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 ...

As the first phase of the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel comes to an end, so, too, might the weekly hostage “auctions” that have been among its most defining optics. OMER SHEM TOV appears ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Six Israeli hostages were released by Hamas on Saturday, amid renewed outrage across Israel after the bodies of two of the youngest hostages were returned earlier this week. Eliya Cohen ...

Hamas on Saturday released six Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, signaling readiness for the next phase of a shaky ceasefire. Avera Mengistu and Tal Shoham were ...

Hamas freed all six hostages in the latest exchange Saturday, even as heightened tension between the adversaries clouded the future of the fragile ceasefire deal. The six included three Israeli ...