Israel has formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory ...

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

The truce is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas, whose Oct. 7, ...

Zakaria Zubeidi, a former leader of a Palestinian militant group jailed for attacks that killed several Israelis, was ...

Eight more hostages were freed by Hamas-led militants on Thursday in a sometimes chaotic process that briefly delayed the ...

The headquarters of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, was deserted on Wednesday as staff ...

Diplomats at the United Nations Security Council said planned restrictions on the agency, UNRWA, would imperil Palestinians.

Dozens of the prisoners, who were freed on Saturday as part of a cease-fire and hostage deal, had been serving life sentences ...

Hamas freed three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza on Thursday (Jan 30) and Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners ...

Israel has released 110 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for eight hostages being held by Hamas, the third such swap since the ceasefire in Gaza came into effect. The exchange of hostages for ...

The prisoners released were all men, ranging in age from 15 to 69, with nearly two dozen serving life sentences for more ...

After the chaotic handover in southern Gaza, Zivan Frieden, a spokesman for Israel’s prisons authority, said in a statement ...