Hamas says it won’t rejoin talks until Israel releases 620 Palestinians, as the Gaza ceasefire hangs by a thread.

Associated Press video shows people in Gaza running towards moving aid trucks and taking sacks of supplies. Since the ceasefire last month between Hamas and Israel, aid has been entering Gaza. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press.

Three members of the Hamas-run police force were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah while securing aid coming into Gaza, according to Hamas. Their bodies were transported to the European Hospital in Khan Younis where mourners told an NBC News crew that they urge Israel to stick to the ceasefire.

At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks and more than 200 taken captive. For more on Israel’s continued attacks in the occupied West Bank, see here. Read here about how and why pro-Palestine protests on US campuses are growing smaller.

Red Cross ambulances have arrived in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah in preparation for the handover of six Israeli hostages to be freed Saturday under the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. AP

An Israeli airstrike killed three policemen east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Hamas-run interior ministry said, calling it a breach of the fragile

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP) JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister on Wednesday vowed that “all hell will break loose” on Hamas if it fails to free hostages this weekend as planned,

Hamas condemned Israel’s decision to delay the release of Palestinian prisoners, calling on mediators to intervene.

An Israeli airstrike killed two policemen east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Hamas-run interior ministry said in a statement, calling it a

These were the updates on the Gaza ceasefire and Israel’s attacks on the occupied West Bank for Friday, February 14.

The entire people of Israel is moved along with me and embraces you today," he's reported to have told Mengistu on the Israeli government's website. Ethiopian-Israeli Mengistu was captured by Hamas in 2014 and was handed over to the Red Cross alongside Tal Shoham in Rafah,