Israel's largest labor union announces strike to pressure government for hostage deal and cease-fire
Israel's largest trade union, the Histadrut, called for a general strike on Monday after six more hostages were found dead in Gaza and dozens of Israelis took to the streets to demand that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a ceasefire deal. Histadrut president Arnon Bar David called for the strikes at a press conference […]
Israeli-American hostage abducted at music festival on Oct. 7 confirmed dead
Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg Pollin has been confirmed dead, his family announced early Sunday morning. Goldberg Pollin, 23, was abducted from a music festival in southern Israel during a Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. He lost part of his left arm to a grenade during the attack. His body was found on Saturday […]
American-Israeli Hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin Found Dead in Gaza, Murdered by Hamas
Hersh Goldberg Pollin, 23, an Israeli-American hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival on October 7 and lost his left hand, was found dead in Gaza by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers. Goldberg-Polin's identity came after news broke on Saturday that the Israel Defense Forces had found several unidentified bodies in […]
Freed Israeli Hostage Thanks Netanyahu for ‘Sacred’ Work; Urges Freedom for All Hostages
Kaid Farhan al-Qadi, 52, an Israeli Arab Muslim Bedouin hostage rescued by Israeli forces from a Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, thanked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the “sacred” job the soldiers had accomplished. The government press office released a recording of a telephone conversation that took place while al-Qadi, the […]
Bibi Should Make Ceasefire, Hostage Deal Top Priority, Hamas ‘Has the Most to Gain’ from Ceasefire
Speaking on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” on Tuesday, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Delaware), co-chair of the Harris-Waltz campaign, argued that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “needs to make a ceasefire and hostage agreement his top priority…But at the end of the day, it is Hamas, which launched the attack on October 7, continues to hold the hostages, […]
IDF Soldiers Rescue Arab Muslim Israeli Hostage from Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released photos on Tuesday of the rescue of hostage Kaid Farhan al-Qadi, 52, from a Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip. Breitbart News reported: Israel said on Tuesday that a special operation by Shayette 13, Israel's equivalent of the U.S. Navy SEALs, had rescued a Bedouin Israeli Arab hostage, Kaid […]
Hostage Held By Hamas Rescued By IDF After 325 Days Of Captivity
The brother of freed Israeli hostage Kaid al-Qadi shows off a cellphone photo he took with al-Qadi after meeting him at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, southern Israel, on August 27, 2024. The Israeli army said it had rescued the Israeli hostages in southern Gaza after a “complex operation” on August 27, as Israel's war […]
Israel announces rescue of 52-year-old hostage from Gaza
Israeli authorities said Tuesday that one of the hostages kidnapped during an Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel has been rescued. The Israeli Ministry of Defense (IDF) In a post Social media platform X reported that Kaied Farhan al-Qadi, 52, had been rescued from Hamas custody. The army said his health was stable and he […]
Israel rescues hostage after 325 days in Hamas captivity
One more Israeli hostage was rescued. Another hostage held in the Oct. 7 terror attack had been rescued, the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Security Agency said Tuesday. “The IDF and ISA have rescued hostage Kaid Farhan al-Qadi from Gaza and returned him to his family in Israel. This operation was part of a […]
PBS Broadcaster Forced To Apologize After Falsely Claiming Trump Urged Netanyahu To Abandon Hostage Deal
Journalist Judy Woodruff speaks at a memorial service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. Carter died on November 19 at the age of 96, just two days after entering hospice care with her husband at their Plains home. (Photo by Andrew Caballero Reynolds/AFP) […]