Support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Gaza peace proposal continued to gather momentum on Monday, with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and a leading forum of hostage families urging the international community to rally behind the plan. In a post on X, Herzog congratulated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for working with Washington on the initiative…
The White House on Saturday said that the United States has withdrawn the nomination of Adam Boehler to serve as special presidential envoy for hostage affairs. It was gathered that Boehler, who has been working to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, will continue hostage-related work as a so-called special government…
Relatives of Israelis abducted by the Palestinian extremist militia Hamas in 2023, on Monday staged rallies to mark 500 days of their captivity. The day’s events began with the blockade of central streets in several towns and cities, including in the coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv. A march to the parliament in Jerusalem, the Knesset,…
A resident of Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, Abibat Hammed, has been reportedly held hostage by officials of the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, over her inability to pay her hospital bills. Abibat, a deaf woman who also has an intellectual disability, was said to have delivered a baby at the hospital on…
