Mediators have handed Israel and Hamas the final draft of a deal that could finally bring the 15-month-long Gaza war to a close — with US officials saying a ceasefire was closer than it’s ever ...

Hamas is expected to release 33 hostages during the first phase of an emerging ceasefire agreement being finalized by negotiators in Doha, two Israeli officials said, the first positive sign in ...

Hamas is expected to release 33 hostages in the first phase of the ceasefire-hostage agreement being negotiated in Doha in relation to the situation in Gaza, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing two ...

Hamas suffered a severe blow last fall when Israel killed Yahya Sinwar, the group’s leader and strategist behind the Oct. 7 attacks. But now the U.S.-designated terrorist group has another Sinwa ...

By Adam Rasgon Ronen Bergman and Isabel Kershner Adam Rasgon and Isabel Kershner reported from Jerusalem and Ronen Bergman reported from New York Israel and Hamas are moving closer to an agreement ...

A Hamas leader has told Newsweek that President-elect Donald Trump should exert pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire deal in order to meet the U.S. leader's ...

Jan. 13 (UPI) --An initial 42-day cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas, being negotiated in Doha, is "on the brink" and could be finalized in the next 24 hours with the release of 33 hostages ...

U.S. Vice President-elect J.D. Vance said on Sunday that the hostage-deal talks between Israel and Hamas are progressing because the Gaza terrorist organization is “terrified” by Donald Trump ...

Israel and Hamas are on the brink of a cease-fire deal, President Biden said Monday, moving closer to bridging a fundamental divide: Israel wants its hostages back and then continue the war ...

A senior Hamas source confirmed (Monday) that Hamas has received the draft ceasefire agreement with Israel in the Gaza Strip from the mediators. In a conversation with the newspaper Al-Araby Al ...

Liri Albag, 19, is one of about 100 hostages believed to remain held in the enclave nearly 15 months after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel. By Aaron Boxerman Hamas’s military wing released a ...