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

Benjamin Netanyahu decried the “unimaginable cruelty” of Hamas after a mob abused and threatened an Israeli hostage during ...

Eight more hostages were freed by Hamas-led militants on Thursday in a sometimes chaotic process that briefly delayed the ...

Three Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals held by Hamas in Gaza since the 7 October 2023 have been released. Agam Berger ...

Hamas freed the first of eight hostages on Thursday in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold ...

Hamas is due to free three Israeli hostages on Thursday in return for the release of more than 100 Palestinian prisoners, in ...

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

Hamas said it will release three Israeli hostages on Thursday, and a high-ranking American official visited Gaza for the ...

The truce is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas, whose Oct. 7, ...