Hamas has deployed bulldozers in the Gaza Strip to search for the remains of deceased hostages, a move intended to reinforce its precarious ceasefire agreement with Israel. The militant group affirmed ...

National security adviser Jake Sullivan also said Hamas is preventing Americans and other foreign nationals stuck in Gaza from leaving. (Chris Kleponis - Cnp/Zuma Press) National security adviser Jake ...

Israel says militants have handed over one of the last four remaining hostages taken during the 2023 attack that launched the war in Gaza.

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WASHINGTON(AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed Wednesday to pause fighting in Gaza so that the remaining hostages there can be freed in the coming days in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, accepting ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Friday that he plans to speak to Israel’s Knesset and then visit Cairo as he travels to the Middle East and Hamas releases its final 20 Israeli hostages. “I’ll be ...

(CNN) — Hamas is in “clear violation” of the Gaza ceasefire agreement after returning remains to Israel that did not belong to any of the 13 hostages still unaccounted for in the enclave, Israeli ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — The remains of three people Hamas handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza do not belong to any hostages, Israel said Saturday, in the latest setback to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the ...

It's less than a week since the release of the remaining living Israeli hostages and the deal between Israel and Hamas is already being tested, with Israel carrying out airstrikes after accusing Hamas ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians on Monday, the Red Cross said, a day after militants returned the remains of three hostages. Israeli officials ...

Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers in Rafah. Health officials said at least nine Palestinians were killed. Hamas said that it was not connected ...