One American, Edan Alexander, had been among the 24 hostages believed to be alive, with the bodies of several other Americans also held by Hamas after its Oct. 7, 2023, assault on Israel.

(JNS) The United Nations Security Council is slated to convene on Thursday to discuss the return of the bodies of hostages whom ... the other,” he told JNS. “Israel is demanding something ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called Israel a “genocidal state” while speaking in the Spanish parliament on Wednesday, saying that Madrid “does not do business” with such a country.