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Israel is releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for five Thai and three Israeli hostages who Hamas freed from Gaza hours earlier.

Israel is releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for three Israeli hostages freed from Gaza hours earlier. Thursday’s prisoner-for-hostage swap marked the third round of exchanges as a ceasef

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip released five Thai and three Israeli hostages on Thursday, handing them over to the Red Cross amid chaotic crowds. It was part of a

Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives on Thursday, and Israel is to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners, in the third such exchange since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month.

An entire nation is shedding tears and rejoicing with you at this moment,” Israeli President Herzog tells the Albag, Ariev, Gilboa and Levy families.

Israel delayed the return of Palestinians to northern Gaza for two days because they accused Hamas of violating the terms of the ceasefire agreement by not releasing Yehoud, a civilian, on Saturday. Palestinians began returning to the north on Monday morning after negotiations.

Militants in the Gaza Strip released eight hostages on Thursday (Jan 30), handing them over to the Red Cross amid chaotic crowds as part of a swap that is set to see 110 Palestinians released from Israeli prisons later in the day.

Four female soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces were reunited with their families in Israel on Saturday after surviving 477 days in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip. Footage released from the long-awaited reunion at the army’s Re’im Camp in the western Negev showed the elated parents embracing their daughters with relief and tears.

New York, IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani says that Israel is the main threat to international peace and security, emphasizing that Tel Aviv makes "baseless allegations against Iran" to conceal the regime’s “destructive activities”.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has welcomed back the four female soldiers released from captivity by the Palestinian militant organization Hamas to Israel. "Daniella, Liri, Naama, and Karina — you are heroes!

Hamas militants on Saturday released four female Israeli soldiers held captive during the brutal 15-month-long war in the Gaza Strip in return for 200 Palestinian prisoners in Israel, in the second exchange since a fragile ceasefire took effect last weekend.