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Montevideo, October 29th 2025 - 17:18 UTC

Tag: Hamas

  • Monday, October 13th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    All 20 surviving Israeli hostages handed over to Israel via Red Cross

    Some hostages were allowed to make video calls to their families before being released

    The final 20 living Israeli hostages, held captive for 738 days since the attack on October 7, 2023, were released by the pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas and returned to Israel on Monday morning. They were handed over to the Red Cross in two groups across Gaza. The Red Cross confirmed they were all able to walk and in a stable condition.

  • Saturday, October 4th 2025 - 10:51 UTC

    Trump asks Israel to stop shelling Gaza as negotiations yield some light

    Despite initial hopes, some view Hamas' response as ambiguous

    After the pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas was reported to be willing to accept a peace proposal put forth by US President Donald Trump -including the release of all hostages- the Republican leader asked Israel on Friday to cease shelling the Gaza Strip.

  • Monday, September 29th 2025 - 22:14 UTC

    Trump and Netanyahu present Gaza plan pressuring Hamas but leaving Palestinians’ future unclear

    The plan envisions the release of all hostages within 72 hours if Hamas accepts. Gaza would be demilitarized and governed by a Palestinian technocratic committee under international supervision

    U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday unveiled a plan aimed at forcing Hamas to surrender and ending the war in Gaza, though without offering a clear political horizon for Palestinians.

  • Saturday, September 6th 2025 - 10:16 UTC

    Man arrested in Mar del Plata for posting pro-Hamas content

    The suspect was determined to be a young Argentine national

    A man was arrested on Friday in the Argentine beach resort and port of Mar del Plata following a tip from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which noticed that the suspect was posting antisemitic content on social media and encouraging the pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas.

  • Tuesday, June 17th 2025 - 08:53 UTC

    Israel's Ambassador to Uruguay discusses Iran with Montevideo press

    Hershkovitz insisted Iran was already operating in Latin America

    Israeli Ambassador to Montevideo Michal Hershkovitz discussed her country's conflict with Iran and insisted that the ongoing military operation sought to counter Tehran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, which she claims threaten Israel's existence.

  • Monday, June 2nd 2025 - 06:56 UTC

    Jewish Community members attacked with flamethrower in Colorado

    Soliman is believed to have acted alone, and no other suspects are being sought (Pic Sociai Media/AFP).

    A foreign national identified as the 45-year-old Egyptian Mohamed Sabry Soliman, Sunday, attacked a group participating in a weekly event in Boulder, Colorado, supporting Israeli hostages held by the terrorist organization Hamas in Gaza.

  • Monday, May 19th 2025 - 18:47 UTC

    US Embassy in Asunción offers sizeable reward for info regarding Hezbollah's activities in the area

    Masliyah thanked Paraguay for designating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Hezbollah, and Hamas as terrorist organizations

    The United States' Embassy in Asunción announced Monday that a reward of up to US$ 10 million was available to anyone supplying information on Hezbollah's financial networks in the Tri-Border (Paraguay-Brazil-Argentina) area.

  • Tuesday, May 13th 2025 - 09:17 UTC

    US-Israeli hostage released by Hamas

    Alexander was handed over to the ICRC and would go through a medical checkup before rejoining his family

    The pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas Monday released 21-year-old US-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander after 19 months of captivity in Gaza, following the Oct. 7, 2023, raids resulting in the kidnapping of 251 people and the deaths of 1,200 others.

  • Thursday, March 6th 2025 - 10:44 UTC

    Trump gives Hamas last warning before “hell”

    Leave Gaza while you still have a chance, Trump told Hamas

    US President Donald Trump on Wednesday sent an ultimatum to the terrorist organization Hamas to release all hostages or face hell. “'Shalom Hamas' means hello and goodbye. You have a choice,” he stressed, meaning he was done talking. The Republican leader also stressed he was sending Israel “everything it needs to finish the job” in Gaza

  • Wednesday, February 26th 2025 - 10:25 UTC

    Israel and Hamas agree to renew exchanges

    The f family was buried in a moving ceremony attended only by guests

    Israel and the terrorist group Hamas Tuesday agreed in principle to further exchange Palestinian prison inmates for the bodies of four Israeli hostages as part of the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, mediated by Egypt. The deal follows tensions over delayed releases and Hamas’s public handling of hostage handovers, which Israel dubbed as humiliating, particularly in the case of a body “mistakenly” passed on as that of dual Argentine national Shiri Bibas, who was murdered alongside her two children Ariel and Kfir.

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