The captives were handed over in staged ceremonies that the Red Cross and Israel have condemned as cruel and disrespectful.

Earlier Saturday, two other hostages — Tal Shoham, 40, and Avera Mengistu, 38 — were freed. Arriving in Israel, both were ...

Hamas freed the first five of six Israeli hostages due to be released Saturday as heightened tension between adversaries ...

Six Israeli hostages have been handed over by Hamas on Saturday, while hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are due to be ...

The Israeli military says its forces in Gaza received the latest three hostages freed by Hamas and was bringing them back ...

Latest news and live updates as six Israelis are set to be released in exchange for Palestinian detainees and prisoners as ...

The latest hostage release, to be followed by the freeing of hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, is going ahead ...

Palestinian fighters on Saturday freed six Israeli hostages, the last living captives to be released under the first phase of ...