The Palestinian Islamist movement has managed to maintain its hold on the Gaza Strip, now ravaged by the Israeli offensive.

The breakthrough hostages-for-a-cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel was struck Wednesday because the terror group understood that the terms of any agreement ...

President Joe Biden said American hostages will be included in the agreement. Marking an end to more than 15 months of deadly conflict, Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal on Wednesday that ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced early Friday local time that Israel has finalized its ceasefire agreement with the militant group Hamas that will see the release of ...

The deal needs to be ratified before it can go into effect. Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement to end over 15 months of fighting -- with a brief pause in November 2023 -- and ...

As negotiators neared a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas on Tuesday, the families of hostages held for 15 agonizing months in the Gaza Strip said that they “remain hopeful” that ...

As Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal, Jonathan Dekel-Chen hopes his son will be released in the coming days. Sagui Dekel-Chen, an Israeli American and father of three girls ...

By Ephrat Livni When Hamas led the Oct. 7, 2023, raids into Israel, killing about 1,200 people, about 250 people were taken into Gaza as hostages, including citizens of Israel, the United States ...

Israel had delayed a vote Thursday on the ceasefire, blaming a last-minute dispute with Hamas for holding up approval as rising tensions in Netanyahu’s government coalition raised concerns about ...

The statement accused Hamas of reneging on parts of the agreement in a bid "to extort last-minute concessions." Netanyahu is under intense domestic pressure to secure the release of the hostages ...