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

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

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

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

A sixth hostage, Hisham Al-Sayed, 36, was the last to be released, according to Israeli officials and the Hostages and ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it was delaying the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners it had planned ...

Sayed welcomed their loved ones home Saturday after both men spent a decade languishing in Hamas captivity. Their families ...

Hamas Releases Avera Mengistu, Longest-held Israeli Captive. Hamas has released Avera Mengistu, the longest-held Israeli ...

Their decade-long captivity speaks volumes about the worst of human nature, of the depth of cruelty of which humans are ...

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 ...

At Tel Aviv’s makeshift Hostage Square, a clock counts the days, hours, minutes and seconds that Hamas has held captives ...