Hamas militants released three male hostages being held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday while Israel began releasing 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails as part of a ceasefire deal that has hal ...

Israel began releasing another group of Palestinian prisoners hours after Hamas freed three further hostages as part of the ceasefire deal that has halted 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip.

More than 100 hostages were released during a weeklong ceasefire in November 2023. About 80 more hostages are still in Gaza, at least a third of them believed dead. Israel says Hamas has confirmed ...