The ban effectively cuts off the UN aid agency from delivering critical aid to Gaza, putting millions of Palestinians at risk after 15 months of war have devastated the region.

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Israel has released 110 Palestinian prisoners after eight hostages in the Gaza Strip were freed by Hamas-led militants ...

One of those released was 19 years old. Twelve of them were 18, seven of them were 17 and one was 15. This list of prisoners was published by Al Jazeera, the Qatari-owned international news service.

Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its ...

Three more Israeli hostages — two females and an 80-year-old man — were released in Gaza Thursday as the third ...

Over six weeks, Hamas is to free 33 Israeli hostages — roughly one third of those held– in exchange for nearly 2,000 ...

In the ceasefire’s first phase, Israel and Hamas have agreed that 33 Israeli hostages in Gaza will be released in exchange ...

Israel is supposed to free 110 Palestinians from its prisons in exchange for the return of hostages on Thursday ...

Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Thursday's prisoner-for-hostage swap marked the third round of exchanges as a ceasefire deal ...

Israeli leaders delayed the release of more than hundred Palestinians as agreed over concerns with how the eight Israeli hostages were released.