Hamas Releases Israeli Hostages. Emotional scenes unfold in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square as Israelis cheer and cry while watching the live footage of Hamas releasing Israeli hostages Tal Shoham and Avera Mengistu in Rafah,

Hamas released six living hostages on Saturday in separate locations of the Gaza Strip. Hours later, Israel said it would delay releasing Palestinian prisoners

Hamas has handed over five out of six hostages due to be released in Gaza on Saturday, the final living captives whom the warring sides agreed would be released when a ceasefire began last month.

gather in Tel Aviv to watch the TV broadcast of his release by Hamas militants (Ohad Zwigenberg/AP) Red Cross ambulances have arrived in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah in preparation for the ...

in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) Bulldozers and trucks carrying caravans wait to enter Gaza at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohamed Arafat) Palestinians ...

Hamas freed the first five of six Israeli hostages in the latest exchange Saturday even as heightened tension between the adversaries clouded the future of the fragile ceasefire deal.

TEL AVIV — Hamas released six Israeli hostages early Saturday in three different locations throughout Gaza, in exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed from Israeli jails. This is the largest number of Palestinian prisoners to be released at once since the beginning of the ceasefire which began in January.

Witness the emotional reactions in Tel Aviv as Hamas releases Israeli hostages Tal Shoham and Avera Mengistu during a prisoner exchange.- Watch Video on English Oneindia

Israel warned Thursday that Hamas must release three living hostages this weekend or face a resumption of the war in Gaza, after the Palestinian militant group said it was committed to the truce agreement.