Israel has formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory ...

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

Throngs of people eagerly waited on Thursday for more than 100 Palestinian prisoners who were released from Israel in ...

The prisoners released were all men, ranging in age from 15 to 69, with nearly two dozen serving life sentences for more ...

Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in captivity in Gaza ...

Hamas freed three Israelis and five Thai nationals in exchange for more than 100 Palestinians. But the militant group struggled to control crowds, prompting a delay.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the sight of their chaotic handover was shocking and threatened death to anyone hurting hostages ...

Israel had delayed their release in protest against the way the eight hostages freed by Hamas were treated as they were ...

After the chaotic handover in southern Gaza, Zivan Frieden, a spokesman for Israel’s prisons authority, said in a statement ...