Hamas wants to send the world the message that it is still in charge in the Gaza Strip. Its method: turning the release of ...

Follow NBC News live updates for the latest coverage of the ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas.

Hamas released eight more hostages in Gaza Thursday as part of an ongoing ceasefire agreement with Israel in exchange for ...

An Israeli hostage held for more than a year by Hamas in Gaza was released Thursday morning, marking the first of eight ...

Hamas is due to free three Israeli hostages on Thursday in return for the release of more than 100 Palestinian prisoners, in ...

In December 2023, the Israeli military expressed "deep remorse" after soldiers mistakenly killed three hostages in northern ...

Eight more hostages were freed by Hamas-led militants on Thursday in a sometimes chaotic process that briefly delayed the ...

Benjamin Netanyahu decried the “unimaginable cruelty” of Hamas after a mob abused and threatened an Israeli hostage during ...

Three Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals held by Hamas in Gaza since the 7 October 2023 have been released. Agam Berger ...

Hamas freed the first of eight hostages on Thursday in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold ...

RAMAT GAN, Israel -- For more than 470 days, Eitan Gonen publicly pleaded with his daughter to stay alive while in Hamas ...

The expected release will keep up the momentum of the fragile ceasefire​ between Israel and the militant Hamas group that ...