Hamas on Saturday released the last six living hostages under the first phase of its ceasefire with Israel with a week remaining, as growing questions over the next phase clouded the future of the fragile deal. The six included three Israeli men seized from the Nova music festival and another…

Hamas on Saturday released the last six living hostages expected under the first phase of its ceasefire with Israel.

Of the six hostages freed, Eliya Cohen, 27, Omer Shem Tov, 22, and Omer Wenkert, 23, were kidnapped by Hamas from the site of the Nova music festival in southern Israel during the group's October 7, 2023 attack.

Hamas freed the first five of six Israeli hostages due to be released Saturday amid heightened tension over the fragile ceasefire deal.

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The U.S.- and EU-designated Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has released six Israeli hostages -- the last living hostages from a group of 33 that were expected to be freed in the first phase of the Gaza cease-fire.

The Palestinian prisoner’s media office said more than 600 Palestinians jailed in Israel will be freed in exchange for the six hostages.

The release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, scheduled for Saturday, was delayed following the return of six Israeli hostages under a fragile Gaza truce. Israeli officials said the release may only…

JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday fully endorsed Israel’s war aims in the Gaza Strip, saying Hamas “must be eradicated” and throwing the shaky ceasefire into further doubt. Rubio met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem at the start of a regional tour, where he is likely to face pushback from Arab leaders over President Donald

In exchange, per the cease-fire, Israel is set to release hundreds of imprisoned Palestinians.

Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Six living hostages are back home in Israel after Hamas released them in the seventh and final phase of the agreement as the handoff of 620 Palestinian prisoners was indefinitely delayed.