Adam Boehler, U.S. special envoy for hostage affairs, on Sunday urged Hamas to “take the deal” on the table with Israel and ...

Hamas wants to start negotiations on the ceasefire’s more difficult second phase, which would see the release of remaining hostages from Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli forces and a lasting peace.

Hamas on Wednesday said it would release 10 hostages as part of Gaza ceasefire talks after Israel struck an upbeat note about ...

Israel has sealed Gaza off from all imports, including food, medicine and emergency shelter, for over 10 weeks in what it says is a pressure tactic aimed at forcing Hamas to release hostages ...

Hamas says it has agreed to Israel's request to speed up release of Israeli hostages, including two men held around a decade. The bodies of members of a young family are among those it will hand over.

Hamas plans to release three Israeli hostages Thursday — two women and an 80-year-old man — as well as five Thai nationals abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The Hostages Families Forum ...

Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, also made similar comments on Wednesday, saying that “the gates of hell will open upon” Hamas if there was no further release of captives. A majority of the ...

Hamas is to release a second group of hostages after an hours-long delay on Saturday, U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News. Qatari and Egyptian mediators say Hamas agreed to release 13 Israelis ...

Israeli leaders meet to consider a deal that would see the release of dozens of hostages seized by Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

JERUSALEM — Hamas said on Friday it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-nationals, hostages who had died in captivity.

The Islamist group said it would release 10 hostages as part of Gaza ceasefire talks brokered by Qatar. The statement came ...

Hamas says it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-nationals.