US President Donald Trump on Monday hailed a 鈥榯remendous day for the Middle East鈥� after he and regional leaders signed a declaration to formalise a Gaza ceasefire, following a major exchange of hostages and prisoners between Israel and Hamas.
Lebanese president Joseph Aoun called for negotiations with Israel on Monday, after US president Donald Trump brokered a ceasefire in Gaza.
All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
Hamas handed over the 20 surviving Israeli hostages on Monday under a ceasefire agreement, as United States president Donald Trump and other world leaders geared up for a summit on Gaza...
Three Qatari diplomats were killed and two injured in a car crash on Sunday near the Egyptian town of Sharm el-Sheikh, according to the Gulf state鈥檚 embassy.
Hamas said it had finished preparations for freeing its remaining living hostages, which Israel expects to take place early Monday, fulfilling a key step in Donald Trump鈥檚 Gaza plan hours before he hosts a peace summit in Egypt.
Iraq on Saturday criticised US sanctions on a company, individuals and armed groups Washington has said have ties with Iran-backed militias, calling the move 鈥榙eeply regrettable鈥�.
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said Sunday that one of its members was wounded by an Israeli grenade dropped near a UN position in the country鈥檚 south, the third incident of its kind in just over a month.
Israel will begin releasing Palestinian prisoners once it has confirmation that all hostages held in Gaza have arrived in the country, a spokeswoman for the prime minister said Sunday.
Thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to a devastated Gaza City on Saturday, the second day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, with many stunned by the destruction even as others were relieved to find their homes still standing.
Lebanese president Joseph Aoun on Saturday condemned overnight Israeli strikes on civilian sites, which were reported to have killed at least one person and destroyed hundreds of vehicles.
Brazilian activist Thiago Avila, one of the main organisers of the international aid flotilla to Gaza, said Thursday that the movement to get life-saving relief to the devastated Palestinian enclave would continue, after a ceasefire was announced between Israel and Hamas.
Israel declared a ceasefire and started pulling back troops in Gaza on Friday, as thousands of displaced Palestinians began to make their way back to their wrecked homes.
Israel said on Thursday that all parties had signed the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, adding that the release of the captives would 鈥榖ring the end to this war鈥�...
Israel said Thursday that all parties have signed the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, in a major step to end a war that has killed tens of thousands of people.
