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Hamas plans to release three Israeli hostages Thursday — two women and an 80-year-old man — as well as five Thai nationals ...

Hamas confirmed the death of Mohammed Deif, head of its military wing, six months after Israel announced he was killed. It ...

In exchange, Israel was expected to free 110 Palestinian prisoners. But the prime minister’s office said their release was ...

Hostages Arbel Yehud and Gadi Moses were expected to be released later Thursday morning along with five Thai nationals. Yehud ...

Israel is expected to release more than 100 Palestinian prisoners, including around 30 serving life sentences, in what would ...

The expected release will keep up the momentum of the fragile ceasefire​ between Israel and the militant Hamas group that ...

Over six weeks, Hamas is to free 33 Israeli hostages — roughly one third of those held– in exchange for nearly 2,000 ...

The release planned for Thursday would be the third so far as Israel and Hamas observe a six-week truce, part of a multiphase agreement that mediators hope will end the war in Gaza.

An Israeli official says that Hamas will release three Israelis, including two women and an 80-year-old man, and five Thai ...

Israel instructed buses carrying Palestinian detainees slated for release under the Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas to return ...

The truce is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas, whose Oct. 7, ...