Israel confirms release of 8 hostages from Gaza

Israel-Hamas War: What it Will Take to Rebuild Gaza
Experts discuss how long rebuilding Gaza's $18.5 billion of damaged infrastructure could take after 15 months of conflict.
Hamas is set to free 8 more hostages and Israel will release 110 prisoners as Gaza ceasefire holds
Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives, and Israel is to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners.
Israel ‘proud to return and fight’ in Gaza after hostages released, IDF chief of staff says
We are a military that is very proud to implement the [government’s] policy, to implement the decision to return the hostages, and we will be just as proud to return and fight,” Halevi
Hamas frees 8 more hostages. Israel releases Palestinian prisoners after delay
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Hamas Releases Three Israeli Hostages in Gaza
Hamas released Gadi Moses, Arbel Yehoud, and Agam Berger. Five Thai citizens kidnapped from agricultural communities in southern Israel were also released.
Gaza militants free eight hostages in latest swap with Israel
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Thursday set free a total of eight hostages - three Israelis and five Thai nationals - who had been held since the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel. This marks the third round of releases since an initial six-week truce between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza went into effect on January 19.
Palestinians’ return to northern Gaza complicates Netanyahu’s war aims
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed 15 months ago that Israel would achieve “total victory” in the war in Gaza — by ...
Israel to publish update on ongoing war crimes probes in Gaza war: Report
The Israeli military is expected to publish an update on more than 1,000 ongoing war crime cases related to the war in the ...
He Survived 15 Months of War in Gaza, Then Died as Cease-Fire Neared
Fighting claimed lives until the final moments before the truce between Israel and Hamas took effect. For some, an unexpected ...
Israel lets tens of thousands of Palestinians start returning to northern Gaza as ceasefire holds
Israel is letting thousands of Palestinians return to northern Gaza for the first time since the early weeks of the war with ...
This is what one family in Gaza returned home to after 15 months of war
The grove of orange, olive and palm trees that once stood in front of Ne’man Abu Jarad’s house was bulldozed away. At the ...
Top U.S. Envoy Makes Rare Trip to Gaza Strip to Bolster Cease-Fire
Steven Witkoff, who played an important role in brokering the truce between Israel and Hamas, also met with Israel’s prime ...
Tens of thousands return to shattered northern Gaza for the first time since the war's earliest days
Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into Gaza’s most heavily destroyed area on Monday under a fragile ceasefire after ...
Palestinians in Gaza return to find their city in ruins after Israeli troops withdraw
With a ceasefire agreement pausing the war between Israel and Hamas, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza city centers.