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

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the “horrific” scenes during the chaotic hostage handover in Gaza — as the Jewish state then delayed the release of more than ...

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

Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that ...

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

Newly sworn in as administrator of the EPA, Lee Zeldin turns 45 today. Zeldin, who represented New York’s 1st Congressional ...

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 ...

The Islamic Republic is closer to a bomb than ever before, as our interview with the world’s nuclear watchdog explains .

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

The president signed an executive order that targets those who took part in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses last year.