Before their release, the hostages, four female soldiers, were led onto a stage in Gaza City, surrounded by masked, uniformed fighters.

The release planned for Thursday would be the third so far as Israel and Hamas observe a six-week truce, part of a multiphase agreement that mediators hope will end the war in Gaza.

Maher Bitar, a former U.S. National Security Council staffer who was a leader of Students for Justice in Palestine, is back in the Jewish senator's office.

Palestinian militant group Hamas on Friday announced the names of four Israeli women soldiers to be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in the second swap under the ceasefire deal in ...

A Los Angeles Fire Department captain, along with his brother and son, are being hailed as heroes for saving an entire block of homes in his neighborhood from the Eaton Fire. Capt. Dan Lievense ...

Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) re-hired Maher Bitar ... which Israel last year said was deeply infiltrated by Hamas. Before that, he studied at the University of Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre ...

Hamas freed three Israelis and five Thai nationals in exchange for more than 100 Palestinians. But the militant group struggled to control crowds, prompting a delay.

Senator Adam Schiff pressed Kash Patel, Trump's pick for FBI chief, about his association with a song with January 6 rioters. Schiff then told Patel to address Capitol Police officers with them in the hearing room and say if he was "proud" of what he did.

They appeared dazed, and their hands were tied behind their backs. In some footage, they were taunted by their Hamas captors. Now, Liri Albag, 19; Karina Ariev, 20; Danielle Gilboa, 20 ...

The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas took hold on Sunday, and is expected to usher in a period of at least six weeks of paused fighting. The deal is now in phase one, which should see ...

JERUSALEM — Israel says a Hamas list shows that eight of the 33 hostages to be released in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire are dead. Government spokesman David Mencer told journalists ...

Hamas “presented a misrepresentation of treatment and care for the hostages, while in reality, it is cruelly holding innocent civilians for 477 days,” he said.