3 days ago · After 15 months of devastating war sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack, Hamas and Israel agreed to a ceasefire deal last month. Hamas militants killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages during the attack; around 75 remain in Gaza. About half are presumed by Israel to be dead.

5 days ago · Hamas released five Thai hostages last week along with three Israeli captives who were freed as part of a ceasefire agreement in exchange for 110 Palestinian prisoners. Hamas militants kidnapped 31 Thai nationals along with scores of Israelis and a few other foreigners during its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel.

1 day ago · JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas are in the midst of a six-week ceasefire during which Hamas is releasing dozens of the hostages captured in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.. The sides have carried out four swaps since the ceasefire went into effect last month, freeing 18 hostages and nearly 500 prisoners.A fifth swap, in which three more hostages ...

Feb 1, 2025 · Hamas is expected to free a total of 33 Israeli hostages during the first, six-week phase of the ceasefire and hostage release deal, which took effect on January 19. After the release on Saturday ...

Feb 1, 2025 · Hamas released three more hostages and Israel freed 183 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday as part of an ongoing cease-fire deal, in a quick process that was a stark contrast to a chaotic and...

Jan 30, 2025 · Hamas today freed eight hostages and Israel was set to release 110 Palestinian detainees and prisoners during the latest exchange in the ongoing ceasefire-hostage deal.

Jan 30, 2025 · The cease-fire has held despite a dispute earlier this week over the sequence in which the hostages were released. ... Hamas handed female Israeli soldier Agam Berger, 20, to the Red Cross at a ...

Feb 1, 2025 · Under the deal, Hamas pledged to free at least 33 of the 97 remaining hostages over the first six weeks, in exchange for more than 1,500 Palestinians jailed by Israel. More than 30 of the ...

Jan 31, 2025 · In a multiphase cease-fire deal that Israel and Hamas agreed to this month, Hamas pledged to free at least 33 of the 97 remaining hostages over the first six weeks in exchange for over 1,500 ...

Oct 7, 2023 · Early on Saturday morning, the Palestinian armed group Hamas launched “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” against Israel in the most serious escalation since their 11-day war in 2021. Hamas said it...