DENNIS ROSS is Counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a Professor at Georgetown University. A former ...

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 long demanded it keep control over Palestinians’ movement to ensure Hamas does not move weapons back to northern Gaza close to Israeli communities. Throughout the war, the Israeli ...

Three hostages were released by Hamas on Sunday. After being held by Hamas terrorists for 470 days, the first three hostages released on Sunday as part of the ceasefire deal were reunited with ...

President Joe Biden announced a three-phase ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, ending a 15-month conflict. The agreement includes a ceasefire, withdrawal of Israeli forces ...

The United States and Qatar have facilitated a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, ending a 15-month conflict. The deal includes a hostage exchange and aims for a permanent ceasefire ...

The United States, Egypt and Qatar have spent the past year trying to mediate an end to the war triggered by Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The much-awaited ceasefire agreement ...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of trying to "extort last-minute concessions" on a ceasefire deal both parties had agreed to a day earlier, delaying a vote on the truce in ...

The “last-minute crisis” that held up the Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage deal on Thursday has been resolved, with the proposal expected to go into effect on Sunday, officials said.

In the wake of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal, Hamas’s fate will be decided by political rather than military means. Although the end of the war could be in sight, Israel ...

Israel and Hamas appear close to a cease-fire deal to end more than 15 months of devastating fighting in Gaza, though it's facing something of a last-minute crisis. The agreement, which has hit a ...