Hamas is now preparing for a new phase where it hopes to be underestimated. It knows Israel will need to sell any hostage ...

Billionaire Steve Witkoff, nominated by US President-elect Donald Trump as the Middle East envoy, has been central to the ...

Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials ...

The first phase, spanning a 42-day ceasefire, would see the exchange of 33 Israeli hostages in Gaza for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, U.S. officials said.

"The last 465 days, they have been very painful, very difficult for any person who values human life,” Chabad Columbus Rabbi ...

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is “right on the brink” and could come at “any time”, US secretary of state Antony ...

If the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal goes according to the current draft, then fighting will stop in Gaza for 42 days, and ...

The question is if the ceasefire will survive beyond its first phase. Here is a look at the plan and potential pitfalls.

A draft deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and hostage release has been agreed to in principle and, if all goes well, will be ...

Hamas is expected to release 33 hostages during the first phase of an emerging ceasefire agreement being finalized by negotiators in Doha, the first positive sign in months that a truce in the ...

Hamas and Israel may be moving toward a deal to release the remaining hostagesand bring a stop to the 15-month war that has ...