Israel-Hamas War

Hamas-led militants have released three male Israeli hostages, and Israeli forces began releasing hundreds of prisoners in return, indicating that the fragile ceasefire deal is holding.

Hamas says it will release the next group of three Israeli hostages as planned, paving the way toward resolving a major dispute over the ceasefire in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in Gaza and directed troops to prepare to resume fighting if Hamas does not release more hostages on Saturday.

Hamas said Monday it was suspending the upcoming hostage release in the Gaza Strip, blaming Israel for not following the terms of a ceasefire agreement that paused the 15-month war in the Palestinian enclave.

The hostages’ emaciated condition and scenes of Hamas forcing them to speak in a staged release ceremony sparked outrage in Israel and could increase the pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend the ceasefire beyond its current six-week phase.

President Donald Trump said at an Oval Office meeting Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. should take control of the Gaza Strip.

In a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that Palestinians in Gaza should be relocated to a new homeland.

Netanyahu is under mounting pressure from far-right governing partners to resume the war after the first phase of the ceasefire ends in early March.

An American-Israeli captive with Massachusetts ties is among the latest hostages released by Hamas. Photos show his smile for freedom as Ofer Calderon was escorted by Israeli soldiers after being held hostage for 484 days. “One thing my cousin is known well for is a radiant smile, and in the pictures that have surfaced of his release, coming back into…

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Hamas handed two hostages over to the Red Cross in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday as part of its ceasefire deal with Israel.

American Israeli Keith Siegel is among the hostages set to be released Saturday, Hamas said in a statement Friday, as part of the fourth hostage-prisoner exchange with Israel. 

Hamas began the process of freeing three more Israeli hostages and five Thai captives. Israel was expected to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners.

Among those freed is Arbel Yehoud, whose release was at the center of a dispute that threatened to unravel the fragile ceasefire deal.

Qatar says an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza.

President Donald Trump has ended his predecessor’s hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel.

What happens after the deal’s initial six-week phase is uncertain, but many hope it will lead to the end of a war that has leveled wide swaths of Gaza

Four female soldiers are set to be released by Hamas on Saturday as part of the the ceasefire and hostage release deal it struck with Israel, the militant group said.

Since a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect, Palestinians have been finding bodies of loved ones in the rubble

Israeli troops have pulled back to the edges of Gaza, the first hostages have been released and many Palestinians have returned to what remains of their homes in the first few days of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.