DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas on Monday released an Israeli-American soldier who had been held hostage in Gaza for more than 19 months, offering a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administration that could lay the groundwork for a new ceasefire with Israel.

Some international airlines suspended flights, and Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, threatened to retaliate.

in Tel Aviv, Monday, May 12, 2025. Alexander was abducted during the Hamas-led attack on his base on October 7, 2023. Credit: AP/Ohad Zwigenberg Hostages freed since then have given the family more news, his father said. Some said Alexander had lost a lot ...

This was my biggest fear my whole life, before captivity, during captivity,” she reportedly said. “And it happened to me after captivity, in my safest place.”

A missile strike near Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport and Israel’s airstrike on Yemen’s main airport forced more than a dozen airlines to suspend flights.

In Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square ... Many of the 250 captives taken by Hamas-led fighters in the 2023 attack were freed in ceasefire deals. Later today, Trump departs Washington for the Middle ...

The Israeli attack came a day after a Yemeni ballistic missile landed near Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport, sending a plume of smoke into the air and causing panic among passengers.

Thousands of Israelis rallied in central Tel Aviv, calling on the government ... fighters from the site of a music festival during Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on October 7 2023.