Hamas wants to send the world the message that it is still in charge in the Gaza Strip. Its method: turning the release of hostages into a spectacle that Israel is powerless to stop.

Even in war, branding applies. Israel and Hamas are engaged in a parallel battle of optics despite a ceasefire that took ...

Ranks of Hamas fighters formed up on Gaza ... City to the north, scores of Hamas fighters, most wearing military fatigues, stood guard, apparently to control onlookers. The arrangements for Saturday's ...

The crossing had been closed after Israel invaded Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, in May. The war has devastated the health system in Gaza, leaving the hospitals still in service struggling ...

Chaotic scenes surrounding the release of Israeli and Thai hostages in Gaza on Thursday brought condemnation ... to the Red Cross in the central Gazan city of Khan Younis. He described those ...

The increasingly theatrical and threatening events have angered Israel and put a cease-fire deal at risk.

Hamas fighters escorted Yarden Bibas, an Israeli hostage, before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Gaza on ... West Bank city of Ramallah, according to footage from the scene.

His release took place in Gaza City where he was taken onto a stage wearing a cap, flanked by masked and armed Hamas forces with the waters of the Mediterranean and the destroyed port behind them.

There was a heavy Hamas presence in Gaza City when Siegel was released but Saturday’s exchanges have been smooth. The last round of releases was marred by chaotic scenes, prompting complaints ...