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Israel-Hamas war

A man waiting for the release of Palestinian prisoners sits on the ground and uses his mobile phone Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, after receiving news that Israel has delayed the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners scheduled for Saturday, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israel ramps up West Bank offensive and says troops to remain in some areas ‘for the coming year’

Israel says it is scaling up a weekslong offensive in the occupied West Bank, sending in tanks to a militant stronghold and pledging to keep troops in place for the next year in areas where Palestinians have fled.
 
Family members waiting for the release of Palestinian prisoners follow developments early Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, after receiving news that Israel has delayed the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners scheduled for Saturday, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israel delays release of Palestinian prisoners, citing ‘humiliating’ handovers of hostages

 
A poster shows Shiri Bibas, who was kidnapped to Gaza with her husband and two young sons on Oct. 7, 2023, in Jerusalem, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation. Hamas pledges to investigate

 
An Israeli police officer inspects the scene of one of a series of bus explosions in what authorities said appeared to be a militant attack in Bat Yam, central Israel, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

No injuries from Israeli bus explosions in suspected militant attack, police say

 
This undated photo provided by Hostage's Family Forum shows Israeli hostage Avera Mengistu, who is being held in Gaza by Hamas militants. (Hostage's Family Forum via AP)

Who are the hostages released by Hamas?

 

Israel says Palestinian prisoners’ release is delayed “until the release of the next hostages is guaranteed”

 

The Israeli military says it has received the latest 3 hostages freed by Hamas

The Israeli military says it has received the latest 3 hostages freed by Hamas.
 

Hamas has handed over three more Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in latest exchange under the fragile ceasefire.

 

Hamas has handed over to the Red Cross the first 2 of 6 Israeli hostages to be freed Saturday under the ceasefire

 

Red Cross vehicles arrive in Rafah for the latest handover of hostages set to be freed under the Israel-Hamas ceasefire

 

Israeli military says remains of child hostages have been identified but body released by Hamas was not their mother

 
A man holds a Winnie-the-Pooh bear at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, after four bodies were handed over by Hamas militants to the Red Cross in Gaza. Israel has identified three of the bodies as hostages and said the other was of an unknown person. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Mourning two young brothers, the Bibas family of Israel awaits fate of their mother

The bodies of the youngest Israelis held hostage by the militant Hamas group have been returned to Israel, dashing the hopes of a nation hoping for a happier ending.
 

Israel says it has received remains of captives handed over by Hamas as part of Gaza ceasefire

Israel says it has received remains of captives handed over by Hamas as part of Gaza ceasefire.
 
Border police salute as a convoy carrying the remains of four people arrives at the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. Hamas handed over the bodies in Gaza, three of which Israel has identified as hostages, and said the other was of an unknown person. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel identifies remains of child hostages but says another body from Hamas was not their mother

The Israeli military says the remains of two child hostages have been identified but another body released by Hamas was not the boys’ mother.
 
This undated photo provided by Hostages Family Forum shows Shiri Bibas, who was abducted and brought to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)

Israel confirms 4 dead hostages who will be returned from Gaza include young family

An Israeli official says the bodies of the youngest and one of the oldest captives seized by Hamas during the attack that ignited the war in Gaza are expected to be returned on Thursday. The handover is part of the ceasefire agreement.
 
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, walks with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as they meet at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

US top diplomat Rubio visits the UAE after landmark talks with Russia over Ukraine war

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met with the leader of the United Arab Emirates, wrapping up an overseas trip that saw the highest-level outreach between the United States and Russia since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
 
Israeli soldiers check the identification cards of Palestinians while they evacuate their homes in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams, near Tulkarem, while the Israeli military operation continues in the area on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Thousands of Palestinian families flee West Bank homes as Israel confronts militants

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled home following recent Israeli military operations across the northern West Bank.
 
Displaced Palestinians, traveling in vehicles, wait to cross through a security checkpoint at the Netzarim corridor as they make their way from central Gaza to the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Hamas says it will free 6 living hostages and hand over 4 bodies, accelerating Gaza releases

A senior Hamas leader says the militant group will release six living Israeli hostages on Saturday and the bodies of four others on Thursday.
 

Hamas says it will release 6 living Israeli hostages on Saturday

Hamas says it will release 6 living Israeli hostages on Saturday.
 
Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, block a freeway during a protest demanding their release from Hamas captivity as they mark 500 days of the Israel-Hamas war in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

500 days of the Israel-Hamas war, by the numbers

Monday is the 500th day of the war triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack into southern Israel. A tenuous ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has held for nearly a month.
 
Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza release balloons to mark the 500 days of captivity and demand their release in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel’s ceasefires with Hezbollah and Hamas are both in doubt again

Israel’s military says its forces will remain in five strategic locations in southern Lebanon after Tuesday’s deadline for their withdrawal under a ceasefire with the Hezbollah militant group.
 
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a news conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg,Pool)

Israel’s Netanyahu signals he’s moving ahead with Trump’s idea to transfer Palestinians from Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled that he’s moving ahead with U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer the Palestinian population out of Gaza.
 
Palestinian prisoner Waddeh Bazrah, 43, is greeted after being released from Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?

Israel has released 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in the latest exchange for Israeli hostages captured by Hamas as the fragile ceasefire hold.
 

Israel releases Palestinian prisoners after Hamas frees hostages as shaky Gaza truce holds

Israel releases Palestinian prisoners after Hamas frees hostages as shaky Gaza truce holds.
 

Israel says it has received 3 hostages after Hamas released them to the Red Cross in Gaza

Israel says it has received 3 hostages after Hamas released them to the Red Cross in Gaza.
 

Hamas parades 3 Israeli hostages before a crowd in latest handoff to Red Cross in Gaza

Hamas parades 3 Israeli hostages before a crowd in latest handoff to Red Cross in Gaza.
 

Red Cross vehicles arrive at the Gaza location where Hamas is to free 3 Israeli hostages

Red Cross vehicles arrive at the Gaza location where Hamas is to free 3 Israeli hostages.
 
Israeli hostages Iair Horn, 46, left, Sagui Dekel Chen, 36, center left, and Alexander Troufanov, 29, right, are escorted by Hamas and islamic Jihad fighters as they are handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel and Hamas complete their latest exchange as ceasefire’s first phase has just 2 weeks left

Israel and Hamas have completed the sixth exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisoners with just over two weeks remaining in the initial phase of their fragile Gaza ceasefire. And U.S.
 
This combination of images provided by Hostages Family Forum shows Iair Horn, Alexander (Sasha) Troufanov and Sagui Dekel Chen, who all were abducted and brought to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)

Hamas names 3 more Israeli hostages to be freed from Gaza

Hamas named three more Israeli hostages it will release in a weekend trade for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, the latest sign that the shaky Gaza ceasefire deal appears to be holding in spite of a tense dispute that has threatened to renew fighting.
 

European naval force helps free ship seized by suspected Somali pirates off Horn of Africa

A European naval force in the Mideast helped free a Yemeni fishing boat seized by suspected Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa. The naval force, known as EUNAVFOR Atalanta, said late Thursday the incident remained under investigation.
 
Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, hold photos depicting their faces during a protest demanding their release from Hamas captivity, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Hamas says it will free 3 more hostages. That could resolve its ceasefire dispute with Israel

Hamas says it will release the next group of three Israeli hostages as planned. That would pave the way toward resolving a major dispute over the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
 

Hamas says it will release hostages as planned, apparently resolving dispute with Israel

Hamas says it will release hostages as planned, apparently resolving dispute with Israel.
 
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel threatens ‘all hell will break loose’ on Hamas in latest Gaza ceasefire crisis

Israel’s defense minister says “all hell will break loose” if Hamas does not release three hostages as planned this weekend. The threat on Wednesday comes as mediators work to keep the fragile ceasefire from collapsing.
 
Palestinians stand next to tents surrounded by buildings that were destroyed by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Too few tents entering Gaza threatens the truce. Here’s what’s happening

Three weeks into the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the number of tents and temporary homes entering Gaza risks falling short of the goals set for the deal’s first phase.
 
A man walks between tents for displaced Palestinians next to destroyed buildings following the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, file)

Trump doubles down on plan to empty Gaza. This is what he has said and what’s at stake

Rights groups say that behind U.S. President Donald Trump’s vows to turn Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East” lies a plan to forcibly drive a population from its land. They warn that could be a war crime under international law.