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As part of the swap, Palestinian militants in Gaza freed five Thai and three Israeli hostages, handing them over to the Red ...

Over six weeks, Hamas is to free 33 Israeli hostages — roughly one third of those held– in exchange for nearly 2,000 ...

Hamas confirmed the death of Mohammed Deif, head of its military wing, six months after Israel announced he was killed. It ...

Three more Israeli hostages — two females and an 80-year-old man — were released in Gaza Thursday as the third ...

Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday after eight hostages in the Gaza Strip were freed by Hamas-led militants earlier in the day in a sometimes chaotic process that briefly called the ...

Israel was due to free 110 prisoners, including 30 minors, in exchange for the three Israelis released on Thursday, the ...

One of those released was 19 years old. Twelve of them were 18, seven of them were 17 and one was 15. This list of prisoners was published by Al Jazeera, the Qatari-owned international news service.

The families of Thai farm workers held for over a year in Gaza cheered and wept with relief Thursday as they were freed in a ...

Israel has formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash.

Hamas has confirmed that its military chief, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip last year.

Three Israelis and five Thai nationals were freed earlier in what PM Benjamin Netanyahu called "shocking scenes".