The Israeli military has recovered the body of slain Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, whose remains have been held by Hamas since 2014, just before Sunday’s cease-fire deal went into effect.

IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari delivers a statement to the media as the ceasefire was supposed to come into effect and following the recovery of the body of Oron Shaul, a decade after he fell in Operation Protective Edge.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's adviser Ophir Falk as well as White House Middle East envoy Brett McGurk and the upcoming Donald Trump administrations Middle East envoy pick Steve Witkoff w

Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari crossed the border into Israel shortly before 6 p m local time on Sunday, after spending 471 days as hostages in the Gaza Strip

Hamas released three Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza City hours after a ceasefire took effect on Sunday. The hostages-31-year-old Doron Ste

Two buses from the International Committee of the Red Cross transport 76 Palestinians, nearly all women, following the handover of three Israeli hostages

The agreement to exchange Israeli hostages for Hamas prisoners calls for an end to the fighting in Gaza. But deep hostilities on both sides remain, and an unsettled region makes a lasting cease-fire

Hamas aimed to assert its dominance in Gaza ... In a statement on X, the IDF says: "The three returnees are now being escorted by an elite IDF unit and Shin Bet security force on their way back to Israel, where they will undergo an initial medical evaluation.

Since the horrific Hamas terrorist attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, Israel has been at war in the Middle East. The conflict has stretched across borders, spanning Gaza to Lebanon to Iran. Over the course of 15 months,

Politically and strategically speaking, the two main objectives of the war, defeating Hamas and eradicating it from Gaza were not achieved. Moreover, the hostages will have to be exchanged for hundreds of murderers and terrorists, at a ratio of 1:30 or 1:50, who will return to terrorism and possibly kill more Israelis.

The air force struck some 50 Hamas terror targets throughout Gaza, including terror squads, weapons storage facilities, and military structures.