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A small town in northeastern Thailand celebrated late into the night at a homecoming for two Thai hostages released from Gaza ...

Bannawat Saethao's daughter was just one month old when he was kidnapped by Hamas. For the first time, he shares the story of ...

JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Hamas on Monday with unimaginable consequences if it did not return hostages held in Gaza, while the Palestinian group accused ...

Hamas signalled on Wednesday that it was willing to free all remaining hostages held in Gaza in a single swap during the next ...

Hamas militants have released the bodies of four more hostages from the Gaza Strip more than 16 months after they were taken captive ...

China confirmed Thailand deported 40 Chinese nationals on Thursday, despite human rights organizations and members of the U.S ...

So far, 25 Israeli hostages and the remains of eight others have been exchanged for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.

Israel and Hamas have completed the last exchange of hostages in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Both ...