Hamas wants to send the world the message that it is still in charge in the Gaza Strip. Its method: turning the release of ...

An Israeli hostage held for more than a year by Hamas in Gaza was released Thursday morning, marking the first of eight ...

Israel briefly suspended the release of Palestinian prisoners after chaotic crowds mobbed two of the captives.

Hamas has released Israeli soldier Agam Berger to the Red Cross in Gaza, marking the first of eight hostages set to be freed ...

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Hamas released eight hostages, including three Israelis and five Thais, as part of a hostage-for-prisoner exchange.

Eight hostages − three Israelis and five Thai nationals − were returned to Israel on Thursday after spending 482 days in ...

Hamas released eight more hostages in Gaza Thursday as part of an ongoing ceasefire agreement with Israel in exchange for ...

The expected release will keep up the momentum of the fragile ceasefire​ between Israel and the militant Hamas group that ...

The cease-fire has held despite a dispute earlier this week over the sequence in which the hostages were released.

Hamas has agreed to release 33 Israeli hostages as part of a cease-fire agreement with Israel that has brought a pause to ...

Five Thai nationals held hostage by Hamas since its 2023 attack on Israel were released Thursday, while one remaining Thai ...