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Buses transporting freed Palestinian prisoners departed from an Israeli prison on Thursday, following a brief delay caused by the chaotic release of three Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals by G ...

Over six weeks, Hamas is to free 33 Israeli hostages — roughly one third of those held– in exchange for nearly 2,000 ...

In the ceasefire’s first phase, Israel and Hamas have agreed that 33 Israeli hostages in Gaza will be released in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

Three more Israeli hostages — two females and an 80-year-old man — were released in Gaza Thursday as the third ...

Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the chaotic handover of some of the captives, who were shuttled through a rowdy crowd of thousands ...

Three Israelis and five Thai nationals were freed earlier in what PM Benjamin Netanyahu called "shocking scenes".

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

Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages, including three Israelis, on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Israel later began releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners after the swap was ...

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