Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that 40,000 Palestinian residents displaced from militant hotbeds would not be allowed to return to their homes. By Isabel Kershner Reporting from ...

Villagers say they worry that incursions into border areas of Syria by Israel’s military could turn into a prolonged occupation. Israel says the raids are needed to protect the border.

The Israeli military says the sixth and final hostage was released by Hamas in the latest exchange on Saturday and has arrived back in Israel even as heightened tensions clouded the future of the ...

The remains were released by Hamas overnight and Israel's army radio earlier said they had been identified as the Israeli mother-of-two. The radio station said that Ms Bibas was likely to have ...

Hamas on Thursday put on a macabre handover ceremony in central Gaza to return the bodies of four Israeli hostages taken on October 7, 2023. It was the first time the militant group has released ...

Human remains returned to Israel by Hamas on Friday have been confirmed as those of former hostage Shiri Bibas, according to a statement from her family provided Saturday by the hostage relatives ...

The remains of Israel hostage Shiri Bibas have been returned, her family said, a day after Israel's military said the first set of remains released by Hamas earlier this week turned out to be the ...

As the Israel-Hamas cease-fire arrives at its pivotal second phase, Egypt has emerged as the unlikely focal point for the next stage of the multifront war that has consumed the Middle East since ...

Six Israeli hostages, including two men held captive in Gaza for at least 10 years, have been released by Hamas after days of tensions threatened to scupper a fragile ceasefire with Israel.

Hamas has named six Israeli hostages who are set to be released today while Israel is expected to release more than 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire agreement between the parties.

TEL AVIV, Israel — The remains of two child hostages have been identified but another body released by Hamas was not the boys’ mother, the Israeli military said early Friday. Hamas militants ...