Latest news and live updates as a Gaza ceasefire deal is reached after more than a year of war between Israel and Hamas.

The deal, mediated by the United States, offered a glimmer of hope in a conflict that has taken an immense human toll.

Global peacemakers are praying the Israel-Hamas ceasefire will hold "so we do not return to the daily horror." ...

Mediators say Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in fighting in Gaza and to begin releasing the hostages held there.

Israel’s 15-month bombardment of Gaza has destroyed much of Hamas’s military wing. It has also degraded the Iran-backed proxy ...

President Joe Biden and his top diplomats, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, had sought closure during his term.

The Biden administration called for a final push before the president leaves office, with many seeing the Trump inauguration ...

Officials representing Israel and Hamas said today that the two sides had agreed to a 42-day cease-fire that would coincide ...

During the first phase of the accord, meant to last six weeks, Hamas will free 33 of the 98 Israeli hostages still held in ...

Trump, who takes office next week, has said that there would be ‘all hell to pay’ if the hostages held by Hamas weren’t ...

The deal promises the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in phases, the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners ...

The U.S. has called for a revitalized Palestinian Authority to govern both the West Bank and Gaza ahead of eventual statehood ...