Crowds of spectators gathered around vehicles carrying hostages in southern Gaza on Thursday, raising fears the captives ...

The truce is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas, whose Oct. 7, ...

These developments do not bode well for the success of the next phases of the ceasefire, let alone a lasting peace.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he plans to speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that ...

Latest news and live updates on the Gaza ceasefire deal as four female hostages are set to be released. The hostages are all ...

Massive crowds streamed into the most heavily destroyed part on Monday in accordance with a fragile ceasefire.

Israel and Hamas reached a deal to resolve a disagreement over the exchange of a female civilian hostage that had threatened ...

In the ceasefire’s first phase, Israel and Hamas have agreed that 33 Israeli hostages in Gaza will be released in exchange ...

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Thursday's exchange is the third since the start of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that has held for over a week.

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.

“Gaza, with its great people and its resilience, will rise again to rebuild what the occupation has destroyed and continue on ...