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

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, ...

Israeli troops have pulled back to the edges of Gaza, the first hostages have been released and many Palestinians have ...

Delayed by a dispute over the release of a specific hostage, an agreement has been reached to allow Palestinians to return to ...

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

Hamas began the process of freeing three more Israeli hostages and five Thai captives on Thursday, and Israel was expected to ...

Those are the immediate reactions of some peacebuilders in the Gaza Strip, the U.S., and elsewhere abroad Wednesday after Israel and the militant group Hamas reached a new Gaza ceasefire and host ...

The Israel-Hamas cease-fire was holding after faltering over the weekend. For nearly 16 months, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have lived in tents, barred from returning to ...

Growing pressure ahead of Trump's inauguration Israel and Hamas have come under renewed pressure to halt the war before Trump's inauguration. Trump said late Monday a ceasefire was “very close.” ...