The organization representing families of hostages held in the Gaza strip is celebrating the news that three male hostages would be released Saturday as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel ...

Hamas freed three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza while Israel freed 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process in anger at the swarming crowds engulfing one of the hostage handover p ...

Israel and two others including a dual U.S. citizen in the next exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.Yarden Bibas, ...

Franco-Israeli Ofer Calderon is among the three hostages set to be freed in the next hostage-prisoner exchange Saturday, the ...

The exchange is set to begin at 3 a.m. EST, according to sources. The names of the three hostages set to be released Thursday have been identified, according to the Hostage Center. American Keith ...

A surge in the flow of aid into the Gaza Strip since the truce between Israel and Hamas took effect on Jan. 19 is likely to ...

Hamas has survived Israel’s 15-month war in the Gaza Strip. Now, the militant group is replenishing its ranks, although restocking its weapons supplies will be more difficult.

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

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Bloodshed over the weekend highlighted the brittleness of the cease-fires in both places. Still, Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah each have reasons to postpone a new escalation, at least for a few weeks.

Israel kept thousands of Palestinians from returning to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday as it accused Hamas of ...