Israel, for its part, is increasingly focused on reining in Iran’s nuclear program and well aware that both Biden and Trump support sealing the Gaza deal over the next week. The scramble over ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday a deal to return hostages held in the Gaza Strip has been reached, after his office said earlier there were last minute ...

He was stuck in a war of attrition with Hamas in Gaza and facing ominous threats from Iran and its allied militia in Lebanon, Hezbollah. Then the tables turned. Israel killed Hamas leader Yahya ...

Netanyahu's statement comes hours after the United States and Qatar announced the deal, which would pause the devastating 15-month war in Gaza and clear the way for dozens of hostages to go home.

Israel intensified strikes on Gaza hours after a ceasefire and hostage release deal was announced, residents and authorities in the Palestinian enclave said, and mediators sought to quell fighting ...

There was little celebration in North Jersey's Jewish community Wednesday as the news broke of Hamas and Israel tentatively reaching a ceasefire deal to release hostages in Gaza and pause the war ...

In intensity and concentration of violence in the 25-mile-long Gaza Strip, it may have been the most destructive aerial and artillery bombardment of the 21st century. Above all, the war changed Gaza.

Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages to Gaza, according to Israeli officials. Israel's bombardment of Gaza has killed an ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, mediators announced Wednesday, raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most ...

US President Joe Biden announced the ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas to halt fighting in Gaza on Wednesday. The Gaza ceasefire will take effect on Jan. 19, Qatar’s Prime ...