STORY: Hamas freed six hostages from Gaza on Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees.Tal Shoham and Avera Mengistu were released first, in southern Gaza's ...

Hamas had threatened to delay the next release of Israeli hostages, accusing Israel of alleged violations of the truce.

Earlier Saturday, two other hostages — Tal Shoham, 40, and Avera Mengistu, 38 — were freed. Arriving in Israel, both were ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in Gaza and ...

Hamas on Thursday put on a macabre handover ceremony in central Gaza to return the bodies of four Israeli hostages taken on October 7, 2023. It was the first time the militant group has released ...

Hamas said it handed over four hostages to Israel in a display a senior U.N. official called “abhorrent and cruel.” Israel later said only three bodies belonged to captives. By Aaron Boxerman ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Hamas says it has agreed to Israel's request to speed up the release of Israeli hostages, including two men Hamas has held for around a decade. Hamas said it would give Israel ...

The hostages will be released on Saturday. Hamas will release six more hostages on Saturday and the bodies of four deceased hostages on Thursday, Hamas and Israel confirmed. Four more dead ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Hamas on Thursday returned the bodies of four hostages to Israel, prompting a nationwide outpouring of grief as flag-waving crowds lined highways on a rainy day to pay respect ...

Hamas’ youngest hostages, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, 2 and 5, and their mother are dead and their bodies will be returned to Israel this week, the terror group said in a ...

A senior Hamas official has said the group will not disarm and may even grow after the war in Gaza, warning other countries against cooperating with Israel in the enclave. “Whoever comes to fill ...