Auburn Tigers men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl made a passionate plea for the return of American hostage Edan Alexander from Hamas captivity in Gaza. The No. 1-seeded Tigers rolled to an 82-70 victory over No. 9 Creighton on Saturday and Pearl started his postgame media availability by talking about Alexander. The 21-year-old Israeli-American solider is
The Israeli defense minister tried on Friday to turn up the pressure on Hamas to release more hostages, saying Israel was preparing to seize more territory in Gaza and intensify attacks by air, sea and land if the armed Palestinian group does not cooperate. The remarks by the defense minister, Israel Katz, came days after
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to seize more territory in Gaza if Hamas continues to refuse to release the hostages. Earlier this week, the IDF resumed the war in Gaza after a nearly two-month-long ceasefire that saw the release of 33 hostages. “If the terrorist organization Hamas continues
A senior Hamas official is warning that Israel’s decision to resume the war against the terror group after ceasefire talks stalled is a “death sentence” for the remaining hostages, according to The Associated Press. That could include the last living American hostage, Edan Alexander, who was born in Tel Aviv and raised in New Jersey.
The guards wore name tags that read “Hitler” and “Demon” and covered their faces with ski masks. The Americans in the Venezuelan prison were confined to cement cells, beaten, pepper-sprayed and subjected to what one prisoner called “psychological torture.” Three months into their capture, the Americans were so filled with anger that they rebelled. They
The resumption of heavy Israeli strikes in Gaza immediately cast into question the status of the remaining hostages held there by Hamas and other groups — with fewer than half of the 59 left still thought to be alive, according to the Israeli government. A recent New York Times analysis showed that at least 41
Last Updated:March 18, 2025, 10:09 IST A senior Hamas official accused Israel of sacrificing hostages by resuming strikes in Gaza, breaking calm since January, and claimed Netanyahu is using the conflict to distract from internal issues. Palestinians and Hamas militants gathering around Red Cross vehicles on the day of the release of Israeli hostages. (Reuters)
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is over as Israeli fighter jets began striking the Gaza Strip after Hamas refused repeated hostage deal offers, officials said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began striking Hamas terrorist targets across Gaza “in order to achieve the war objectives set by the political leadership, including the release of all
Friends and relatives of Israeli hostages held captive since the October 7, 2023 attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, stand behind a banner bearing their portraits during a demonstration calling for action to secure their release in front of the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
The United Nations’ top humanitarian aid official told Fox News Digital he has “not seen a shred of evidence” of the U.N.’s involvement, either through the use of its facilities or its staff, in the holding of hostages in Gaza. When asked about former Hamas hostages’ claims that they were held in U.N. facilities or