DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Amid the joy of being released after 20 months of suffering in Israeli prisons, Mohammed Abu Moussa could tell something was wrong. Descending from the bus that ...

Israelis on Monday prepared to welcome home the last 20 living hostages from devastated Gaza and mourn the return of the dead, in the key exchange of the breakthrough ceasefire after two years of war.

Hamas will begin releasing Israeli hostages held in Gaza on Monday morning as part of the first phase of a peace deal pushed by US President Donald Trump that will also see the release of nearly 2,000 ...