Follow NBC News live updates for the latest coverage of the ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas.

Hamas has begun a third round of freeing hostages in Gaza Thursday as part of an ongoing ceasefire agreement with Israel in ...

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

President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy was in Israel on Wednesday to meet with senior officials and tour Israeli military ...

Hamas began the process of freeing three more Israeli hostages and five Thai captives. Israel was expected to release another ...

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

Thursday's exchange is the third since the start of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that has held for over a week.

Steve Witkoff could become the first US official to visit Gaza in almost two decades, as he is also due to visit Israel and ...