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The US envoy who held unprecedented direct talks with Hamas said Sunday the meeting had been “very helpful” and he was confident a hostage release deal could be reached “within…

Hamas, a U.S.-designated terror organization, said Thursday that threats from U.S. President Donald Trump are encouraging Israel to walk away from a Gaza ceasefire deal. The comments came a day…

The US and Israel have rejected an Arab plan for the post-war reconstruction of the Gaza Strip that would allow the 2.1 million Palestinians living there to stay in place.…

US President Donald Trump has issued what he called a “last warning” to Hamas to release the hostages being held in Gaza. “I am sending Israel everything it needs to…

  Trump administration has been engaged in direct talks with Hamas over the release of American hostages held in Gaza and the possibility of a broader deal to end the…

Arab leaders meeting in Cairo on Tuesday are set to endorse a counterproposal to U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for the Gaza Strip to be depopulated and transformed into a…

Hamas said on Sunday that Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to halt humanitarian aid into Gaza is a ‘cheap blackmail’ and a ‘coup’ on the ceasefire agreement, urging the mediators to compel…

Israel has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza as it demands Hamas agree to a US plan for a ceasefire extension. The first phase of the Gaza…

Israel is considering an extension of the 42-day truce in Gaza as it seeks to bring home the remaining 63 hostages while putting off agreement on the future of the…

Israel said on Sunday it was delaying the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners it had planned to free the day before until the group Hamas met its conditions, underscoring…