It took eight months of mediation and the joint efforts of both old and new US administrations, alongside those of Egypt and Qatar, to get Israel and Hamas to commit.

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 ...

The agreement must be officially voted on favourably by the Israel security cabinet, then approved by the full cabinet.

Mediators used framework outlined by outgoing US president and were empowered by Israel's weakening of Iranian axis, but ...

Israel intensified strikes on Gaza hours after a ceasefire and hostage release deal was announced, residents and authorities ...

Residents and authorities in the Palestinian enclave told Reuters about Israel's military escalated attacks on Gaza after the ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken had said the U.S. wanted a ceasefire deal in Gaza and all remaining captives released before Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20.

During a weeklong ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in late November 2023, Hamas freed more than 100 people. In exchange, Israel released more than 200 Palestinians from Israeli prisons. Several ...

Once a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas takes effect, part of the focus will shift to the monumental task of rebuilding and governing the war-battered Gaza Strip.

Negotiators from Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 42-day cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza, President Biden and other ...

The deal will take place in three different phases, each of which will last for six weeks, according to U.S. and Qatari ...

Gaza today is unrecognizable. Much of it has been reduced to rubble by Israel’s onslaught and more than 46,000 people have been killed. Nine in ten residents have been displaced, forced into temporary ...