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Israel-Hamas ceasefire live updates: Netanyahu delays Palestinians' release after hostages freed in chaotic scenes
Follow NBC News live updates for the latest coverage of the ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas.
3 Israeli hostages freed, but 3rd exchange with Hamas doesn't go smoothly
Three more Israeli hostages — two females and an 80-year-old man — were released in Gaza Thursday as the third hostages-for-prisoners swap agreed to by Israel and Hamas got underway, but the chaotic nature of the handover of two of the Israelis angered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the extent that he delayed his country's part of the exchange until later in the day.
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Live updates: Hamas releases hostage Agam Berger, Israeli military says
Hamas is expected to free three Israeli and five Thai hostages Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of 110 Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas set to release 3 more Israeli hostages under fragile ceasefire
Hamas is due to free three Israeli hostages on Thursday in return for the release of more than 100 Palestinian prisoners, in the third exchange under a fragile truce that took effect in Gaza this month.
Israel-Hamas ceasefire: Four female hostages return to Israel; 200 Palestinians released
Latest news and live updates on the Gaza ceasefire deal as four female hostages are set to be released. The hostages are all Israeli soldiers.
Four more Israeli hostages released by Hamas as ceasefire continues to hold
Hamas released four Israeli hostages in Gaza early Saturday in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners to be released later in the day. It was the second release to occur as part of the ceasefire agreement that began last weekend. Israel followed with the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas frees 8 more hostages; Israel begins prisoners releasing after delay
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 by masked militants,
Hamas Releases Three Israeli Hostages as Ceasefire Moves Forward
Israel and Hamas have initiated the first of several hostage and prisoner exchanges that will take place as part of a ceasefire deal.
Israel PM orders delay to Thursday's release of Palestinian prisoners: office
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a delay to Thursday’s release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for three Israeli hostages freed earlier in the latest exchange of the Gaza ceasefire,
'Our hero has returned': Hamas releases 8 more Gaza hostages as part of ceasefire deal
Eight hostages − three Israelis and five Thai nationals − were returned to Israel on Thursday after spending 482 days in ...
Palestinian militants begin handover of three Israeli hostages in latest stage of ceasefire deal
Palestinian militants began handing over three Israeli hostages in Gaza on Thursday in return for 110 Palestinian prisoners ...
Hamas frees 8 more hostages as Gaza truce holds
The release was delayed by a chaotic scene in which a crowd of Palestinians surrounded and jeered at hostages as they were ...
Hamas and Israel trade blame over deal violations. Will the fragile ceasefire and hostage agreement hold?
The fragility of the truce between Israel and Hamas was laid bare on Saturday, after Israel accused Hamas of withholding a ...
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Israel said to demand Hamas clarify status of hostages Shiri Bibas and her two kids
Despite family being slated for release in first stage of ceasefire, mother and two young boys, Ariel and Kfir, remain in ...
Inside the operation to bring Israel's hostages home from Gaza
Once the details are received, a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sets off in vehicles marked ...
Israeli father says even in Hamas captivity, his daughter heard his pleas to come home alive
RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — For more than 470 days, Eitan Gonen publicly pleaded with his daughter to stay alive while in Hamas ...