Late on Sunday, Hamas provided Israel with long-awaited information about the status of the hostages listed for release during the first phase of the cease-fire agreement in the Gaza war.

KHAN YUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas militants on Saturday freed three men, including an American Israeli, held hostage for more than a year in the Gaza Strip, and Israel released 183 Palestinian ...

Officials in the U.S. and Israel said that Israel and Hamas were close to agreeing a ceasefire and hostage release deal on Monday, after midnight "breakthrough" negotiations. Qatar, which has been ...

Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas militants freed three male hostages held for more than a year in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Israel and Hamas appear to be inching closer to a phased ceasefire agreement, officials said Monday. However ...

Jan. 30 (UPI) --A further two Israeli and five Thai nationals freed by Hamas after being held hostage for 482 days crossed from Gaza into Israel on Thursday afternoon, four hours after 20-year-old ...

After months of deadlock and more than 15 months of war, Israel and the militant group Hamas reached a fresh Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, President Joe Biden said on Wednesday.

Hamas today confirmed the death of Mohammed al-Deif, the leader of its military wing, months after Israel's military said it had proof he was killed. The militant group released a statement ...

Fifteen months after the war in Gaza began with Hamas’s devastating attack on southern Israel, Jerusalem and the Palestinian terror group reached an agreement ...

On October 7, 2023, several thousand fighters under the command of Hamas infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing nearly 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.

Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire and hostage release agreement to halt more than a year of fighting in the Gaza Strip, President Biden and Qatar's prime minister announced separately on ...