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Bill Deere, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), discussed ...

The chaotic release of several hostages in Khan Younis Thursday was described by Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu as ...

Eight hostages − three Israelis and five Thai nationals − were returned to Israel on Thursday after spending 482 days in ...

The cease-fire has held despite a dispute earlier this week over the sequence in which the hostages were released.

Eight hostages held by Hamas militants are returned to Israel as Palestinian prisoner releases proceed — but can the Gaza ...

The Israeli government ban on UNRWA over national security concerns and links to terrorism began Jan. 30. UNRWA has called ...

Three Israelis and five Thai nationals were freed earlier in what PM Benjamin Netanyahu called "shocking scenes".

In the ceasefire’s first phase, Israel and Hamas have agreed that 33 Israeli hostages in Gaza will be released in exchange ...

A female Israeli soldier is released as the next hostage-prisoner exchange gets underway amid the ceasefire in Gaza.