Israel & Palestine

Families and children kidnapped from southern Israel's Kibbutz Beeri were among the 13 Israeli hostages released by Hamas on Saturday, according to accounts given to AFP by their relatives, Israeli press, and the Hostage Families Forum.

Four foreigners and 13 Israelis were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross

Halevi noted that the Israeli military is using the four-day truce in Gaza to "learn, prepare ourselves and our capabilities better" ahead of the continued fighting.

Four-day pause in fighting came after complex, fraught talks

Fifty Israeli hostages held in Gaza will be freed over four days in exchange for the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners and a lull in Israeli military operations

The BRICS groups of nations called for a truce in Gaza during a virtual meeting, during which South Africa accused Israel of 'war crimes' and acts 'tantamount to genocide.'

A deal to release hostages taken from Israel during Hamas's attacks last month is "closer than ever before", according to a senior US official.

The Israeli military has released footage which it says shows hostages being taken into Gaza's largest hospital after the deadly Hamas attacks of 7 October.

It is now days since Israeli forces entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, and what appears to be happening on Friday is that they are continuing their search for evidence of this being a key Hamas command centre.

Updated 5:46 AM EST, Sun November 12, 2023

UNICEF has decried the Israel-Hamas war, saying its worst fears about the staggering child death toll are being realized

A massive wave of airstrikes was carried out ahead of a ground incursion

Forces step up preparation for ground invasion as US calls for delay to allow aid deliveries and to free hostages

What comes next?

More than 100 signatures were included in an open letter sent to Thunberg, and several activists also responded to her directly on X.

Snipers, tunnels and rubble would make for an unpredictable and claustrophobic battlefield; ‘spooky and weird’

US President Joe Biden is due to arrive In Israel later on Wednesday to express his solidarity and to discuss war plans with its leaders.

The US president condemned Hamas’ “brutal terrorist attack” as he announced a Wednesday wartime trip to Israel

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict was reignited once again on October 7 after a surprise offensive launched by Hamas against Israel. In retaliation, Israel ordered air strikes and a "complete siege" of the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave. This is a new deadly episode in a conflict that has its roots deep in the mid-20th century. FRANCE 24 traces its history.