Hamas, Israel

Hamas on Friday said it would release the following day four Israeli women soldiers held hostage since October 7, 2023, in a ...
Hamas named four Israeli women soldiers it plans to release from captivity in a second hostage-for-prisoner swap, as the Gaza ceasefire nears the end of its first week.
Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, said on Wednesday that he welcomed the potential for “a dialogue” ...
For the Islamist militant group, armed struggle now looks like a dead end. Its future in Gaza depends on the civilian ...
Last week’s Hamas-Israel hostage deal revealed a glaring and uncomfortable reality - the United States, albeit indirectly, became entangled with a murderous jihadi group. Securing the release of ...
Qatar has handed over drafts of a possible ceasefire agreement to both Hamas and Israel, Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson ...
CAIRO (AP) — Qatar says Israel and Hamas are at the “closest point” yet to agreeing on a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of dozens of hostages. Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari ...
Both the Trump and Biden administrations have publicly claimed credit for pushing the agreement over the line.