Matthew Eisenfeld and Sara Duker died in a Jerusalem bus bombing in 1996; Marla Bennett and Benjamin Blutstein were killed in ...

the shadowy leader of Hamas’s military wing in Gaza and one of the chief architects of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that ignited a war, was confirmed by Hamas on Thursday to be dead.

Baskin named longtime leader Khaled Mashal, head of the Hamas bureau abroad ... Some planned to return to bombed-out homes or to bury their dead. The deal does not end the war.

Deif, had been among Hamas' most prominent figures, and was sought by Israel for years and attempted to kill him on many ...

The expected release will keep up the momentum of the fragile ceasefire​ between Israel and the militant Hamas group that ...

He was one of the most senior Hamas leaders inside the territory and one ... and the bodies of about 35 others who are believed to be dead, are still in Gaza, according to the Israeli authorities.

She is dwarfed by dozens of masked Hamas fighters — and beyond them, a heaving mob of chanting men who surround her and fill the frame. In the next, Yehoud looks up at her captors, pleading. But video ...

Follow NBC News live updates for the latest coverage of the ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas.

Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the chaotic handover of ...

The release was delayed by a chaotic scene in which a crowd of Palestinians surrounded and jeered at hostages as they were ...

Thursday's exchange is the third since the start of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that has held for over a week.

President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, marking the first foreign ...