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Long-term care homes in Ontario must have sprinkler systems installed by the end of this year and at least two announce they ...

JACK GUEZ/AFP/AFP The armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a video on Saturday of an Israeli hostage held in the Gaza Strip since the Hamas attack of October 2023.

Michael Ofer-Ziv, 29, knew two people from his village who were killed on 7 October, among them Shani Louk whose body was ...

Hamas' military wing released a propaganda video Saturday showing an Israeli American hostage. It was the first video of its kind shared in months. The undated video, posted on the secure ...

CAIRO: A Hamas delegation discussed a ceasefire in Gaza with Egyptian intelligence officials, two officials from the Palestinian Islamist group said on Monday. The “delegation met with the head ...

President-elect Trump on Monday threatened to unleash “hell” in the Middle East if hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip are not released before his inauguration Jan. 20, underscoring ...

A New Yorker who was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 was confirmed dead on Monday, according to the Israeli military. Omer Neutra, 21, had long been assumed to be alive, but was actually killed ...

Humanitarian groups, the heads of local clans and local business leaders all say Hamas's grip on power in the territory is fading, and that it is empowering criminal elements that are taking over some ...

Hamas says 33 captives held by the group in Gaza have been killed since the start of Israel’s nearly 14-month-old war in the besieged enclave. The group issued a video statement on Monday saying ...

A disturbing video showing American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander was released Saturday night by Hamas. In the heavily edited propaganda video, Alexander, 20, pleads for Israeli Prime Minister ...