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

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

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

Hamas released six living hostages on Saturday in separate locations of the Gaza Strip. Hours later, Israel said it would ...

Israel was supposed to release 620 Palestinian prisoners soon after the hostages were handed over. Officials gave no reason ...

Hamas has handed over to the Red Cross the first two of six Israeli hostages due to be freed Saturday under the Israel-Hamas ...

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

The two were held in Hamas captivity for over 10 years after entering Gaza; they've been released along with four captives ...

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

Avera Mengistu, the longest-held Israeli captive, is released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire deal. Emotional reunion with ...

As the hostages Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed returned to Israel Saturday after a collective 20+ years in Hamas captivity – more than 7,000 days in Gaza between them – a great weight was ...

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