Families say both men are barely communicating after being held in Hamas captivity for over 10 years after entering Gaza; ...

Ten and a half difficult years—3,818 days of worry, pain, and cries for the return of our son and brother, Avera ...

Avera Mengistu, an Ethiopian-born Israeli, was detained in 2014 after crossing into Gaza on his own.

Yafo, Israel - Avera Mengistu, an Ethiopian-born Israeli, walked free on Saturday, February 22, after enduring more than 10 ...

Father of Hisham al-Sayed says he returned a shell of a person after a decade in Hamas captivity; Netanyahu speaks to freed ...

AFTER an entire decade of harrowing uncertainty, Avera Mengistu is home at last. The Ethiopian-born Israeli hostage, who ...

Former hostage Avera Mengistu reunited with his family after 10 years of captivity (Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit) Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed were in stable condition upon release from ...

Civilians Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengistu had a history of mental illness, according to comments from their families and a ...

Hamas freed more hostages on Saturday in exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of the delicate ceasefire ...

Elijah Cohen, freed in a prisoner exchange, says he narrowly survived a tunnel collapse caused by an Israeli airstrike.

Israel on Friday confirmed the names of the latest hostages it expects to be released by Hamas — as outrage mounted over the ...

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