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Hamas says it is suspending the release of Israeli hostages from Gaza – leaving a ceasefire agreed with Israel to end 15 months of war inside Gaza on a knife edge.

A severely malnourished Gazan teacher released by Israel says he was subjected to ‘indescribable’ torture while in captivity.

Release of three Israeli hostages and 183 Palestinian prisoners comes as next phase of ceasefire set to begin

Hamas kidnapped hundreds of hostages and killed more than 1,200 people in the October 7, 2023, massacre prompting Israel’s all-out offensive in Gaza, killing tens of thousands

Two hostages have arrived in Israel after Hamas handed them over to the Red Cross in southern Gaza.

Emily Damari, 28, was kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October 2023 by Hamas gunmen who shot her in the hand and leg, as well as killing her pet dog. She told Sir Keir Starmer she was given a single bottle of out-of-date iodine to treat her wounds.

Hamas has released the names of the three Israeli hostages who are set be freed this weekend.

Hamas freed three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza on Thursday and Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process in anger at the swarming crowds at one of the hostage handover points.

Hamas has handed over a list of hostages due to be released after a ceasefire with Israel was delayed by two hours.

The last remaining British hostage is set to be among the 33 captives freed in the first stage of the ceasefire deal, which is set to come in force on Sunday morning at 8.30am local time.

Families of dozens of hostages trapped under Israel’s bombardments in Gaza are clinging to hope for their return amid a deal meant to end the war.

Family of now 19-year-old conscript Liri Albag appeals to PM to ‘take decisions as if it were your own children there’

A man carrying a knife has taken multiple people hostage inside a pizza restaurant in Paris with dozens of police cars and ambulances at the scene with the area in lockdown

Strike that killed Ahmed al-Ghandour last year was initially said to be unrelated to death of hostages held by Hamas

After being held by Hamas for 246 days in Gaza, Noa Argamani has reunited with her father in Israel in a heartwarming clip shared with the public as they finally hug

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli protesters and hostage families of the efforts to secure the release of loved ones amidst demands for action against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Abigail Idan, aged just four-years-old, saw her mum and dad gunned down in front of her by Hamas militants who attacked her kibbutz on the October 7 attack

There were scenes of jubilation as four jeeps carrying 24 hostages released by Hamas ended their weeks of terror this evening and are now set to return to loved ones

Two people including a suspect are dead after a hostage situation. SWAT teams secure the release of two other women and a three-year-old child from a property in Spring Valley, Nevada

Jacob Cloke died in hospital five days after he killed mum-of-two Hayley Burke during a shocking hostage siege at her home in Dartford, Kent

Rebels stormed Philip Mehrtens's single-engine plane after it landed in the remote mountainous province of Nduga, in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua