LONDON -- Hamas said in a statement Thursday it would release the next group of hostages as planned in accordance with its ceasefire agreement with Israel, adding that Egyptian and Qatari ...

Hamas said it will release Israeli hostages as initially planned after holding “positive” talks with mediators, according to a statement by the militant group on Thursday.

CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Thursday it would release the next group of Israeli hostages as planned, paving the way toward resolving a major dispute that threatened the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Hostage families and a women's group block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, during a protest calling for the release of those held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza on February 13, 2025 (Tomer Neuberg ...

Hamas said it will release Israeli hostages as initially planned after holding “positive” talks with mediators, according to a statement by the militant group on Thursday.

During the current phase of their ceasefire deal with Israel, Hamas has incrementally released 16 of 33 hostages. Leaders in neighboring Arab nations have been helping to mediate the conflict in the region and dampen Mr. Trump’s plans to resettle nearly 2 million Palestinians to Jordan and Egypt and redevelop the war-ravaged Gaza Strip into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”

Palestinian Hamas fighters escort Or Levy on a stage before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on February 8, 2025, as part of the fifth hostage-prisoner exchange ...

Hamas said in a statement Thursday it would release the next group of hostages as planned in accordance with its ceasefire agreement with Israel, adding that Egyptian and Qatari mediators had ...

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 38 Palestinians in Gaza, hospital officials told the Associated Press on Sunday, as Israel's military said it has struck over 100 targets in the embattled enclave in the past day.