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The chaotic release of several hostages in Khan Younis Thursday was described by Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu as ...

Eight hostages held by Hamas militants are returned to Israel as Palestinian prisoner releases proceed — but can the Gaza ...

The cease-fire has held despite a dispute earlier this week over the sequence in which the hostages were released.

An Israeli hostage held for more than a year by Hamas in Gaza was released Thursday morning, marking the first of eight ...

In the ceasefire’s first phase, Israel and Hamas have agreed that 33 Israeli hostages in Gaza will be released in exchange ...

Bill Deere, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), discussed ...

A female Israeli soldier is released as the next hostage-prisoner exchange gets underway amid the ceasefire in Gaza.

Some of the prisoners Israel is expected to release include 30 Palestinians that were given life sentences for deadly attacks against Israelis.