The organization representing families of hostages held in the Gaza strip is celebrating the news that three male hostages ...

Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were ...

Hamas released eight hostages on Thursday — five Thai farm workers and three dual German-Israeli nationals — in exchange for ...

Kenny Holston/The New York Times A prayer service on Thursday at City Hall in Wichita, Kan., the city where the flight originated.