Gaza truce

Israel said Sunday it endorsed a proposal to temporarily extend the truce in Gaza as a bridging measure after the first phase of its ceasefire with Hamas drew to a close. The proposal, put forward by...

In accordance with a ceasefire agreement for Gaza, Israeli and Palestinian Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners on Saturday. However, a last-minute disagreement prevented hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from returning to the destroyed northern part of...

Two weeks prior to US elections, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East on Monday to continue his push for a truce in Gaza, which he sees as a fresh opportunity...

The White House stated on Friday that progress had been made in the Cairo talks toward a Gaza truce, and it urged Israel and Hamas to proceed. The White House verified that senior official Brett McGurk...

Following Israel’s Wednesday raid on Lebanon that claimed the life of a senior militant from Fatah’s armed branch, the Palestinian movement accused Israel of attempting to “ignite a regional war.” Khalid Maqdah was murdered in an...

Ahead of fresh discussions for a ceasefire agreement in Gaza to begin next week, Israel’s prime minister called for increased pressure on Hamas, accusing the militant Palestinian organization of being “obstinate” in the talks. “Hamas, up...

Following two days of talks with Israeli negotiators in Qatar, the United States proposed a plan for a Gaza truce; however, Hamas announced on Friday that the Palestinian organization rejected the “new conditions” in the plan....

According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, Israel has consented to pick up the ceasefire talks with Gaza next week at the request of international mediators. This comes after intense diplomatic efforts to prevent a regional...

As Israel and Hamas grew more at odds over demands to end the seven-month war, efforts to secure an elusive truce in exchange for hostages held in Gaza were scheduled to begin on Monday. On Sunday,...

In an attempt to broker a fresh ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken touched down in Saudi Arabia on Monday as part of his ongoing tour of the Middle East’s crises....