Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages ...

He was one of the most senior Hamas leaders inside the territory and one of Israel’s most-wanted militants. By Adam Rasgon and Cassandra Vinograd Adam Rasgon reported from Jerusalem, and ...

Hamas released Gadi Moses, Arbel Yehoud, and Agam Berger. Five Thai citizens kidnapped from agricultural communities in southern Israel were also released. Photo: Bashar Taleb/Agence France-Presse ...

Eight hostages − three Israelis and five Thai nationals − were returned to Israel Thursday after spending 482 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza. They were freed in an at-times chaotic handover ...

More than 15 months after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza, a ceasefire agreement has come into effect, paving the way for a hostage release. Hamas seized 251 people ...

Jan. 30 (UPI) --A further two Israeli and five Thai nationals freed by Hamas after being held hostage for 482 days crossed from Gaza into Israel on Thursday afternoon, four hours after 20-year-old ...

Tel Aviv — Three more Israeli hostages — two females and an 80-year-old man — were released in Gaza Thursday as the third hostages-for-prisoners swap agreed to by Israel and Hamas got ...

Hamas confirmed the death of Mohammed Deif, head of its military wing, six months after Israel announced he was killed.It was the first statement Hamas has released on Deif’s condition since the ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip -- Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the chaotic handover of some of the captives, who masked militants ...