Terror group insists on 'written guarantees' from mediators Israel will continue to negotiate permanent cease-fire deal once first phase of hostage release goes into effect

Matan Angrest's mother Anat says video shows him looking injured at the camera and addressing Netanyahu in plea for his release

Top US official says Hamas is reaching out and creating pockets of support with other terrorist factions that are expanding their influence throughout Europe, utilizing the momentum to recruit new members

Pupils of Kibbutz Be'eri, which lost 101 members, dedicate ceremony to Liel and Yanai Hetzroni who were murdered by Hamas terrorists; 'Everything we had planned shattered'

Luna al-Shibl, senior advisor to Syrian president and rumored lover, dies after car hit by armored vehicle; senior Syrian official says her troubles began when Iran and Hezbollah targeted her for suspected espionage, predicting her brother and husband will soon be imprisoned or killed 

Succeeding hardliner Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a Helicopter crash in May, Pezeshkian has garnered over half of the votes in a run-off election, beating conservative Saeed Jalili, sending scores of happy voters dancing in the streets of Tehran