KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas handed over four dead hostages to the Red Cross early Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, days before the first ...

For months, Hamas leaders have defended the militant group’s decision to launch the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, despite the devastating Israeli offensive that followed, killing tens of ...

National security adviser Mike Waltz dismissed Hamas bungling the return of its hostages’ remains as being a knock against President Donald Trump. Hamas is five weeks into its ceasefire deal ...

Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of Hamas’s foreign relations office, said he would not have supported such an attack on Israel had he known of the devastation it would wreak on Gaza. By Adam Rasgon ...

As part of a ceasefire, Hamas released three Israeli hostages, including Omer Shem Tov, who kissed two of his captors. As Palestinians group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages to the Red ...

Israel will delay the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange in protest of Hamas' "humiliating" treatment of hostages, according to Israeli officials. The release of 620 Palestinian prisoners ...

Hamas criticized Israel’s decision to delay the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, amid growing tensions and concerns for the future of the truce in Gaza. By Isabel Kershner Reporting ...

Hamas handed over 3 more Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in the last exchange Hamas handed over 3 more Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in the last exchange. The three Israeli hostages are Omer ...

Feb. 22 (UPI) --Six living hostages are back home in Israel after Hamas released them in the seventh and final phase of the agreement as the handoff of 620 Palestinian prisoners was indefinitely ...

Hamas released six more hostages in exchange for 600 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday in what is to be the last exchange in the first phase of the ceasefire agreement. The six included three ...