Hamas, under military pressure, has also killed hostages before the Israeli military could reach ... critics are sounding the alarm over the impact Israel’s expanded military operation would ...

Families of Israeli hostages taken to Gaza ... was released by Hamas. His brother, Michael Levy, told BBC News he was worried about the impact on the hostages if Israel sent more troops into ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas on Monday ... hugged and waved Israeli flags. Since he was taken hostage, supporters there gathered every Friday to march for the hostages’ release.

Israel's total siege of Gaza is entering its third month. Doctors and aid workers said they are seeing malnourished children and hospitals running low on supplies.

Alexander, like other male soldiers held in Gaza, was not included among hostages released during a ceasefire earlier this year. Hamas released 25 Israeli hostages and the bodies of eight others ...

Before the meeting, Hamas said it planned to discuss "the impact of Israel's starvation ... group agreed to release five hostages, including the American-Israeli Edan Alexander, as part of a ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Hamas terrorists to ... and the release of all remaining hostages, which would include the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the ...

An eight-week-long ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that brought a lull in fighting and freed Israeli hostages collapsed in March. Israel resumed its strikes on Gaza on March 18 and has captured ...