Israel on Friday moved closer to ratifying a cease-fire and hostage release deal it struck with Hamas that would end 15 months of fighting in Gaza. The security cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced early Friday local time that Israel has finalized its ceasefire agreement with the militant group Hamas that will see the release of ...

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a cease-fire deal that also ensures the release of hostages, Fox News has confirmed. President Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State ...

Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages ...

President Joe Biden said American hostages will be included in the agreement. Marking an end to more than 15 months of deadly conflict, Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal on Wednesday that ...

Those are the immediate reactions of some peacebuilders in the Gaza Strip, the U.S., and elsewhere abroad Wednesday after Israel and the militant group Hamas reached a new Gaza ceasefire and host ...

US president-elect Donald Trump has suggested Israel and Hamas could agree a Gaza ceasefire by the end of the week. Talks between Israeli and Hamas representatives resumed in the Qatari capital ...

The breakthrough hostages-for-a-cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel was struck Wednesday because the terror group understood that the terms of any agreement ...

That’s one lesson from the Israel-Hamas hostage deal reached Wednesday, with only days to spare before Donald Trump’s inauguration. It’s an echo of the U.S. hostages freed from Iran in the ...

The deal needs to be ratified before it can go into effect. Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement to end over 15 months of fighting -- with a brief pause in November 2023 -- and ...

There is an agreement for a ceasefire at last in Gaza. Since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack when Hamas and their allies broke through the border into Israel, butchering and kidnapping Israelis along ...

The first ceasefire, in November 2023, lasted about a week.In that period, 105 hostages being held by Hamas – primarily women, children and elderly people – were released, while Israel ...