Israel has issued a tender for the construction of nearly 1,000 additional settler homes in the occupied West Bank, an anti-settlement watchdog said Monday. Israelis and Palestinians meanwhile marked the 500th day since Hamas' attack into Israel ignited the war in the Gaza Strip.

Israelis have long accepted lopsided deals to bring back imperiled citizens. But the release of Palestinians convicted in shootings and suicide bombings are stirring worries that the deal with Hamas will incentivize future hostage-takings.

A poll conducted by Maariv showed that 70% of Israelis support implementing the second phase of the prisoner exchange deal.

President Joseph Aoun held talks with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to discuss Israeli violations of the truce deal, a statement from the president’s office said. The talks came shortly after the Israeli military withdrew from some southern Lebanese towns,

Hamas released what it said were the remains of Shiri Bibas and her two young children. But none of the returned bodies were a match for Ms. Bibas, according to the Israeli military.

The bodies presumed to be of the youngest Israelis held hostage by the militant Hamas group have been returned to Israel, dashing the hopes of a nation hoping for a happier ending.

The bodies of four Israelis taken captive by Hamas, including those said to be of the last female and child hostages in Gaza, were released Thursday, bringing to 28 the number of captives freed since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on Jan.

ISRAEL has demanded Hamas thugs face “hell” after they put on a twisted parade using the locked coffins of four killed hostages. The remains of the youngest Israeli hostage Kfir, 2,

A crowd cheered as masked militants brought two pale and dazed Israeli captives onto a rainy stage in front of cameras for the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange of the Gaza ceasefire Saturday.

Hamas released four bodies, including the youngest captive taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack, Kfir Bibas, and his brother.

Shem Tov, from the Israeli city of Herzliya, was abducted from the Nova music festival with his friends Maya and Itay Regev, former captives who were released in November 2023. He's a passionate musician and DJ, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.