Three more Israelis held captive in the Gaza Strip are on the verge of being freed Saturday as part of a shaky ceasefire deal that requires Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

The Hamas announcement that it will delay the next planned release of Israeli hostages from Gaza has threatened a fragile truce that’s seen as having the potential to wind down 16 months of war. It has brought new dismay for Israelis who watched the latest Hamas handover of hostages in growing horror over the weekend as the three emaciated men came into sight.

In Gaza, Hamas paraded the coffins with the bodies on a stage designed for the handover to the Red Cross in a ceremony watched by locals and with loud music. With messages blaming the IDF and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the deaths of hostages being returned,

Three more Israelis held captive in the Gaza Strip are on the verge of being freed by Hamas-led militants as part of a shaky ceasefire deal that requires Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian pris

Israel and Hamas completed the sixth exchange of hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Saturday with just over two weeks remaining in the initial phase of their fragile Gaza ceasefire. Israelis expressed some relief as the three hostages — Argentinian-Israeli Iair Horn,

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.

Like previous releases in recent weeks, Hamas organized a public "ceremony" and paraded Sagui Dekel Chen, Sasha Troufanov and Iair Horn before handing them over to the Red Cross. 36 Palestinian prisoners who were serving life sentences for murdering Israelis and 333 Palestinians who were detained by the IDF in Gaza during the war were released on Saturday.

ISRAEL has demanded Hamas thugs face “hell” after they put on a twisted parade using the locked coffins of four killed hostages. The remains of the youngest Israeli hostage Kfir, 2,

A crowd cheered as masked militants brought two pale and dazed Israeli captives onto a rainy stage in front of cameras for the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange of the Gaza ceasefire Saturday.

The Israeli military says the sixth and final hostage was released by Hamas in the latest exchange on Saturday and has arrived back in Israel even as heightened tensions clouded the future of the fragile ceasefire deal.

Shem Tov, from the Israeli city of Herzliya, was abducted from the Nova music festival with his friends Maya and Itay Regev, former captives who were released in November 2023. He's a passionate musician and DJ, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.