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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 ...

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

Three Israelis and five Thai nationals were freed earlier in what PM Benjamin Netanyahu called "shocking scenes".

Israel will delay the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails amid chaotic scenes surrounding Hamas’s release of ...

The hostages and 200 prisoners were released in the second swap of the Gaza cease-fire deal, which went into effect this ...

An agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas that involves the release of additional hostages and the return of ...

Thousands of Palestinians gathered in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah to celebrate the arrival of buses carrying the ...

Israel is preventing movement to the north of Gaza until plans are set for the release of Arbel Yehud, one of the last ...

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

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have streamed into heavily destroyed northern Gaza in their first chance to return ...

The prisoners released were all men, ranging in age from 15 to 69, with nearly two dozen serving life sentences for more ...