Hamas said Thursday it would release three more Israeli hostages as planned, paving the way toward resolving a major dispute over the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. The militant group had threatened to ...

The changes come as pressure mounts for Israel and Hamas to move into the second phase of the ceasefire plan that U.S.

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Hamas is now digging through the rubble in Israel-controlled sections of Gaza in search of the bodies of the 13 remaining hostages — as only hours remain to come up ...

Israeli and Thai officials say remains that militants in Gaza handed to Israel were those of a Thai agricultural worker ...

Israeli forensic examiners have identified the remains of a deceased Israeli hostage returned from Gaza as those of Dror Or, the prime minister’s office said on Wednesday.

Hamas’s military wing has released the bodies of two more slain Israeli hostages Tuesday — as Vice President JD Vance warned it will take time to retrieve the remains of all of the fallen captives ...

US envoy cancels trip to Turkey, which had been primarily scheduled around meeting with Zelensky that didn't pan out; he had planned to discuss efforts to sustain Gaza truce with Hayya ...

The Biden administration helped broker two ceasefire and hostage-exchange deals between Israel and Hamas — one in November 2023 and one in January 2025. Hamas released 105 hostages in the November ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Palestinian militant group Hamas has released the last surviving hostages it was holding in Gaza, in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners, under the ...

An Egyptian team has entered Gaza to join in the search for the remains of 13 hostages whose bodies have still not been released following the ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. The ceasefire’s first ...