Hamas has confirmed that its military chief, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip last year.

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Israel is releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for five Thai and three Israeli hostages who Hamas freed from Gaza hours earlier.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is visiting Qatar to meet with leaders of the Tehran-backed Palestinian group Hamas, according to a Thursday statement.

Militants in the Gaza Strip released eight hostages on Thursday (Jan 30), handing them over to the Red Cross amid chaotic crowds as part of a swap that is set to see 110 Palestinians released from ...

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

Three Israeli hostages are being freed in exchange for 110 Palestinian prisoners in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal.

Hamas handed captive Israeli soldier Agam Berger over to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip, the first of eight hostages set to ...

After a delay from the Israeli government earlier on Thursday, the release of 110 Palestinian prisoners has started.

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

Hamas and Israel are set to exchange hostages and prisoners today in the third swap of a fragile ceasefire. Israel is to release 110 Palestinian prisoners, while Hamas will set free eight hostages - ...

Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives on Thursday, and Israel is to release another ...