1 day ago · JERUSALEM (AP) — The bodies of four Israelis taken captive by Hamas, including those said to be of the last female and child hostages in Gaza, were released Thursday, bringing to 28 the number of captives freed since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on Jan. 19. The bodies returned to Israel are presumed to include Shiri Bibas and her two sons, Ariel …

1 day ago · Dozens of hostages remain in Gaza. The first phase of the ceasefire is set to end March 2, and there will still be 59 hostages remaining in Gaza, nearly half of them confirmed dead, according to ...

3 days ago · “The Hostages and Missing Families Forum welcomes with profound joy the return of Eliya Cohen, Tal Shoham, Omer Shem Tov, Omer Wenkert, Hisham al-Sayed, and Avera Mengistu this Saturday,” the ...

4 days ago · The most recent hostages to be released from captivity were freed on February 15 as part of a long-anticipated ceasefire and hostages deal between Israel and Hamas.

6 days ago · What we know. Hamas today freed hostages Sasha Alexander Troufanov, Iair Horn and Israeli American Sagui Dekel-Chen, who were siezed in kibbutz Nir Oz, a community that was especially hard hit ...

Feb 14, 2025 · Hostages freed as part of a tenuous ceasefire in Gaza are being flooded with information about loved ones and destroyed communities and still figuring out their place in a changed world. Their families are grappling with how to fill them in on what they missed without potentially deepening their trauma.

Jan 31, 2025 · Fifteen hostages have been released from Gaza, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, as the current ceasefire for the war that has devastated Gaza moves into its second full week. More than 47,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and wide swaths of the territory have been destroyed.

6 days ago · During the first six-week phase of the ceasefire, a total of 33 hostages should be freed in exchange for around 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israel. What do we know about the Gaza...

Feb 9, 2025 · With five rounds of hostage-prisoner releases completed in the ongoing Gaza ceasefire deal as of Saturday, there are 17 Israeli hostages still supposed to be set free in the first phase.

1 day ago · The hostages who will be released on Saturday have been identified as Eliya Cohen, 27; Tal Shoham, 40; Omer Shem Tov, 22; Omer Wenkrat, 23; Hisham Al-Sayed, 36; and Avera Mengistu, 39, according ...