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

Kidnapped Israeli soldier Agam Berger was the first to be released, followed by civilians Arbel Yehoud and Gadi Moses. Thenna ...

A small U.S. security firm is hiring nearly 100 U.S. special forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the ...

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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." ...

Eight hostages held by Hamas in Gaza were released on Thursday as part of the ceasefire deal. Why it matters: The release was ...

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

UG Solutions, a private company, will hire 96 special forces veterans to be at the Gaza checkpoint, according to a report Thursday from the Reuters. Egyptian security contractors are also expected to ...

The first of eight hostages to be released Thursday, Agam Berger, was set free by Hamas in the Gaza Strip as part of the deal ...

Hamas released eight hostages, including three Israelis and five Thais, as part of a hostage-for-prisoner exchange.

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 ...