The families of hostages freed from Gaza over the weekend, the latest release in the ceasefire deal, described difficult ...

A ceasefire is holding in Gaza as hostages have been handed over to Israel and Palestinian prisoners have been returned to ...

Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were ...

Two released hostages, Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas, have arrived in Israel and are on their way to an initial reception ...

The Israeli organization representing families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip celebrated the news Friday that three ...

Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives on Thursday, and Israel is to release another ...

One of the Israeli hostages freed on the first day of the Gaza ceasefire said Monday in her first comments since being released that she has “returned to life.” ...

Hamas is expected to release 33 hostages during the first phase of ... to halt 15 months of fighting that has destabilized the Middle East and devastated Gaza, allow for more aid into the besieged ...

Under the terms of the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal , fighting will be halted in Gaza for at least six weeks. Dozens ...

Dec. 2 - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says there will be "hell to pay" in the Middle East if hostages held in the Gaza Strip are not released before his Jan. 20 inauguration. Trump will ...

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