A 20-year-old Israeli soldier hostage featured on Cleveland billboards last fall is among those freed Thursday by Hamas.

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Patrick Sison, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.

Five Thai nationals held hostage by Hamas since its 2023 attack on Israel were released Thursday, while one remaining Thai ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas freed eight hostages on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the ...

The president promised to “marshal all federal resources” to fight “the explosion of antisemitism on our campuses and streets ...

Block named after Israel's Holocaust museum and memorial at ceremony attended by local and Israeli officials: 'This is a reminder, a memory' The post New York City names street ‘Yad Vashem Way’ amid ...

Five Thai hostages have been released after 15 months of captivity in the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, dozens of doctors, nurses ...

The ugly near-riots in Gaza around Thursday’s release of Israeli hostages proves just how deep the terror rot runs. Before ...

Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash, a move that humanitarian officials ...

Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives, and Israel is to release another 110 ...

Crowds of spectators gathered around vehicles carrying hostages in southern Gaza on Thursday, raising fears the captives ...

Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were ...