Qatar, which mediated the agreement, said the cease-fire deal was set to begin at 8:30 a.m. local time on Sunday.

International mediators said this week that 33 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza would be released in the first stage of a ceasefire deal for the ...

Negotiations for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal are in their "final stages", key mediator Qatar's foreign ministry ...

The ceasefire was urgently needed and wildly overdue. But as long as Israel clings to land that is not its own and covets ...

The agreement follows months of on-off negotiations conducted by Egyptian and Qatari mediators, with the backing of the ...

The Israeli government, with mediation from Qatar and Egypt and close involvement from US officials, has accepted a truce ...

As Israel and Hamas edge closer to a possible ceasefire-hostage agreement, a small number of families whose loved ones remain ...

Brussels has had a limited role in brokering a fragile Middle East peace deal – but hopes are high it can help improve Gaza’s ...

The Israeli military has launched a wave of raids across the occupied West Bank, killing at least three Palestinians it said ...

Since Oct. 7, 2023, the Israeli army has been launching a large-scale military operation in Gaza, following an unprecedented Hamas-led attack on Israeli border towns. The Hamas attack resulted in ...