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Hamas began the process of freeing three more Israeli hostages and five Thai captives on Thursday, the third such release ...

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 ...

A female Israeli soldier is released as the next hostage-prisoner exchange gets underway amid the ceasefire in Gaza.

Hamas-led militants freed the first of eight hostages on Thursday in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip ...

These developments do not bode well for the success of the next phases of the cease-fire, let alone a lasting peace.

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