The hostage handovers appeared to go relatively smoothly, unlike the previous one, which descended into chaos.

The Israeli organization representing families of hostages in Gaza has celebrated the news that three high-profile men will ...

CAIRO/GAZA -- The Rafah crossing, the only channel linking Egypt with the Gaza Strip, is open and will start receiving ...

The young female IDF soldiers will be freed after 477 harrowing days in captivity - but there is still no sign of the two and five year old Bibas brothers. Karina Ariev, 20, Daniela Gilboa ...

TEL AVIV — On lampposts, in shop windows and on smartphone screens across Israel, the posters show a smiling, red-headed baby boy clutching a pink elephant. And now the country is bracing to ...

TEL AVIV — On lampposts, in shop windows and on smartphone screens across Israel, the posters show a smiling, red-headed baby boy clutching a pink elephant. And now the country is bracing to ...

It was the moment they were kidnapped. By the time it was released, Shiri Bibas and her sons were already in Gaza. It's been estimated more than 250 hostages were taken as part of Hamas's October ...

At least eight Palestinians were killed and 35 injured as Israeli security forces began a large operation on Tuesday in the northern West Bank city of Jenin and the adjoining refugee camp.

Ariel Bibas, five, and his brother Kfir, two, and their parents are on the list of hostages to be released in the first six-week phase of the ceasefire. Kfir's dad Yarden Bibas (left) gave himself ...

Yarden Bibas was abducted alongside his wife, Shiri Bibas, and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir — then ages 4 years and 9 months, respectively — from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7 ...

Peter Aitken is a Newsweek Politics Editor based in New York. His focus is domestic U.S. politics, but he has experience covering Foreign Affairs, Business and Technology. Peter joined Newsweek in ...