The group accused Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to back out of the ceasefire agreement they reached in January. The agreement calls for negotiations over a second phase in which the hostages would be released in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners, a permanent ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Mourners in Israel on Friday were burying the remains of one of the final hostages released in the first phase of the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, as negotiators discussed a second phase that could end the war in Gaza and see the remaining living captives returned home.
Hamas released six hostages from Gaza on Saturday, handing over the final living captives whom the warring sides agreed would be freed when a ceasefire began last month. Israel is due to release about 600 Palestinian detainees in exchange.
In the city of Tel Aviv, thousands gathered to watch a broadcast of the eulogies ... During the release of the bodies in Gaza, Hamas militants displayed coffins on a stage labeled with Shiri’s name and those of her two boys as upbeat music blared.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release deal "must hold", with just hours to go before an initial phase expires.
Three buses exploded near Tel Aviv on Thursday in what Israeli police ... of four black coffins during a ceremony in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. ABC News’ Lama Hasan reports.
The Israeli military says its forces in Gaza received the latest three hostages freed by Hamas and was bringing them back into Israel.
The biggest mall in Israel opened in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat HaSharon on Thursday. The inauguration of the $560 million mall in the upscale community is a sign of the resilience of the Israeli economy despite the war against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, even as many businesses in the hard-hit north and south remain abandoned.
Hamas has released six more Israeli hostages today in the latest exchange under the terms of the fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Tal Shoham, 40, and Avera Mengistu, 39, were the first to be released. Three more - Omer Wenkert, 23; Omer Shem Tov, 22; Eliya Cohen, 27 - were handed over to the Red Cross later this morning in Central Gaza.