Three Israelis and five Thai nationals were freed earlier in what PM Benjamin Netanyahu called "shocking scenes".

On the ground in Gaza the ceasefire, which came into effect on January 19th, is holding, so far. The first hostages have been released as have 90 Palestinian prisoners. Aid has begun to flow in. The idf has begun to dismantle some of its bases. Displaced Gazans are returning to the rubble of their homes.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi, on Tuesday, sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announcing that he would resign on March 6 after two years and two months in office, about 10 months earlier than the standard three-year term.

Four people have been wounded in a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv in which the attacker was killed, Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom said on Wednesday.

Four people were wounded in a stabbing attack on Tuesday in Tel Aviv while the attacker was killed, Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom said. The police said an initial investigation "revealed that a terrorist armed with a knife stabbed three civilians on Nahalat Binyamin Street and one civilian on Gruzenberg Street".

Cpt. 'Aleph' says he was with IDF comrades when he saw incident and pursued assailant, who was shot dead; video shows terrorist stopped for pizza before attack

Four people were injured in a stabbing attack late Tuesday in central Tel Aviv. The attacker, a Moroccan-born U.S. permanent resident, was shot and "neutralized" by a civilian passerby as he attempted to flee the scene.

A Palestinian terrorist stabbed an Israeli in broad daylight in Tel Aviv on Saturday, in a terrorist attack that concluded with the terrorist's elimination by an armed citizen. Police, who investigate the incident as a terrorist attack, said that the terrorist was a 19-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank city of Tulkarem.

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Israel is releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for five Thai and three Israeli hostages who Hamas freed from Gaza hours earlier.

Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the chaotic handover of some of the captives, who were shuttled through a rowdy crowd of thousands by masked militants,