TEL AVIV — Every night, over two anguished years, Omri Miran’s wife and two young girls gazed at the moon as the children said good night to their father, a 48-year-old Israeli hostage held by Hamas ...

Israel and Hamas have agreed to phase one of a peace deal that President Donald Trump says will see the release of all living hostages. The deal also has Israel withdrawing its troops from most of ...

On Friday, as the 72-hour window for Hamas to release all the hostages began, government pointman Gal Hirsch told families of the captives that Israel believes that “the process of releasing your ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — All 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war ...

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas moved ahead on a key first step of the tenuous Gaza ceasefire agreement on Monday by freeing hostages and prisoners, raising hopes that the U.S.-brokered deal might ...

Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages on Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that pummeled the Gaza Strip, killing tens of thousands of Palestinians. President Donald ...

All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed ...