A ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas is “on the brink of coming to fruition,” President Joe Biden said Monday. In his final foreign policy address before he leaves ...

Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreed to "in principle," officials say 02:08 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, two Israeli officials said, the first positive sign in ...

As negotiations for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas approach a decisive moment, the toll of the conflict continues to grow. Today, the Israeli military reported five soldiers were killed in ...

CAIRO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The U.N. Libya mission expressed on Tuesday its ... a cabinet meeting on Thursday to ratify a ceasefire with Hamas, blaming the militant group for the hold-up, as ...

Hamas has been able to recruit almost as many new fighters as Israel killed during its ferocious offensive on the Gaza Strip, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a farewell speech where ...

In remarks from the White House, Biden announced that U.S. hostages still in Gaza would be returned home during a 42-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Of the seven Americans held captive in ...

If the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal goes according to the current draft, then fighting will stop in Gaza for 42 days, and dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be freed.

US president-elect Donald Trump has suggested Israel and Hamas could agree a Gaza ceasefire by the end of the week. Talks between Israeli and Hamas representatives resumed in the Qatari capital ...

The Libyan state agency mandated to oversee government performance has called for suspension of public sector appointments and contracts due to an excessive wage bill.