So far, 21 hostages and over 730 Palestinian prisoners have been freed during the first phase of the truce. But the ceasefire had appeared dangerously close to collapse in recent days. Hamas had ...

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Hamas on Friday announced the names of the latest Israeli hostages due to be released — as outrage mounted over the terror group admitting it hadn’t released dead ...

The three men, captured by Hamas during its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, are set to be freed Saturday, in the fifth exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinians jailed in Israel.

Hamas has released the names of the six living hostages the militants plan to release ... office said over 600 Palestinians are also to be freed from Israeli prisons. The announcements are a ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas named three Israeli hostages on ... Israel has said it would resume fighting Saturday unless hostages were freed — leaving it unclear whether it meant the three hostages ...