According to a report by the Times of Israel, the attacker has been identified as a 19-year-old man from the West Bank city of Tulkarem named Salah Yahye. He entered the country illegally and was shot
This will pause the fighting after 15 months of war and see the release of dozens of hostages held by the militants in the Gaza Strip and hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
The truce will begin at 8:30 a.m., according to the Foreign Ministry of Qatar, a mediator in the talks. U.S. and other diplomats see the deal as the best chance to end the 15-month war that has devastated Gaza.
Crowds of demonstrators joined relatives of hostages held in Gaza for the weekly protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday following the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
Major airlines are planning to reinstate flights to the Middle East following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Over the last 15 months of conflict, several Western carriers pulled out of flights to Israel, Jordan and Lebanon as missile attacks closed skies over Iraq and Iran in unpredictable airspace.
Delta joins a growing list of Western carriers that are resuming their Tel Aviv service after Israel reached a ceasefire deal with Hamas.
Israeli police confirmed that several individuals were injured in a shooting incident in Tel Aviv's commercial district on Saturday. Emergency services also reported a separate stabbing incident in the area.
The attack occurred on Levontin Street in Tel Aviv, the daily Yedioth Ahronoth ... and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas, which Qatar announced late Wednesday evening, bringing an end ...
Israeli media, carrying live footage from Qatar-based Al Jazeera, showed the three women walking to Red Cross vehicles as their convoy moved through Gaza City. The vehicles were accompanied by armed men who wore green Hamas headbands and struggled to guard the cars from an unruly crowd that swelled into the thousands.
Ali Al-Ansari, media attache to the Qatari Embassy to the United States, told Newsweek his nation "appreciates the important role and positive impact of President Trump and his administration, particularly the efforts of his special envoy Steve Witkoff, in finalizing the agreement."
JERUSALEM — Mediator Qatar announced early Monday that an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza, easing the first major crisis of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The four Israelis freed in the second swap of the week-old Gaza truce were led onto a podium in Gaza City amid a large crowd of Palestinians and surrounded by dozens of armed Hamas men. The hostages waved and smiled before being led off, entering Red Cross vehicles to be transported to Israeli forces.