The possibility of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza grew closer as Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, expressed optimism on Sunday following a recent ceasefire reached between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The President-elect posted on social media that there will be ‘all hell to pay’ in the region if the hostages remain captive beyond Jan. 20, 2025.

President-elect Donald Trump pledged to exact vengeance unless Hamas militants release every Israeli hostage before his January inauguration.

Neutra’s parents, Ronen and Orna, led a public campaign while he was thought to be alive for their son’s freedom.

American soldier from New York, has been confirmed dead in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said. A grandson of Holocaust survivors, the 21-year-old from Long Island was thought to be a hostage captured by Hamas,

The Israel Defense Forces on Monday confirmed that missing U.S.-Israeli soldier Omer Maxim Neutra, 21, was among those killed in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack into southern Israel.