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Pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A four-day cease-fire between Hamas and Israel has been extended by two days, Qatari officials announced on Monday. Dozens of the more than 200 people taken hostage during Hamas Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel and held in war-torn Gaza for nearly two months were released over the last few days during the cease-fire. Fifty-eight hostages -- 40 Israelis and 18 foreign citizens -- have been released by Hamas, exchanged for 117 Palestinians released from Israeli...

Hamas militants who attacked southern Israel kidnapped some 240 people, including babies, children, women, soldiers, older adults, and Thai farm laborers.

The American families of hostages who were kidnapped by Hamas are issuing urgent warnings that time is running out to get their loved ones back from captivity, amid the expiration of a tenuous truce between Israel and Hamas that has seen more than 80 people released. The parents of three young men, dual citizens serving…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The last Omer Neutras parents heard from him, he told them reassuringly that he anticipated a quiet weekend. But they checked the news any

The families of Americans being held hostage by Hamas called on the U.S. government to do everything it can to secure their release.

Families of Americans held hostage in Gaza met with lawmakers in Washington, D.C. Wednesday as they pushed for more action.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The last Omer Neutra’s parents heard from him, he told them reassuringly that he anticipated a quiet weekend. But they checked the news anyway before getting ready for bed in New York, their nightly routine as parents of a soldier in the Israeli military tasked with protecting small villages near the Gaza […]

Parents of three hostages met with officials on Wednesday to pressure Biden administration to push for Americans’ release

Four-year-old American hostage Abigail is surrounded by family in Israel who "brought her life back" after seven weeks of captivity, her great aunt said Wednesday, as relatives stressed they will not rest until everyone held by Hamas is freed.

Families of hostages still held by Hamas urged U.S. lawmakers Wednesday not to let up on negotiations for their release. The Israeli government said 12 hostages were released from captivity in Gaza on Wednesday, the sixth release of hostages during a negotiated cease-fire that international negotiators were working to extend. “The release of these hostages…