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

Follow NBC News live updates for the latest coverage of the ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas.

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

RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — For more than 470 days, Eitan Gonen publicly pleaded with his daughter to stay alive while in Hamas ...

Israel said on Wednesday that 11 more hostages held in Gaza, including five Thais, would be freed over two days this week as ...

Hamas has announced it would release four female soldiers held hostage for 15 months in Gaza, as part of an exchange for ...

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

Hamas released four hostages, all female soldiers, and Israel 200 Palestinian prisoners as the latest cease-fire exchange ...

The hostages and 200 prisoners were released in the second swap of the Gaza cease-fire deal, which went into effect this ...