JERUSALEM, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- A tense ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas took effect on Sunday, initiating six weeks of calm and raising hopes for an end to 15 months of Israeli assaults on Gaza that devastated the enclave and for the release of dozens of hostages held there. ...
Hamas said the initial 50 hostages would be released in exchange for 150 Palestinian women and children held in Israeli jails. Hundreds of trucks of humanitarian, medical, and fuel supplies would enter Gaza, while Israel would ha...
The truce raised hopes of eventually winding down the war, which was triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7 rampage into southern Israel. Now in its seventh week, the conflict hasleveled vast swaths of Gaza, fueled asurge of violence in the occupied West Bank, and stirred fears of a wider conflagrati...
The source refused to talk about the details of the agreement, but said that "it will be implemented in stages." He added that a humanitarian truce was expected to be announced soon, under which civilian hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip will be released in exchange for the release...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed to extend a temporary truce by another day minutes before it was set to expire, said Qatar, which has been mediating between the two sides. Negotiations on extending it came down to the wire, with l...
Hamas released 24 hostages – 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino – on the first day of the war's first truce as part of a four-day ceasefire. In return for their release, 39 Palestinians – 24 women and 15 children – were also freed from Israeli jails. The ...
Israel and Hamas accused each other of violating a truce deal that has brought a pause to fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days past Monday. That raises the prospect of an even longer halt to their deadliest and most destructive war, and further exchanges of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisone
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Ukraine is worried that a prolonged war between Israel and Hamaswill dilute global support for their own cause. Sky News has seen documents indicatingHamas was planning the assault on Israel for a year.Israel is planning to invade Gazain order to wipe out the leadership of Hamas. ...