Middle East

An Israeli hostage released on the first day of the temporary humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas has gone viral…

New York CNN  —  Columbia University senior Yusuf Hafez was in class in late October when his friend alerted him…

Jerusalem CNN  —  A Russian-Israeli hostage who managed to escape from Hamas was recaptured by Gazans and returned to the…

CNN  —  For more than six weeks, the conditions in which the Israeli hostages captured by Hamas were being held…

CNN  —  A 48-hour extension to the Israel-Hamas truce will not pause the strategic dilemmas and political headaches wracking the…

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of the Hamas movement, published a video clip of Monday showing the handover of…

Hong Kong CNN  —  Israeli President Isaac Herzog is expecting to meet with Elon Musk on Monday as the world’s…

CNN  —  The fragile pause in Israel’s onslaught against Hamas in Gaza, which has enabled the release so far of…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed the idea of releasing 10 more hostages for every additional day of truce.…

CNN  —  As the bulldozers worked their way through the remains of the southern Gaza town of Al Qarara on…