The deal comes more than 20 months into the conflict -- and more than three months after a previous deal ended.

There is no recent precedent for the scale of the hostage situation in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, the militant group that governs much of Gaza, abducted about 150 people during its weekend invasion of ...

American-Israeli families whose loved ones are missing and believed to be held hostage by Hamas in Gaza speak at a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 10, 2023.

Two weeks after America’s unprecedented military strikes into Iran, the situation in the Middle East has stabilized and focus ...

On Thursday, the family of a man still believed to be held in captivity was joined by Gov. Brian Kemp in calling for his ...

Further complicating the situation, US officials say, is that Hamas consists of numerous and often competing subgroups and militias that all operate in Gaza.

A Hamas hostage remains chained up in a tunnel, fed only one slice of bread per day as chilling details emerge about the conditions in Gaza, where 79 hostages are still being held ...

Hamas is holding some 150 hostages. What are the prospects they'll be rescued? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin about the fate of those people captured by ...

The hostage deal reached late Wednesday in the Israel-Hamas war is set to halt fighting in the conflict for at least four days, but its open-ended nature raises concerns about whether the pause ...

Don’t believe what you have read: there has never been a ceasefire in Gaza since October 7, 2023. The war has never stopped, ...

The situation is further complicated by the fact that America and Israel, while close allies, don't share identical goals for responding to the brutal attack by Hamas.

Hamas kidnapped about 240 people from Israel on Oct. 7, during the attacks by the U.S.-designated terrorist organization that killed at least 1,200 people.