Mediators Qatar and Egypt were pushing to resolve a crisis in the Gaza ceasefire on Wednesday, a Palestinian source said, after Israel and the United States told Hamas to release hostages this weekend or face a return to war...
The Gaza ceasefire appeared increasingly fragile Tuesday after Hamas said US president Donald Trump鈥檚 latest warning 鈥榝urther complicates鈥� the agreement with Israel, which has so far led to five hostage-prisoner swaps...
Israel and Hamas completed their fifth hostage-prisoner swap under a fragile Gaza ceasefire deal on Saturday, with the frail, disoriented appearance of the three freed Israelis sparking dismay among their relatives.
The Israeli military said it carried out an air strike on Saturday targeting a weapons depot used by Palestinian militant group Hamas in southern Syria.
Palestinian militant group Hamas lashed out Wednesday at president Donald Trump鈥檚 shock proposal for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle its people in other countries, seemingly whether they want to leave or not...
Freed Palestinian inmates were greeted by a cheering crowd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday, after Hamas released three Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip in the fourth exchange under the group鈥檚 ceasefire deal with Israel...
Hamas and Israel will carry out their fourth hostage-prisoner swap of the Gaza ceasefire on Saturday, with the militant group to free three Israeli captives in exchange for 90 inmates in Israeli jails.
Israel on Thursday suspended the planned release of Palestinian prisoners after Gaza鈥檚 Hamas members freed three Israeli hostages and five Thais amid chaotic scenes....
Two Hamas officials on Wednesday accused Israel of delaying the delivery of vital humanitarian aid to Gaza, as agreed in the ceasefire deal, and warned that it could impact the release of hostages...
Masses of displaced Palestinians began streaming towards the north of the war-battered Gaza Strip on Monday after Israel and Hamas said they had reached a deal for the release of another six hostages...
A vast crowd of Gazans massed near an Israeli military barrier preventing them from heading to their homes in the north on Sunday amid a row between Hamas and Israel over the terms of their ceasefire deal....
Four freed Israeli women hostages were home in Israel Saturday, ending more than 15 months of captivity after Hamas militants handed them over to the Red Cross under a truce deal in the Gaza war.
The Israel-Hamas war has put back development in Gaza by 60 years and mobilising the tens of billions of dollars needed for reconstruction will be an uphill task...
Hamas said on Tuesday it will release four women hostages in the next swap with Israel under the terms of a fragile truce intended to bring to an end to 15 months of war in Gaza...
A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding Monday, following the dramatic exchange of three hostages for 90 Palestinian prisoners in an agreement aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in Gaza.
TWINNING the terms 鈥榗easefire鈥� and 鈥楪aza鈥� seems not only incongruous but an obscene joke. This is largely because the ceasefire announced on January 15 between Israel and Hamas could have been reached so much earlier by all the concerned parties. But will was lacking in Washington to force Israel鈥檚 hand, and Israeli prime minister...
The World Health Organisation said Sunday it was ready to pour much-needed aid into Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, but that it would need 鈥榮ystematic access鈥� across the territory to do so.
Thousands of displaced, war-weary Gazans set off across the devastated Palestinian territory to return to their home areas on Sunday, after a long-awaited truce between Israel and Hamas took effect following an initial delay.
Hamas has approved a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, Palestinian sources close to negotiations said Wednesday, after mediator Qatar expressed hope an agreement to end the war could be reached very soon...
A Hamas official said Sunday the group was ready to free 34 hostages in the 鈥榝irst phase鈥� of a potential deal with Israel, after Israel said indirect talks on a truce and hostage release agreement had resumed in Qatar...
Hamas and Israel traded accusations on Wednesday over delays in finalising a ceasefire and hostage release agreement for Gaza, despite continued efforts by mediators to broker a deal in the latest round of negotiations.
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said a series of Israeli strikes on Thursday killed at least 30 Palestinians, with the Israeli military confirming it targeted Hamas members in one attack.
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli strikes Monday across the territory killed at least 12 people, the majority displaced Palestinians taking shelter in a house in the north...
Israeli officials arrived in Doha in Qatar on Monday for talks aimed at a Gaza ceasefire and a hostage-prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas...
Qatar has resumed its role as a mediator in efforts to secure a truce in the Israel-Hamas war following a brief suspension, a source with knowledge of the talks said on Thursday...
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas鈥檚 Fatah party have agreed to create a committee to jointly administer post-war Gaza, negotiators from both sides said on Tuesday...
A Hamas delegation discussed a ceasefire in Gaza with Egyptian intelligence officials, two officials from the Palestinian Islamist group said on Monday.
THE International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on November 21 for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif, citing alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to the ongoing Gaza conflict. This unprecedented move by the Hague-based court has sent...
The United Nations chief on Tuesday denounced the 鈥榮ystematic鈥� looting of humanitarian aid in Gaza, a day after the territory鈥檚 Hamas authorities said 20 people were killed in a security operation targeting such actions...
A senior Hamas official on Friday said the group is 鈥榬eady for a ceasefire鈥� in Gaza, urging US president-elect Donald Trump to 鈥榩ressure鈥� Israel as it continued to pound the Palestinian territory.