Hostage and prisoner releases: One aspect of the cease-fire agreement was strikingly lopsided: the number of Israeli hostages released compared with the number of freed Palestinian prisoners.

A cease-fire in the war in Gaza went into effect on Sunday morning after an almost three-hour delay. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced that the cease-fire would commence ...

The second phase of the cease-fire still needs to be worked out, and the deal doesn’t begin to address long-term questions about Gaza’s recovery. Editor’s note: This editorial has been ...

Israel's government approved a cease-fire and hostage deal with Hamas this week. The cease-fire began on Sunday as Hamas released its first few hostages. 3 hostages returned to Israel, where they were ...

Hamas warned Israel that the ongoing airstrikes in Gaza could kill the remaining captives before the break-through cease-fire and hostage exchange deal even begins ...

As news of the long-awaited cease-fire deal reached Tel Aviv and the Gaza Strip, people gathered to celebrate what they hoped would be the end of hostilities and the anticipated return of their ...

Israeli police dispersing protesters against the cease-fire deal in Jerusalem on Thursday. Peter van Agtmael for The New York Times Israelis checking news updates in Tel Aviv. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv ...

The “last-minute crisis” that held up the Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage deal on Thursday has been resolved, with the proposal expected to go into effect on Sunday, officials said.

Israel and Hamas appear close to a cease-fire deal to end 15 months of fighting in Gaza. The conflict has left Hamas battered, with thousands of its militants killed. But for Israel, an end to the ...

Israel’s cabinet approved an agreement on a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip that would free Israeli hostages, ending two days of debate that had underscored the pact’s fragility. The full cabinet ...