Three women have been in captivity for 471 days since October 7, 2023, when Hamas militants attacked southern Israel killing over 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting over 200 others.
The Ministry also reiterated its call for the release of Nepali student Bipin Joshi from Hamas captivity. Joshi, an agriculture student from Nepal, was abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023, while he was in Israel under the "learn and earn scheme."
Nepal Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba on Tuesday held a "reassuring" telephone conversation with Israeli Foreign Minister Gidon Saar, discussing efforts to secure the release of Bipin Joshi, a Nepali national held captive by Hamas since October 7, 2023.
As Israel weighs the merits of an emerging hostage and ceasefire deal, one security expert warned that the agreement has too many parallels with another hostage deal that led to the October 7 attacks.
This includes a series of transportation projects of an "unprecedented scale" in the western Negev region, and especially in the areas of settlement that were hit in the terrorist massacre of October 7.
Since Hamas's October 7 massacre, the Israel Defence Forces has recorded 891 casualties among its soldiers in figures released on Thursday, marking the army's highest death toll since the Yom Kippur War.
The Israel Air Force (IAF) conducted an intelligence-based strike in the Humanitarian Area in Khan Yunis and eliminated Hassam Shahwan, the Head of Hamas Internal Security Forces in southern Gaza, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said on Thursday.
Agriculture slumped since Hamas's October 7 attacks as farmers near the Gaza and Lebanon borders could not access fields and orchards, and foreign laborers left the country.
After fighting for over a year on seven fronts, Israel spread the war to Lebanon and Iran. The war began as a result of Israel's retaliation to Hamas's attack on October 7. As the year 2024 draws its curtains, the war sees no end.
Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday (local time) confirmed the killing of Hamas' Nukhbha Platoon commander, Abd al-Hadi Sabah, who led the attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7, 2023 attack, in a recent drone strike.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced the elimination of six Hamas terrorists responsible for the October 7 massacre in Israel, following joint operations with the Israel Security Agency (ISA) in Gaza. The operations led to the deaths of key figures, including Rasem Judeh, a Hamas com