President Donald Trump is meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House for talks focused on trade and defense. Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are in Israel to shore up the tenuous ceasefire holding in Gaza. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds Americans growing increasingly concerned about their ability to find a good job under Trump. It’s a potential warning sign for Republicans as a promised economic boom has given way to hiring freezes and elevated inflation.
Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have been in Israel to support the fragile ceasefire in Gaza. This visit comes after Israel threatened to stop aid transfers, accusing Hamas of killing two soldiers. The Israeli military has resumed enforcing the ceasefire, and aid deliveries are expected to continue. Witkoff and Kushner met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to an Israeli government spokesperson. The U.S.-proposed truce aims to end two years of war, but tensions remain high. The next stage of the ceasefire focuses on disarming Hamas and establishing an internationally backed authority in Gaza. Concerns persist about the ceasefire's stability.
An Israeli security official says the transfer of aid into Gaza is halted after a Hamas ceasefire violation.
Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.
Released from Israeli detention after 20 months, 45-year-old Mohammed Abu Moussa is overwhelmed as he returns to Gaza and reunites with his family. He learns that his mother, sister and other relatives were killed in an Israeli airstrike in July. More than 1,800 Palestinians were freed under a ceasefire deal, returning to a homeland devastated by war. Abu Moussa, a medical technician, says he and other detainees were often beaten, and were provided inadequate health care. The Israeli Prison Service denies these claims.
Israel says Hamas has handed over “two coffins of deceased hostages” from Gaza. The handover took place late Saturday local time. The names of the hostages were not immediately released. The militant group over the past week had handed over the remains of 10 of the 28 dead hostages left in Gaza. It’s a key step in the ceasefire meant to end two years of war. Israel’s government says it wants Hamas to hand over the remains more quickly. Hamas says the devastation, unexploded ordnance and Israeli military control of some areas in Gaza is hampering the process.
Israel's military says Hamas has handed over 'two coffins of deceased hostages' to the Red Cross in Gaza.
More than 68,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry says.
Israel has received the coffin of a missing hostage handed over to the Red Cross from Hamas. That's according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office Friday. The Israeli military and security forces received the coffin inside the Gaza Strip, and it was to be transferred to Israel and the Ministry of Health’s National Center for Forensic Medicine. After a formal identification process, the family will be informed. The handover came after Hamas’s military wing said it will hand over the body of a hostage that was pulled out Friday to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Israel received coffin of missing hostage handed over to the Red Cross from Hamas, Israeli prime minister's office says.