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

In the ceasefire’s first phase, Israel and Hamas have agreed that 33 Israeli hostages in Gaza will be released in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives on Thursday, and Israel is to release another ...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is visiting Qatar to meet with leaders of the Tehran-backed Palestinian group Hamas, according to a Thursday statement.

Israel is supposed to free 110 Palestinians from its prisons in exchange for the return of hostages on Thursday ...

Israeli leaders delayed the release of more than hundred Palestinians as agreed over concerns with how the eight Israeli hostages were released.

A line of white buses carrying Palestinian prisoners set to be released Thursday left Ofer prison in the West Bank. The buses made their way toward Bei ...

Despite the delay in their release, Israel is set to free over a hundred Palestinian prisoners on Thursday as part of the third phase in the Gaza ceasefire deal ...