As the IDF pursues a new ground offensive in Gaza, families of hostages held by Hamas are protesting on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's doorstep, begging him to bring the remaining hostages home.

President Donald Trump has issued what he calls his "last warning" to Hamas, demanding the return of Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

The killing of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk has drawn mourning from the forum representing families of hostages still held in Gaza for 706 days.

Hamas is preparing a so-called “legitimacy ambush” in Gaza City, aiming to exploit civilian casualties to increase international pressure on Israel to halt its offensive. Hamas has begun moving some hostages above ground in the Gaza Strip in an attempt to hinder the IDF’s ground operations in Gaza City,

A negotiated settlement to end the fighting remains distant, in part because of the maximalist positions of Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, and of Hamas.

Pope Leo XIV said he was closely following the impact of Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza City, where about 600,000 civilians remain.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. is in "very deep negotiations with Hamas" for the release of Israeli hostages, though he believes some "recently died."

An Israeli military spokesperson said on Thursday that it now controls about 40% of the city, where about one million people lived prior to the war.

A growing willingness among Israeli news media to critically explore the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has all but evaporated after Hamas released videos of two emaciated Israeli hostages.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday warned the Palestinian militant organization Hamas not to harm the hostages it abducted. "If they harm a hair on the head of even one hostage, we will hunt them down with greater force until the end of their lives—and that end will come much faster than they think,