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 ...

The release of Palestinian prisoners from Israel’s Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank also brought jubilation to crowds ...

Hamas has agreed to release 33 Israeli hostages as part of a cease-fire agreement with Israel that has brought a pause to ...

Jerusalem (CNN) — A deadline to begin talks on extending Gaza’s ceasefire arrived Monday with the Israeli prime minister in Washington, silence from his office about when a negotiating team might ...

American-Israeli Keith Siegel, 65, is set to be released on Saturday as part of Israel and Hamas' ceasefire deal. He is the first of the American citizens taken on Oct. 7, 2023, to be released by ...

Tel Aviv — American-Israeli dual national Keith Siegel was among three hostages released by Hamas militants in the war-torn Gaza Strip on Saturday, more than 15 months after they were taken ...

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 ...

The father of the youngest Israeli child kidnapped by Hamas was released Saturday in the latest cease-fire deal swap — further deepening concerns about the fate of his family. Yarden Bibas was ...

• Hamas has freed three more hostages in the latest round of releases under the ceasefire deal with Israel. Among the group are US-Israeli Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas, the father of the ...

The Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, saw over 250 people abducted. During a weeklong truce in November 2023, 105 hostages were released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. So far, 18 hostages ...