It soars over the borders and divisions of the war-torn Middle East, bringing Arab and Israeli academics together.

Crowds of displaced Palestinians made the arduous journey back to heavily destroyed northern Gaza for a second day, under a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ...

Hamas freed three hostages in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners in the fourth round of exchanges during the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and ...

Israel has begun releasing a group of Palestinian prisoners after Hamas freed three hostages as part of the ceasefire deal that has halted 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip ...

Pictures of Ofer Kalderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas were everywhere on Saturday at "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv as the three Israeli captives were released by Gaza militants.Sighs of relief ran ...

Israel and Hamas released another round of Gaza hostages and Palestinian prisoners as part of their ceasefire deal. Follow for live updates.

The hostage handovers appeared to go relatively smoothly, unlike the previous one, which descended into chaos.

Hamas released eight hostages on Thursday — five Thai farm workers and three dual German-Israeli nationals — in exchange for 110 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

Hamas confirmed for the first time on Thursday that Israeli killed the head of its military wing, Mohammed Deif, in an airstrike last year. Deif was one of the alleged ...

Follow NBC News live updates for the latest coverage of the ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas.

Hamas-led militants have freed the first of eight hostages in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took ...