TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Thursday welcomed the deal to implement a four-day humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as agreed upon by Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). In a statement, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani described the truce "as a ...
Under the mediation by Qatar and Egypt, Hamas and Israel on Wednesday agreed to a four-day humanitarian cease-fire to force a temporary halt to the fighting between the two sides. After the truce deal went into effect Friday, Hamas released 24 hostages, including 13 Israelis, 10 Thai, and ...
“Israel’s government is committed to returning all the hostages home. Tonight, it approved the proposed deal as a first stage to achieving this goal,” it said in a statement. Hamas said the initial 50 hostages would be r...
Israeli military tanks leave Gaza, during the temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, as seen from southern Israel Nov 24, 2023. [Photo/Agencies] GAZA -- After 48 days of fierce fighting, the temporary truce between Hamas and Israel entered into force in the Gaza Strip at 7 am local tim...
Hamas says truce deal with Israel clinchedIBRAHIM BARZAK
Israel and Hamas reached an agreement to extend the temporary cease-fire in Gaza for a seventh day, the Qatari government announced early Thursday, not long before the previous two-day extension was set to expire. While the truce has held in Gaza, pausing the brutalwar sparked by Hamas' unp...
Israel and Hamas accused each other of violating a truce deal that has brought a pause to fighting in the Gaza Strip.
“There is no change in the position of the occupation [Israel] and therefore, there is nothing new in the Cairo talks,” he told Reuters.“There is no progress yet.” The fact that Hamas is “studying” the deal, however, suggests that it is under immense pressure to agree to at lea...
They were released 52 days after being taken hostage by Hamas militants in their deadly attack on southern Israel on Oct 7. Of the about 240 hostages captured by Hamas, less than one-third have been released so far, according to the IDF. Under the original four-day truce deal, Hamas will...
A temporary truce between Israel and Hamas has been extended for two more days. The key mediator Qatar made the announcement on Monday, which would have been the final day of the cease-fire.