Those are the immediate reactions of some peacebuilders in the Gaza Strip, the U.S., and elsewhere abroad Wednesday after Israel and the militant group Hamas reached a new Gaza ceasefire and host ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, mediators announced Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip and raising the possibility of winding down ...

US president-elect Donald Trump has suggested Israel and Hamas could agree a Gaza ceasefire by the end of the week. Talks between Israeli and Hamas representatives resumed in the Qatari capital ...

Three hostages were released by Hamas on Sunday. After being held by Hamas terrorists for 470 days, the first three hostages released on Sunday as part of the ceasefire deal were reunited with ...

The United States, Egypt and Qatar have spent the past year trying to mediate an end to the war triggered by Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The much-awaited ceasefire agreement ...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of trying to "extort last-minute concessions" on a ceasefire deal both parties had agreed to a day earlier, delaying a vote on the truce in ...

In the wake of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal, Hamas’s fate will be decided by political rather than military means. Although the end of the war could be in sight, Israel ...

Israel and Hamas appear close to a cease-fire deal to end more than 15 months of devastating fighting in Gaza, though it's facing something of a last-minute crisis. The agreement, which has hit a ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday accused Hamas of reneging on parts of a ceasefire and hostage release agreement announced the day before. In a statement, Netanyahu said his ...

Senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya praised the October 7 massacre as a major achievement that would be taught to future generations of Palestinians with pride, while touting the ceasefire-hostage ...

Israel Accuses Hamas of Putting Gaza Ceasefire Deal at Risk Palestinian group seeking late concessions, PM’s office says Israel, Hamas had looked set to start pause in 15-month war ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday accused Hamas of backing out of a cease-fire deal to release hostages and bring a pause to more than a year of fighting in the Gaza Strip.