The talks marked a significant departure for the United States, which has generally refused to talk directly with groups ...

The Trump administration is holding direct talks with Hamas, a designated terrorist organization, with the White House saying the president’s envoys have authority to “talk to anyone.”  The office ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas on Thursday released the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to include a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead and had come to embody the ...

Hamas returns bodies of Israeli hostages: In the latest development in the Gaza ceasefire agreement, Hamas on Thursday released the bodies of four Israeli hostages, which includes a mother and her ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A militant stands next to the coffins containing the bodies of hostages, from right to left, Shiri Bibas, her two children ...

Hamas on Thursday put on a macabre handover ... Earlier Thursday, the Prime Minister’s Office said that Lifshitz had been “murdered in captivity by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.” ...

The militants displayed four black coffins on a stage surrounded by banners as Red Cross vehicles arrived at the scene in the Gaza Strip Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in ...

Hamas has handed over the bodies of an Israeli woman, her two young children and an elderly man who were taken captive during the October 2023 attack on southern Israel. Hamas staged a public ...

Ariel and Kfir Bibas — two of the youngest hostages held in Gaza — became a symbol for Israelis of the brutality of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The return of what are presumed to be their ...

Hamas on Thursday released the bodies of four deceased Israeli hostages, said to include the Bibas family — a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead. Militants displayed four ...