This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Patrick Sison, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or ...

Israel received the three hostages after Hamas paraded them before hundreds in the Gaza Strip ahead of their release.

Relief, joy, anger and trauma all spilled out as Hamas released a new round of hostages and Israel freed more Palestinians ...

Even in war, branding applies. Israel and Hamas are engaged in a parallel battle of optics despite a ceasefire that took ...

Hamas says it will release hostages under ceasefire deal this weekend as planned - US intelligence reports have revealed that ...

The first phase of the ceasefire calls for the release of 33 hostages and nearly 2,000 prisoners, the return of Palestinians ...

What is motivation of Hamas fighters? Some contrasts are so jarring as to demand explanation. Among these are the contrasts depicted by, on the one hand, nearly a year-and-a-half of photos showing ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages ... families and that we care for them,” he told The Associated Press. A number of foreign workers were taken captive ...

When the mother of one of the Thai hostages held in the Gaza Strip for over a year caught sight of her son on a Facebook ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he will discuss "victory over Hamas,” countering ... Palestinian attacks on Israelis. Associated Press writers Samy Magdy in Cairo; Omar ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas-led militants freed the first ... United Arab Emirates. Associated Press writer Sam Mednick in Tel Aviv, Israel contributed.

Hamas will release three Israelis, including two women and an 80-year-old man ... The officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on condition of anonymity because they were not ...