When Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, released its propaganda video of three Israeli hostages being released Sunday night, there was a striking detail.
Nir Barka also said that former U.S. President Joe Biden "restrained Israel," and expressed optimism about support from President Donald Trump.
Of all the images to have streamed out of Gaza on Sunday, perhaps the most telling was, ironically, that of a camera itself.
Israel’s longest war has so far failed to destroy its main enemy, Hamas, which, despite suffering devastating losses, is framing the Gaza ceasefire agreement as a victory for itself – and a failure for Israel.
"It is striking that Israel was not mentioned in the president's inauguration speech," a senior Hamas official told Newsweek.
In a rare move hours after the cease-fire took effect, one senior Hamas official said the group wants to engage the new Trump administration.
A cease-fire agreement between Israel and terrorist group Hamas began Sunday with the release of three Israeli hostages, in exchange for some 90 Palestinian prisoners in.
Israel and Hamas have initiated the first of several hostage and prisoner exchanges that will take place as part of a ceasefire deal.
The group is set to release the more than 90 hostages over the coming weeks as part of the ceasefire deal with Israel.
President Biden released a statement following the Israel-Hamas ceasefire announcement Wednesday, saying release of American hostages will be included in the agreement.
The company fulfilled requests from Israel’s military for more access to AI tools as it sought to compete with Amazon, documents obtained by The Post show.