Israel and Hamas may be able to reach a Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal within one or two weeks but such an agreement ...

Further complicating the situation, US officials say, is that Hamas consists of numerous and often competing subgroups and militias that all operate in Gaza.

Hostage deal reached to pause fighting in Gaza The agreement, reached after weeks of talks brokered by the U.S. and Qatar, will also lead to the release of 150 Palestinians from Israeli jails ...

Meeting on the situation of children in Gaza The United Nations Security Council will meet on Wednesday to discuss the situation of children in the Gaza Strip. This session was convened by the United ...

Freed Israeli hostage Eliya Cohen gestures from a van as he arrives at Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, after he was released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025.

New tensions between Israel and Hamas are raising doubts about prospects for second phase of cease-fire and hostage deal in Gaza. ... a return to fighting or a freeze in the current situation.

Two weeks after America’s unprecedented military strikes into Iran, the situation in the Middle East has stabilized and focus ...

There are more than 170 people still presumed to be held hostage in Gaza, ... Yet inside Gaza, the situation remains dire. “Truce or not, we still have no electricity, ...

"This week is Passover - the festival of freedom," Liri Albag, an Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza for 15 months by Hamas, told a crowd of thousands gathered in Tel Aviv last weekend.

Avital Dekel-Chen and Ela Haimi speak about giving birth after their husbands were killed or taken hostage and being single ...

A poster depicting Israeli hostage Alon Ohel is displayed in Re'im, southern Israel at the Gaza border, on Feb. 26, 2024, at a memorial site for the Nova music festival site where he was kidnapped ...

People attend a public memorial ceremony for slain hostage Tsachi Idan, a fan of Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C., who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv ...