Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement and hostage deal, although details were still being worked out on Thursday.

Israel's full cabinet has voted to approve a ceasefire deal with Hamas, which will pause the fighting and release dozens of hostages in Gaza.

Hamas is holding seven Americans. Four are believed dead. Two of the presumed living ones − Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, from Connecticut, and Keith Siegel, 64, of North Carolina, are expected to be ...

Earlier this week, several Israeli hostages were released from Gaza, and more Palestinians were freed from Israel amidst the cease-fire agreement.

Sagui Dekel-Chen of Connecticut, and Keith Siegel of North Carolina, might be among them. They are the only Americans on the list of the first 33. The 33 hostages are being released by Hamas in ...

Hamas is holding seven Americans. Four are believed dead. Two of the presumed living ones − Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, from Connecticut, and Keith Siegel, 64, of North Carolina, are expected to be released within the next six weeks. The third, a soldier − ...

Hamas has said it would be willing to step aside, but it may still seek a hand in any future government, which Israel has vehemently rejected. And it is unlikely to give up its weapons.

Israel and Hamas were expected to swap more hostages for Palestinian prisoners on Saturday, the second such exchange since a ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip last weekend and another test for the deal.

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Hamas has claimed that Shiri ... who grew up in Bloomfield, Connecticut; and Edan Alexander, 19, from Tenafly, New Jersey. Four other Americans are believed to have been killed during the 15 ...

The exchange is part of a deal between Israel and Hamas that will see a total of 33 hostages returned to Israel in exchange for around 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.