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

Israel and Hamas have initiated the first of several hostage and prisoner exchanges that will take place as part of a ...

Among those to be freed is Arbel Yehoud, whose release was at the center of a dispute that threatened to unravel the fragile ceasefire deal.

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