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A top deputy to the killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar vowed that his ''banner will not fall'' and that the group would hold to its cease-fire conditions. A top Hamas [...]

Byline: Claire Parker, Loveday Morris, John Hudson CAIRO - As he fights for his political survival, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence on keeping troops on a narrow strip of [...]

Byline: Susannah George, Adela Suliman, Mohamad El Chamaa, Kelsey Ables Cease-fire negotiations are set to resume this weekend, with a Hamas official confirming that representatives of the group will travel [...]

Ten years ago Monday, my son, the journalist James Foley, was brutally murdered by ISIS in Syria. On the day my son was killed I felt almost more rage against [...]

Byline: IRWIN COTLER, BRANDON SILVER Irwin Cotler is a former minister of justice and attorney-general of Canada, and special envoy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Community of Democracies on [...]

Byline: Ishaan Tharoor Just a week ago, there was cautious optimism that diplomacy could prevail. As Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Washington following his controversial appearance before Congress, whispers [...]

When I think about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address on Wednesday to a joint meeting of Congress, the first thing that comes to mind is the famous dictum 'There […]

Byline: Steve Hendrix, Leo Sands, Bryan Pietsch JERUSALEM - Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, visited one of Jerusalem's most contested holy sites on Thursday morning, the al-Aqsa [...]

Byline: Victoria Bisset, Miriam Berger, Matt Viser, Hazem Balousha , Bryan Pietsch Israel is sending a delegation to resume negotiations on Friday following weeks of deadlock over a cease-fire deal [...]

Byline: John Bacon and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY Hamas and Israel's opposition leader both expressed support Monday for a cease-fire deal that President Joe Biden said was proposed by [...]

Byline: Dan Williams, REUTERS An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Sunday that Israel had accepted a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war now being advanced by [...]

The president outlined a plan to try to get Hamas and Israel to break out of a monthslong deadlock that has resulted in the killing of thousands of Palestinians. Declaring [...]

Byline: Niha Masih, Jennifer Hassan, Adela Suliman, Loveday Morris, Susannah George, Heba Farouk Mahfouz National security adviser Jake Sullivan is in Israel on Sunday for talks with senior government officials [...]

We explain why a cease-fire hasn't happened. Israel and Hamas have been talking for months about a deal to release the hostages held in Gaza and to halt the war [...]

The U.S. secretary of state plans to raise the issues of hostages held by Hamas, a potential cease-fire, humanitarian aid and a long-term political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Secretary [...]

During a round of diplomacy by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed to be speaking to a domestic audience that does not want to let [...]

The top U.S. diplomat spoke with Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler as he sought to broker a pause in the fighting. His visit came the same day a drone struck [...]

To end the war in Gaza and free the remaining Israeli hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have to cut deals that analysts say could end his government -- and [...]

The very idea that there will be a clear line between war and peace is misleading, given the politics, security needs and anxieties of all sides. As the war in [...]

Byline: Matt Viser, Abigail Hauslohner, Christian Davenport and Mariana Alfaro NANTUCKET, Mass. - President Biden announced Sunday that a 4-year-old American girl, Abigail Edan, has been released in the latest [...]

The cease-fire can be extended by daily releases of hostages, making it progressively harder for Israel to restart military operations. As Israel and Hamas completed the second exchange of hostages [...]

The return to a normal life will be a long process, doctors say. The 13 Israeli hostages freed on Friday after being abducted in the Hamas-led surprise attack last month [...]

Byline: Steve Hendrix, Claire Parker, Susannah George and Liz Sly JERUSALEM - Hamas released a second group of Israeli hostages late Saturday, capping a nerve-racking day of delays and complications [...]

The first group of 13 Israeli hostages -- all women and children -- were handed over to Israeli officials on Friday, joining five others released or rescued earlier in the [...]

Byline: Joey Garrison, Francesca Chambers and Michael Collins, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - The deal between Israel and Hamas for the release of 50 hostages from Gaza capped an 'extremely excruciating [...]

Byline: Susannah George The Israeli government said it would release 150 Palestinian prisoners, in exchange for the release of 50 hostages held by Hamas, during a four-day pause in fighting [...]

Byline: Claire Parker and Judith Sudilovsky --- CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misidentified the kibbutz from which Raz and Ohad Ben Ami and Amit Shani were kidnapped by [...]

Byline: Steve Hendrix, Sarah Dadouch, Hajar Harb, Michael Birnbaum, Liz Sly and Paul Schemm CORRECTION: A previous version of this article misstated the length of time hostages have been held [...]

Byline: Steve Hendrix, Hazem Balousha and Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM - War-shattered families in Israel and Gaza woke to a hopeful-but-agonizing limbo Wednesday after the early-hours approval of a deal between [...]

Byline: Adam Taylor and Adela Suliman Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement that could see the first pause the six-week air and ground assault on Gaza in response to [...]

Byline: Adam Taylor Israel and Hamas are close to a deal that could see the first pause in fighting since Israel began its response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. [...]

Byline: Karen DeYoung Israel and Hamas are close to agreement on a U.S.-brokered deal that would free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza in exchange for a [...]

Byline: Karen DeYoung Hamas has agreed in principle and Israel is now considering a proposal for the release of at least 50 women and children among about 240 foreign and [...]

Byline: Joanna Slater Earlier this year, U.S. and Qatari officials met in Doha to simulate a hostage situation. The exercise was fast-moving and hazardous: Islamic State militants in Somalia had [...]