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Israel and Hamas have agreed on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal following 15 months of war, mediators Qatar and the US say. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin…

In a breakthrough announcement, U.S. President Joe Biden confirmed that Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal aimed at halting the devastating 15-month war in Gaza. The deal,…

Negotiators were trying to hammer out the final details of a ceasefire in Gaza on Wednesday after marathon talks in Qatar, and US and Egyptian leaders promised to stay in…

Hamas has announced that it has approved a list of 34 Israeli hostages to be returned as part of ongoing negotiations aimed at establishing a ceasefire in Gaza. This claim…

The Palestinian group Hamas and Israel traded blame over their failure to conclude a ceasefire agreement despite progress reported by both sides in the past days. Hamas said that Israel…

Defence Minister Israel Katz acknowledged that Israel had assassinated former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year while warning that it would also “decapitate” the leadership of Yemen’s…

Hamas said talks in Qatar on Tuesday aimed at a truce and hostage-prisoner exchange in Gaza were “serious and positive”, a day after an Israeli delegation arrived in Doha to…

Israel’s government has approved a plan to increase the number of settlers in the illegally occupied Golan Heights, days after seizing more Syrian territory following the toppling of Syria’s longtime…

Gaza’s health ministry said Monday that Israel’s offensive against Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave has killed more than 45,000 people. The conflict has also wounded nearly 107,000 people, the…

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered the military to “prepare to remain” throughout the winter in the UN-patrolled buffer zone that is supposed to separate Israeli and Syrian forces…