There is a “real chance” that hostages being released by Hamas could be injured or killed just before they reach safety, lawyers for the families of British-linked hostages have warned.

A Qatari official has told Newsweek that the country at the center of the recently established ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement will support President Donald Trump in pushing both sides to adhere to the truce.

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Thursday handed over Israeli woman hostage Agam Berger, a soldier, as a third hostage

Hamas' armed wing or al-Qassam Brigades announced on Thursday the killing of its elusive military leader Mohammed Deif and deputy military commander Marwan Issa in combat.

Qatar’s statement early Monday says Hamas will hand over the civilian hostage, Arbel Yehoud, along with two other hostages before Friday.

After the chaotic handover in southern Gaza, Zivan Frieden, a spokesman for Israel’s prisons authority, said in a statement that the release of over 100 Palestinian prisoners had been suspended, without providing further details.

Hamas is rushing to reassert control over the territory it has ruled since 2007. Its leaders are exuberant—at least in public. In private, they are arguing bitterly. The war has deepened a longtime struggle between the group’s political and military leaders and has saddled it with enormous challenges.

The cease-fire between Hamas and Israel is expected to go into effect on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. local time, Qatar’s foreign ministry announced Saturday.

Among those to be freed is Arbel Yehoud, whose release was at the center of a dispute that threatened to unravel the fragile ceasefire deal.

Qatar mediated an agreement between Israel and Hamas to release Israeli hostage Arbel Yehoud and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza. The exchange is set for Thursday.View on euronews

The deal eases the first major crisis of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Qatar’s statement early Monday says Hamas will hand over the civilian hostage, Arbel Yehoud, along with two other ...

Qatar’s statement early Monday says Hamas will hand over the civilian hostage, Arbel Yehoud, along with two other hostages before Friday. And on Monday, Israeli authorities will allow ...