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Trump sent Witkoff to ensure the ceasefire agreement advances to the second phase, which will require hashing out more thorny ...

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has withdrawn a threat to quit the government if Israel does not return to fighting ...

Qatar mediated an agreement between Israel and Hamas to release Israeli hostage Arbel Yehoud and allow Palestinians to return ...

Michael Levy, brother of hostage Or Levy, joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the ceasefire agreement and the critical need for ...

Israeli troops have pulled back to the edges of Gaza, the first hostages have been released and many Palestinians have ...

The fragility of the truce between Israel and Hamas was laid bare on Saturday, after Israel accused Hamas of withholding a ...

The initial ceasefire plan, announced in late November, brought an end to 14 months of conflict between Israel and the ...

Red Cross vehicles have arrived at a location in northern Gaza as Hamas is set to free hostages in a ceasefire deal.

An Israeli female soldier held in Gaza has been released in the third phase of a ceasefire and captive exchange deal between ...

The Palestinian group Hamas set free a female Israeli soldier in Gaza on Thursday under a ceasefire agreement with Israel.

Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives on Thursday, and Israel is to release another ...