Matan Zangauker, 25, walks grinning into his mother's arms. "You're my life," she exclaims, hugging him tightly in footage filmed by the Israeli military. "My life. My hero. Come, come." Matan was one ...

The American woman who became the first hostage to be sprung from Hamas hell said it was the “happiest day of my life” when she heard of President Trump’s landmark cease-fire deal that will free the ...

On the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, thousands of Hamas terrorists stormed across the border into southern Israel. They went into communities, into army bases, into a music festival. They murdered. They ...

On the 735th day since Oct. 7, 2023, more than half a million people filled Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. We came together to hug, to cry and to finally celebrate what so many families have prayed for ...

Sarah Lynch Baldwin is a deputy managing editor of CBSNews.com. She helps lead national and breaking news coverage and shapes editorial workflows. More remains of Israeli hostages were handed over by ...

Ofir Braslavski is smiling for the first time in two years. It’s a stark change of face for the father of 21-year-old hostage Rom Braslavski, who hit an emotional low in August after seeing his ...

Hamas released the final 20 Israeli hostages while Israel freed more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange. Celebrations in Israel were a mix of gratitude, grief and exhaustion.