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Eight hostages − three Israelis and five Thai nationals − were returned to Israel on Thursday after spending 482 days in ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas freed eight hostages on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the ...

Two weeks after Israeli President Isaac Herzog approved a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, a tentative peace ...

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

Trump sent Witkoff to ensure the ceasefire agreement advances to the second phase, which will require hashing out more thorny ...

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

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

Hamas was set to free three more Israeli hostages and five Thai captives on Thursday, and Israel was expected to release ...