Some 90 Palestinian detainees have been released as Israel's ceasefire deal with Hamas takes hold. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization has called for aid agencies to be given full access to Gaza.

The first three Israeli hostages released from Gaza have been handed over in a test of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Ramallah, West Bank — The first three hostages were released from Gaza and the first Palestinian prisoners were freed from Israeli custody as the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold following 15 months of war, with mixed emotions and more difficult steps ahead over the next six weeks.

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I’ve returned to life, says freed UK hostage as 90 Palestinian prisoners released - Emily Damari makes emotional first comments as she is among first hostages released by Hamas under Gaza ceasefire de

The three hostages released Sunday, all women, were reunited with their families and taken to hospital in central Israel where a doctor said they were in stable condition.

Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian militants who carried out a deadly attack on a bus in the West Bank earlier this month

An Israeli strike on a built-up refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has killed two people, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Tuesday, as a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip entered a third day.

Tom Fitzgerald speaks with Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Israel’s Foreign Ministry Special Envoy about the hostage deal and the release of the hostages.

At least 80 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza, it has been reported. A ceasefire and hostage return deal was reached on Wednesday, but has yet to be ratified by the Israeli parliament. According to authorities in Gaza, 81 people have been killed in the last 24 hours – 188 have been injured.

U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said aid agencies have been ... In northern Gaza, where Israel launched its latest offensive, the U.N. has been denied access to deliver food supplies since ...

Thousands of Gazans have begun to travel back to the homes they evacuated earlier in the war. Palestinians in Gaza have said they slept peacefully for the first time in more than a year, without the fear of being bombed, following the start of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.