Organization representing most families of Hamas captives to 'end activities in its current form,' with select group to continue accompanying relatives of last slain hostage The post Hostages Forum ...

Analysis reveals how American force, not retreat, reshaped the Middle East in 2025, from Gaza ceasefire to Iran's weakened ...

Large hostage situations in U.S. history include: • 1775: In colonial America, 3 million hostages to an authoritarian king. • 1850: In the Trail of Tears, 60,000 mostly Native American hostages ...

A scene from "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 13. (Oded Balilty/AP) After turning over the bodies of 10 people it claimed were deceased hostages this week, Hamas said in a statement ...

The release of the hostages is the first phase of the deal. The proposed second phase would end the war in Gaza JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Thirty-three Israeli hostages are expected to be released from ...

Three more Israeli hostages were released Saturday in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners as the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas continued to hold. It was the fifth hostage and ...

After more than two years, 20 freed Israeli hostages were reunited with their loved ones on Monday. Many have thanked President Donald Trump and his administration for their work in orchestrating the ...

Each of the hostages released by Hamas was given a bizarre “gift bag” before they were handed over to the Red Cross — while the terror group released an equally ...

TEL AVIV — The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war was holding Tuesday even as complex issues remained, a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living ...

Cairo — In a surprise announcement, a top Hamas leader said Tuesday that the U.S. and Israeli-designated terrorist group would release six living Israeli hostages on Saturday and the bodies of four ...

If the current ongoing ceasefire and release of hostages provided a new kindling of resolve, Saturday’s images brought a cruel splash of reality. When four young Israeli soldiers were released in Gaza ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — The militant group Hamas said Thursday that it plans to release the next group of Israeli hostages this Saturday, as was scheduled in the ceasefire deal. In a statement, Hamas ...