Israel-Hamas War

Israel says Palestinian prisoners’ release is delayed “until the release of the next hostages is guaranteed.”

Hamas has released the last six living hostages expected under the first phase of its ceasefire with Israel with a week remaining.

Human remains returned by Hamas to Israel on Friday are those of hostage Shiri Bibas, her family said Saturday, two days after the Palestinian militant group returned the wrong body.

Hamas is set to release six more hostages who are expected to be the last living hostages freed during the first phase of the ceasefire with Israel. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday after a body that Hamas released as part of the hostage exchange deal was found to not be that of an Israeli mother of two young boys, as the militants had promised. NBC’s Hala Gorani reports from Tel Aviv.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement after authorities determined that a body released by Hamas was not an Israeli mother of two small boys, as the militant group had promised.

Hamas released the bodies of four Israeli hostages Thursday, parading four black caskets on a stage against a backdrop of propaganda slogans and behind white missiles spattered with red paint bearing the phrase “they were killed by USA bombs.”

Israeli police have reported a series of explosions on three buses in central Israel in what they said appeared to be a militant attack.

Hamas militants released the bodies of four Israeli hostages Thursday, said to include a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead. NBC’s Hala Gorani reports from Tel Aviv.

The bodies presumed to be of the youngest Israelis held hostage by Hamas have been returned to Israel, dashing the hopes of a nation hoping for a happier ending.

A senior Hamas leader says the militant group will release 6 living Israeli hostages on Saturday and the bodies of four others on Thursday.

Hamas-led militants have released three male Israeli hostages, and Israeli forces began releasing hundreds of prisoners in return, indicating that the fragile ceasefire deal is holding.

Hamas says it will release the next group of three Israeli hostages as planned, paving the way toward resolving a major dispute over the ceasefire in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in Gaza and directed troops to prepare to resume fighting if Hamas does not release more hostages on Saturday.

Hamas said Monday it was suspending the upcoming hostage release in the Gaza Strip, blaming Israel for not following the terms of a ceasefire agreement that paused the 15-month war in the Palestinian enclave.

The hostages’ emaciated condition and scenes of Hamas forcing them to speak in a staged release ceremony sparked outrage in Israel and could increase the pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend the ceasefire beyond its current six-week phase.

President Donald Trump said at an Oval Office meeting Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. should take control of the Gaza Strip.

In a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that Palestinians in Gaza should be relocated to a new homeland.

Netanyahu is under mounting pressure from far-right governing partners to resume the war after the first phase of the ceasefire ends in early March.

Hamas handed two hostages over to the Red Cross in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday as part of its ceasefire deal with Israel.