Hamas has released a body it claimed to be that of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, whose misidentification in a handover this week threatened to...

DNA testing had found that remains returned a day earlier purportedly of Ms. Bibas, a dead Israeli hostage, were in fact not hers, stirring outrage in Israel.

Israel on Saturday prepared to receive six more hostages from Gaza in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, after accusations over

The convoy carrying the freed Israeli hostages departed the ceremony and the hostages are now in the military's custody in the Gaza Strip.

Israel prepares to receive hostages from Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, despite accusations and truce challenges.

The release six more hostages from Gaza in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees is under way, after Israel confirmed that a body handed over hours earlier was that of hostage Shiri Bibas.

“We demand that Hamas return Shiri home along with all our hostages,” the Israeli military said.

Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Israel on Friday accused Hamas of a breach of the cease-fire agreement between the warring sides of the "utmost severity" after DNA testing of four sets of hostage remains returned on Thursday showed one of the bodies was not that of Shiri Bibas as Hamas had claimed.

Palestinian militants on Saturday (Feb 22) freed six Israeli hostages, the last living captives to be released under the first phase of a fragile truce that is also expected to see Palestinian prisoners released. Freedom for the captives caps an emotional two days in Israel, where the family of another hos

The six hostages slated for release on Saturday are the last living hostages from a group of 33 due to be freed in the first stage of the ceasefire de...

JERUSALEM: Hamas was set to release six more hostages from Gaza on Saturday (Feb 22) in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, after Israel confirmed that a body handed over hours earlier was that of hostage Shiri Bibas. The fragile truce in the war between Israel and Hamas militants

Hamas said on Friday it was investigating a possible error in identifying human remains handed to Israel under a ceasefire deal as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened retaliation for failing to release the body of hostage Shiri Bibas. Hamas was due to hand over the bodies of Shiri Bibas and…

The incident raised new doubts about the future of the fragile ceasefire deal, which has paused over 15 months of war but is nearing the end of its first phase.

Hamas has said Shiri Bibas’ remains were likely “mistakenly mixed” with those of others buried under rubble in Gaza.

The development comes amid outrage in Israel after the body returned earlier this week by Hamas, which it claimed to be that of Shiri Bibas, turned out to be someone else.

The latest releases are to be followed by the freeing of hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel

Israel prepared on Saturday to receive six more hostages from Gaza in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, after accusations over the return of a misidentified body this week threatened to derail a fragile truce.

Militant group Hamas has released two of six Israeli hostages as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal. In exchange, Israel is set to release more than 600 Palestinian prisoners. DW has the latest.

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

Hamas says it released body of hostage Shiri Bibas after misidentification

Hamas releases Israeli hostages amid tensions, raising doubts about ceasefire and future negotiations.

The body of a woman who was presumed to have been one of four dead hostages Hamas handed over to Israel was positively identified Saturday morning.

Israeli mother Shiri Bibas' body mix-up by Palestinian militants leads to tension and exchange of hostages.

GAZA CITY: A Hamas official told AFP on Friday (Feb 21) that it was likely the body of captive Shiri Bibas had been "mistakenly mixed" with others who were killed and buried under the rubble in Gaza. "It is likely that Mrs Bibas' body was mistakenly mixed with others found under the rubbl

A body Hamas released as part of the deal was found to not be that of an Israeli mother of two young boys.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed revenge for what he described as a

Israelis and Palestinians will continue their exchange of hostages, prisoners and detainees on Saturday. This is after uproar in Israel over allegations

After 16 months of uncertainty, Hamas returned the bodies of four-year-old Ariel and nine-month-old Kfir Bibas, claiming they were killed in an Israeli airstrike.

Hamas freed more hostages on Saturday in exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of the delicate ceasefire agreement with Israel.

Israel was struck with sorrow on Friday as Hamas returned the corpses of the youngest hostages - the Bibas brothers, Ariel Bibas (4-year-old) and Kfir Bibas (10 months old). The atrocities of the conflict shook the nation as Israel mourned in the colour orange - a colour selected to represent the bright red hair of the Bibas children. Israel Mourns in ‘Orange’ After Receiving Bodies of Bibas Brothers As Hamas Returns Corpses of Ariel Bibas and Kfir Bibas.