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The release planned for Thursday would be the third so far as Israel and Hamas observe a six-week truce, part of a multiphase agreement that mediators hope will end the war in Gaza.

President Donald Trump falsely claimed during the Laken Riley Act signing that his administration had “identified and stopped ...

Hamas released four female Israel soldiers this morning. Israel has prohibited residents in Lebanon from moving south to more than 50 villages, just a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...

Israel is releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for five Thai and three Israeli hostages who Hamas freed from Gaza hours earlier. Thursday’s prisoner-for-hostage swap marked the third round ...

Under Israel's multi-phased deal with Hamas, some hostages held in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have started to be released. Negotiations between Israel and Hamas are ...

Since October, the Biden administration has sent about $121 million in taxpayer funds to UNRWA, the U.N. agency under ...

The IDF struck Hamas targets in the Salah al-Din area in southern Gaza early Saturday morning, the IDF reported. The intelligence-based strike was against terrorists who were involved in ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster called on lawmakers to revive the failed VC Summer nuclear project in his annual State of ...

Democratic lawmakers are adopting an aggressive new strategy in their ongoing push to add a hate crimes bill onto the books ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered most federal workers the option to leave their jobs in exchange for eight months ...

The SAJBD celebrates the release of South Africans, Aviva Siegel (64 years old) and Channah Peri (79) from Gaza. Both were captured by Hamas terrorists during their heinous and unprovoked attack on ...