There was an outpouring of outrage following the cruel release ceremony on Thursday, in which Hamas paraded the coffins of Israeli hostages on a stage decorated with fake bombs and Hamas propaganda.
Israel is mourning with two families today, as it receives the remains of four slain hostages who were taken into Gaza during the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
The three hostages released by Hamas on Saturday, Yair Horn, Alexander Trupanov, and Sagui Dekel-Chen, described physical and psychological abuse of the hands of their captors.
The parents of recently released hostages Karina Ariev, Liri Albag and Naama Levy shared details of the suffering their daughters endured on Oct. 7, 2023, and during their 477 days in captivity in Gaza.
The Trump administration is upping the pressure on Cairo to accept the United States president’s plan to resettle large parts of the population of Gaza on Egyptian territory.
Hamas announced Friday the names of the three hostages who will be released Saturday in the fifth phase of the first stage of the deal: Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami.
With the world shocked, enthusiastic or outraged at U.S. President Donald Trump’s idea to take over the Gaza Strip and relocate its population, it is worth recounting the recent history of the area and the previous attempts to solve the Gaza problem through resettlement — which brought mixed success.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement of his plan to take over the Gaza Strip and move most, if not all of its population elsewhere, stunned the Middle East.
President Donald Trump has vowed the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip, reconstructing and developing the coastal enclave into “the Riviera of the Middle East” while moving part of its population to other countries.