Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Trump has the emphasis in "the right place" with his latest demand for Hamas to release hostages.

President-elect Donald Trump is demanding the immediate release of the Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza, saying that if they are not freed before he is sworn into office there will be “HELL TO PAY.

The Israeli military on Tuesday said it killed three Hamas members in an air strike near the occupied West Bank city of Tubas, after the Palestinian health ministry reported two dead."Three Hamas terrorists who planned an imminent terrorist attack were eliminated" when the Israeli air force struck vehicles in the Aqaba area near Tubas,

Israel’s military said on Tuesday that it targeted vehicles in the Aqabah area of the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, killing three Hamas members who it said were planning an imminent attack.

Israel says it is investigating after Hamas released photos purportedly showing the body of a female hostage in Gaza.

Israel's military said an Israeli-American soldier, Omer Neutra, was killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel and that his body is being held in Gaza. And in a propaganda video released by Hamas, another Israeli-American hostage appealed to President-elect Trump to secure the release of the captives.

American soldier from New York, has been confirmed dead in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said. A grandson of Holocaust survivors, the 21-year-old from Long Island was thought to be a hostage captured by Hamas,