Missing persons
Dr. Khalil al-Hayya, the head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, recently spoke with Al Jazeera about the ongoing efforts to establish an administrative committee to manage the Gaza Strip. He emphasized that the agreed-upon issues with Palestinian factions are largely the same as those discussed with Fatah, and that
Barghouti, Marwan
Marwan Barghouti, 66, a Palestinian leader held in Israeli prison since 2002, has been a thorn in the side of the Israeli government for decades. Despite being consistently listed as the most popular Palestinian leader, Barghouti remains behind bars, sparking a global push for his release. The case has taken
Prisoners
Israeli security services are preparing for the possibility that Hamas will hand over the bodies of two Israeli prisoners via the Red Cross on Friday evening. The United States is continuing to pressure mediators and Hamas to expedite the handover of the bodies, while Tel Aviv expects progress on this
Conspiracy
Nicolas Sarkozy, France's 70-year-old former president, began his five-year prison sentence for conspiring to accept laundered cash from Muammar Gaddafi at La Sante, a high-security jail in Paris. The development came after a fellow inmate posted a video online, threatening to avenge Gaddafi and warning Sarkozy to "
Prisoners
Despite a ban on media access, a collection of portraits, taken by American soldiers and International Committee of the Red Cross representatives, offers a glimpse into the lives of the last 15 U.S. wartime prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. These photographs, which began in 2009, are part of a Red
Prisoners
Ian Watkins, the disgraced Lostprophets singer, was considered a "dead man walking" among fellow prisoners at HMP Wakefield, the UK's largest maximum-security prison. Watkins' horrific crimes, including the attempted rape and sexual assault of victims as young as 10 months old, made him a target
Prisoners
Ian Watkins, the disgraced Lostprophets singer, was considered a "dead man walking" among fellow prisoners at HMP Wakefield, the UK's largest maximum-security prison. Watkins' horrific crimes, including the attempted rape and sexual assault of victims as young as 10 months old, made him a target
Exchange of prisoners
Hamas has been intensively searching for the bodies of Israeli prisoners in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, as part of a prisoner exchange agreement with Israel. The operation, which began on Friday, involves bulldozers and engineering vehicles digging several meters underground to locate a tunnel where one of
Palestinian Arabs
A fragile cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas has entered its first phase, with the release of 20 living hostages and the return of several deceased hostages' bodies, raising hopes for a potential end to the deadly two-year war in Gaza. However, the agreement's success hangs in
Palestinian Arabs
The BBC's feature on a Palestinian prisoner's release has come under fire for failing to disclose the prisoner's involvement in a 2006 suicide bombing that killed four Israelis. Murad Abu al-Rub received four life sentences for his role in the attack, but the BBC&
Hostages
Amidst the fragile truce in Gaza, nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners are being released from Israeli custody as part of a hostage return and prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas. The move has sparked intense emotions on both sides, with families and supporters welcoming the freed prisoners, while victims&
Hostages
The two-year conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has seen a significant turn as all 20 of the last living hostages have been released, marking a key step towards ending the deadliest war ever between the two parties. Buses carrying dozens of freed Palestinian prisoners drove to
