The first stage of a cease-fire deal between Hamas and the Israeli government has gone into effect, but there is still no ...

Israeli army has stated that eight hostages, including three Israelis and five foreign nationals, held in Gaza were freed on Thursday as part of the third ...

Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the chaotic handover of some of the captives, whom masked militants shuttled through a rowdy crowd ...

The first hostage, soldier Agam Berger, 20, was released after Hamas paraded her in front of a crowd in the heavily destroyed ...

U.S. use of private security firms has in the past led to disaster. In 2007, contractors for the now defunct Blackwater firm shot dead 14 civilians in Baghdad's Al Nisour Square, igniting a diplomatic ...

Religious leaders in the Holy Land react to the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, expressing hopes for peace and ...

His measured reaction may reflect domestic ... It comes after Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire in November, after more than a year of conflict linked to ...

Bloodshed over the weekend highlighted the brittleness of the cease-fires in both places. Still, Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah each have reasons to postpone a new escalation, at least for a few weeks.

Those are the immediate reactions of some peacebuilders in the Gaza Strip, the U.S., and elsewhere abroad Wednesday after Israel and the militant group Hamas reached a new Gaza ceasefire and host ...

Israel is allowing Palestinians to cross the Netzarim Corridor, after a delay to the proposed opening on Saturday.

A 2023 video showing people in Israel's parliament crying after a screening of footage from Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel was shared with false captions saying it showed members of the ...