Once access is achieved, the attackers replace desktop backgrounds with an image bearing the colors of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade—a group associated with Hamas. The background also includes ...

The Hamas terror group gave Israel the names of the three female hostages to be released later in the day, allowing weapons in Gaza to go silent as a long-elusive ...

Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages ...

Keith Siegel became the first American hostage freed on Saturday as part of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement the U.S. helped broker that aims to ends the war in the Gaza Strip. With his release ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in his fourth trip to the Middle East last week since the October 7 attack by Hamas, took a rough agreement to Israel that its predominately Muslim neighbors ...

After holding the hostages for more than 15 months, Hamas began releasing them on January 19 under the terms of the ceasefire deal with Israel. Groups in Gaza have so far handed over 18 hostages ...

Eight hostages − three Israelis and five Thai nationals − were returned to Israel Thursday after spending 482 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza. They were freed in an at-times chaotic handover ...

Israel reportedly expects a ceasefire in the Gaza war to proceed even though Hamas has yet to name the hostages it will release on Sunday. On Saturday, the terror ...