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Hamas-led militants have freed eight hostages as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. But the chaotic handover of some of the captives drew an angry protest from Israel ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the “horrific” scenes during the chaotic hostage handover in Gaza — as the Jewish state then delayed the release of more than ...

An Israeli hostage held for more than a year by Hamas in Gaza was released Thursday morning, marking the first of eight hostages held by the Iran-proxy militia expected to be released throughout t ...

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

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a delay to Thursday’s release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for three Israeli hostages freed earlier in the latest exchange of the Gaza ...

Israel has prohibited residents in Lebanon from moving south to more than 50 villages, just a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel might not withdraw all of its forces from ...

AJ: Benjamin Netanyahu’s older brother Yonatan was a heroic ... the parental aspiration was that he should become a successful businessman in America or Israel. Netanyahu was a bit of a wanderer who ...