Arab leaders are being forced to deal with a question they have long kicked down the road: What to do with Hamas.

As mediators try to salvage a Gaza cease-fire that expires this weekend, the militant group’s armed wing has begun mapping ...

Six Israeli hostages were released by Hamas on Saturday, amid renewed outrage across Israel after the bodies of two of the youngest hostages were returned earlier this week. Eliya Cohen ...

JERUSALEM-Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages while it waited on Feb 27 for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel in return, in an overnight exchange marking ...

DUBAI - Palestinian group Hamas said on Wednesday an exchange of Palestinian prisoners for the bodies of Israeli hostages would take place through "a new mechanism" that guaranteed Israel's ...

The shaky ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is under strain again, with Israel delaying the release of more than ...

Hamas criticized Israel’s decision to delay the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, amid growing tensions and concerns for the future of the truce in Gaza. By Isabel Kershner Reporting ...

Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East, may travel to the region on Sunday if indirect talks between Israel and Hamas on a second phase of a ceasefire deal show ...

By Isabel Kershner Aaron Boxerman Adam Rasgon and Fatima AbdulKarim Isabel Kershner, Aaron Boxerman and Adam Rasgon reported from Jerusalem, and Fatima AbdulKarim from Ramallah Hamas released six ...

Hamas freed six hostages on Saturday in exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of the fragile ceasefire agreement with Israel. The first two men released were identified as Tal ...

Hamas on Saturday released six Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, signaling readiness for the next phase of a shaky ceasefire. Avera Mengistu and Tal Shoham were ...

Israel will delay the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange in protest of Hamas' "humiliating" treatment of hostages, according to Israeli officials. The release of 620 Palestinian prisoners ...