Israel has halted the release of Palestinian security prisoners set to be freed after the return on Israeli hostages in protests against the scenes of chaos surrounding the release of Arbel Yehoud, ...

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Hamas freed three Israelis and five Thai hostages but Israel decried “shocking” scenes at the site of the handover as fighters swarmed the hostages.

Palestinian militants began handing over three Israeli hostages in Gaza on Thursday in return for 110 Palestinian prisoners to be freed under a phased agreement that halted fighting in the shattered ...

Palestinian groups and Israel are carrying out a third hostage-prisoner exchange under a ceasefire deal. Meanwhile, Israel ...

Zakaria Zubeidi, a former leader of a Palestinian militant group jailed for attacks that killed several Israelis, is to be ...

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

• Eight hostages – three Israeli and five Thai – are set to be released from Gaza on Thursday. The three Israelis are Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger and Gadi Moses, according to the Israeli Prime ...

Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were ...

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