Iran's systematic hostage-taking policy targets American citizens as political leverage, with experts calling for automatic ...

They arrived in two groups—first seven men, then thirteen—standing and smiling, as they made their way from Hamas captivity to freedom. On Monday morning, all twenty living hostages returned to Israel ...

The release of the hostages is the first phase of the deal. The proposed second phase would end the war in Gaza JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Thirty-three Israeli hostages are expected to be released from ...

Three more Israeli hostages were released Saturday in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners as the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas continued to hold. It was the fifth hostage and ...

Organization representing most families of Hamas captives to 'end activities in its current form,' with select group to ...

From Frank Sinatra to Avenged Sevenfold, Oct. 7 hostages describe how music helped them endure captivity, maintain sanity, ...

A scene from "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 13. (Oded Balilty/AP) After turning over the bodies of 10 people it claimed were deceased hostages this week, Hamas said in a statement ...

After more than two years, 20 freed Israeli hostages were reunited with their loved ones on Monday. Many have thanked President Donald Trump and his administration for their work in orchestrating the ...

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum called for all aspects of the ceasefire with Hamas to be suspended until all of the slain hostages were returned to Israel. IDF Chief Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie ...

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Their faces stare down from every street corner in Israel on posters now sun-faded and ripped. Their stories, told by anguished family members, are almost as well-known as ...

Freed Israeli hostages ran into the arms of loved ones Monday as emotional reunion videos swept across social media. Hamas released the last 20 living Israeli hostages on Monday as part of the peace ...