The ceasefire is aimed at eventually ending the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas.

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The Israeli government ban on UNRWA over national security concerns and links to terrorism began Jan. 30. UNRWA has called the move by Jerusalem as "disastrous." ...

Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives, and Israel is to release another 110 ...

Thursday's exchange is the third since the start of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that has held for over a week.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a delay of the release on Thursday of Palestinian detainees under the Gaza ...

Israel instructed buses carrying Palestinian detainees slated for release under the Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas to return ...

Hostages Arbel Yehud and Gadi Moses were expected to be released later Thursday morning along with five Thai nationals. Yehud ...

Among those to be freed is Arbel Yehoud, whose release was at the center of a dispute that threatened to unravel the fragile ...