An exchange of hostages for Palestinians jailed by Israel had been thrown into doubt after days of mutual recriminations.

The group said that mediators were working “to remove obstacles and close gaps” after the cease-fire deal with Israel hit a ...

The Israeli leader’s warning came after Hamas said it would indefinitely postpone the next round of hostage releases.

Stalling the next release of hostages from the Gaza Strip, scheduled for the coming weekend, raises new challenges for the ...

The hostages, who were made to give public speeches thanking the Hamas militants who had held them captive, looked frail and ...

It was heartbreaking and grotesque. Other hostages are reported by The Times to have spent their captivity bound, tortured, ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said the cease-fire would end if Hamas did not release captives held in Gaza. But ...

President Trump’s plan would send a huge number of refugees to Jordan, adding new frictions to the kingdom’s often tense, ...

The hostage handovers appeared to go relatively smoothly, unlike the previous one, which descended into chaos.

The release of the three men was the fifth in a staggered hostage-for-prisoner exchange laid out in a cease-fire deal between ...

Hamas and President Trump have threatened to upend the cease-fire. Analysts say those words could prove hollow, but the deal ...

Hamas still controls most of the enclave, but Israel holds some key areas. International oversight could also be expanded, ...