The expected swap of more Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners is the second such exchange since a ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip last weekend and another test for the deal. (Production by Wa

AM7 more hostages released, IDF saysSeven more hostages have been released on Thursday morning, according to a joint statement from the Israel Defense Forced and the Israel Security Agency."According to information communicated by the Red Cross,

The Red Cross said on Saturday it had completed the second phase of release operations as part of a Gaza ceasefire agreement, transferring four Israeli hostages from the enclave and facilitating the release of detainees from Israeli centres.

Their mothers were waiting to meet them. Footage showed the three women walking to Red Cross vehicles in Gaza City, surrounded by a crowd that swelled into the thousands as people held up ...

The four Israelis smiled broadly as they waved and gave the thumbs-up from a stage in Gaza City’s Palestine Square ... they were led off to waiting Red Cross vehicles. They were likely acting ...

Israel says an updated list from Hamas "matches Israeli intelligence" - meaning 18 hostages are still to be released in the first phase of the ceasefire.

Chaotic scenes unfolded as an Israeli hostage was led through a crowd in Gaza before being handed over to the Red Cross on Thursday.

In exchange, Israel was expected to free 110 Palestinian prisoners. But the prime minister’s office said their release was being delayed because of chaos around Thursday’s hostage handover in Gaza.

A Red Cross team has arrived at a second hostage handover site in Gaza. Earlier Thursday, Hamas-led militants freed the first of eight hostages in the latest release since a

Israeli and Palestinian supporters in Texas welcome the tenuous halt to the war sparked by a 2023 attack with cautious optimism.

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