Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BRUSSELS — As a fragile truce held Wednesday in Gaza, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States wanted Israel to extend a pause in its military offensive to secure the release of more hostages, including Americans, and allow humanitarian aid to reach Palestinians. An extension … Read more
JERUSALEM — The deal seemed on the verge of unraveling. Hamas had accused Israel of failing to keep its side of the bargain and Israel was threatening to resume its lethal onslaught on the Gaza Strip. That was the point at which a Qatari jet landed at Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport on Saturday. Negotiators aboard … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — Families in Israel, the occupied West Bank and around the world prepared to welcome home loved ones on the third day of a fragile humanitarian pause in Gaza that has seen Hamas exchange hostages for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. Among the hostages released by … Read more
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The tense cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be back on track early Sunday after the release of a second group of militant-held hostages and Palestinians from Israeli prisons, but the swap followed an hourslong delay that underscored the truce’s fragility. The exchange was delayed Saturday evening after Hamas … Read more
A four-day cease fire in the Israel-Hamas war began Friday morning in Gaza as part of an agreement that Qatar helped broker. The deal also includes the release of dozens of hostages held by militants and Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, which was to take place later Friday. The diplomatic breakthrough promised some relief for the … Read more
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An agreement for a four-day cease-fire in Gaza and the release of dozens of Hamas-held hostages and Palestinians imprisoned by Israel appeared to have hit a last-minute snag when a senior Israeli official said it would not take effect until Friday, a day later than originally announced. The diplomatic breakthrough … Read more
JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for a four-day halt to the devastating war in Gaza, accompanied by the release of dozens of hostages held by the militant group in return for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, mediators said Wednesday. The truce marks the biggest diplomatic breakthrough since Hamas’ Oct. 7 rampage into … Read more
Gaza’s Health Ministry said it is working with the Red Cross to evacuate wounded people stranded at northern Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital on Tuesday morning after the facility was bombarded Monday. At least 12 people were killed, and dozens were injured, according to the Health Ministry. The Israel Defense Forces said militants opened fire on its … Read more
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said his group is close to reaching a “truce agreement” in talks with Qatar and Israel, rare public comments that suggest discussions over freeing some hostages held by the militant group are progressing. Read More: The Families of Israelis Held Hostage by Hamas Speak Out “The movement delivered its response to … Read more
SIDON, Lebanon — Combating intensified in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp Monday claiming the lifetime of one other individual as stray bullets and shells hit residential areas within the nation’s third-largest metropolis. The preventing that resumed Thursday night time after practically a month of calm in Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp close to the port metropolis … Read more