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity in Gaza.Benjamin Netanyahu said he knew "with certainty" that 21 hostages were alive but the status of "three more" was unclear.His comments came after US President Donald Trump said 24 hostages were alive a week ago but the figure was now 21. He made the comments while speaking at an event at the White House on Tuesday and did not cite a source or provide further details.The Hostages and Missing Families Forum had demanded information.The forum also urged Netanyahu to halt his plans to expand Israel's offensive in Gaza and to instead agree a deal with Hamas to return its remaining 59...
May 08, 2025

Israel PM 'uncertain' over condition of three Gaza hostages

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