Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the return of Palestinian refugees to northern Gaza, a major victory for ...

Bloodshed over the weekend highlighted the brittleness of the cease-fires in both places. Still, Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah each have reasons to postpone a new escalation, at least for a few weeks.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the deal for a ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza, calling it a “critical first step” towards peace in the region. "I welcome the ...

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 ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will issue a statement on the Gaza ceasefire only once the final details have been finalized, his office has said. The prime minister's office said late ...

Key mediator Qatar said on Wednesday that 33 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza would be released in the first stage of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the war in the Palestinian territory.

Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has welcomed the Gaza ceasefire deal thanks to more than a year of strenuous mediation efforts by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States. In a statement ...

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 ...

And there is a much broader range of opinion across the backbenches ... which says a report of a rocket falling on Israel from Gaza was a "false identification". Previously the IDF had said ...

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that will see 33 hostages set free and a phased withdrawal of IDF forces from parts of Gaza has been reached. The pause in the fighting will take effect ...

After months of deadlock and more than 15 months of war, Israel and the militant group Hamas reached a fresh Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal Wednesday, according to a U.S. official.