A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding Monday, following the dramatic exchange of three hostages for 90 Palestinian prisoners in an agreement aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in Gaza.

Israeli media, carrying live footage from Qatar-based Al Jazeera, is showing the first images of the first three hostages to be released. They are seen walking between vehicles as their convoy moves through Gaza City.

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 ...

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

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

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — After 15 months of collective grief and anxiety, three Israeli hostages left Hamas captivity and returned to Israel, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners walked free from Israeli jail, leaving both Israelis and Palestinians torn between celebration and trepidation as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold Sunday.

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.

Israel freed 90 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. The release came early on Monday, more than seven hours after three Israeli hostages released from Hamas captivity in Gaza returned to Israel.

One of the Israeli hostages freed on the first day of the Gaza ceasefire said Monday in her first comments since being released that she has “returned to life.

“We need countries with influence over Israel, Hamas and armed groups who have attacked our trucks to insist that we are able to get this lifesaving aid to those who need it,” Tom ...

The families of hostages freed under the long-awaited Israel-Hamas ceasefire on Sunday have spoken for the first time since their release.British-Israeli Emily Damari, 28, returned to Israel alongside Romi Gonen,