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Three Israelis and five Thai nationals were freed earlier in what PM Benjamin Netanyahu called "shocking scenes".

Hamas freed eight more hostages, including five Thai nationals, in the third round of a swap outlined in the cease-fire deal ...

Mughrabi, Emily Rose and Maayan Lubell CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hamas handed over three Israelis and five Thai hostages in ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas freed eight hostages on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the ...

Kidnapped Israeli soldier Agam Berger was released by Hamas, the first of three hostages due to be freed in Gaza on Thursday ...

Israel is expected to release more than 100 Palestinian prisoners, including around 30 serving life sentences, in what would ...

Israel was due to free 110 prisoners, including 30 minors, in exchange for the three Israelis released on Thursday, the ...

The expected release will keep up the momentum of the fragile ceasefire​ between Israel and the militant Hamas group that ...

Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were ...

Hamas plans to release three Israeli hostages Thursday — two women and an 80-year-old man — as well as five Thai nationals ...

Israel delayed the release of 110 Palestinian prisoners set for Thursday in protest over chaotic scenes during an earlier ...