Israel, Gaza and Hamas

Israel-Hamas ceasefire live updates: Netanyahu delays Palestinians' release after hostages freed in chaotic scenes
Follow NBC News live updates for the latest coverage of the ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas.
Hamas is set to free 8 more hostages and Israel will release 110 prisoners as Gaza ceasefire holds
The truce is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas, whose Oct. 7, 2023, attack into Israel sparked the fighting.
Israel says three Israeli and five Thai hostages to be released in Gaza Thursday
The Israeli hostages due to be released in Gaza on Thursday have been named by the Israeli Prime Minister’s office (PMO), which also confirmed that five Thai nationals will be freed.
Inside the operation to bring Israel's hostages home from Gaza
Once the details are received, a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sets off in vehicles marked with the humanitarian organisation's logo to pick up the hostages in Gaza. Israeli military and medical personnel are also assembled at several different locations,
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Middle East live updates: 8 hostages released and handed over to the Red Cross
Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were making their way home on Monday.
Gaza militants free eight hostages in latest swap with Israel
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Thursday set free a total of eight hostages - three Israelis and five Thai nationals - who had been held since the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel. This marks the third round of releases since an initial six-week truce between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza went into effect on January 19.
Hamas accuses Israel of delaying Gaza aid
Hamas officials accused Israel on Wednesday of delaying aid deliveries to Gaza and jeopardising a truce and hostage release deal, an allegation Israel dismissed as "fake news."
Gaza war: Three Israeli hostages to be released Thursday
No fewer than three Israeli captives will on Thursday be freed from Gaza as part of the third hostage-prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas. DAILY POST gathered that the captives are Gadi Moses, Arbel Yehud and Agam Berger.

Israel, Palestinian refugees and Un

Israel to cut all contact with UNRWA

Israel makes buses carrying Palestinians slated for release turn back, official says
Israel instructed buses carrying Palestinian detainees slated for release under the Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas to return ...
Israel says Hamas has agreed to release three Israeli hostages
Among those to be freed is Arbel Yehoud, whose release was at the center of a dispute that threatened to unravel the fragile ...
Trump envoy Witkoff in Israel to oversee ceasefire deal
Trump sent Witkoff to ensure the ceasefire agreement advances to the second phase, which will require hashing out more thorny ...
Israel says eight of the remaining hostages to be released by Hamas in phase one of deal are dead
Eight of the remaining hostages set to be released by Hamas in the first phase of a ceasefire agreement with Israel are dead, ...
Israel says eight hostages are dead, as hundreds of thousands of Gazans head north on foot
Israel says an updated list from Hamas "matches Israeli intelligence" - meaning 18 hostages are still to be released in the ...
Israel Says 8 of the 26 Hostages Listed for Imminent Release Are Dead
An Israeli government spokesman, David Mencer, said on Monday that Hamas had provided a list indicating that 25 of the 33 ...
Trump Invites Israel’s Netanyahu to Meet With Him at the White House Next Week
WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip — President Donald Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House next ...
Senior Hamas militant filmed in Gaza after Israel claimed he was dead
Hussein Fayyad Abu Hamza, a commander in Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, was filmed by NBC News as he walked ...