The exchange of hostages for prisoners is a key part of a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the deadliest and most ...

Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were ...

Hamas-led militants freed eight more hostages from the Gaza Strip and another 110 Palestinian prisoners were released by ...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a delay of the release on Thursday of Palestinian detainees under the Gaza ...

Hamas is rushing to reassert control over the territory it has ruled since 2007. Its leaders are exuberant—at least in public ...