So far, 21 hostages and over 730 Palestinian prisoners have been freed during the first phase of the truce. But the ceasefire had appeared dangerously close to collapse in recent days. Hamas had ...

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Hamas announces names of 6 living hostages to be freed on Saturday Hamas has released the names of the six living hostages the militants plan to release on Saturday under the terms of the ceasefire.

After about 30 days in captivity, Shoham said Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David were brought to the safe house where he was ...

Hamas said Saturday that it will only release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander if Israel implements the existing ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas has released the names of the six living hostages the militants plan to release ... office said over 600 Palestinians are also to be freed from Israeli prisons. The announcements are a ...