Israel and Hamas have reached a deal to halt the fighting in the Gaza Strip and free more than a third of the Israeli hostages, who have had to endure more than 15 months of captivity, officials

But there would be final exchanges of dead bodies and other human remains, as well as the start of a massive reconstruction project to rebuild the Gaza Strip over several years. I think there’s ...

Joe Biden’s enabling of a genocide in Palestine was in keeping with a career spent pushing bloody war in the Middle East. His action and inaction on Gaza was brutal, unjustifiable, and unforgivable.

As news of the breakthrough surfaced, stakeholders from politicians to families of hostages kidnapped at the start of the war breathed a sigh of relief that the long, violent and acrimonious

Israel and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a ceasefire deal — pausing a brutal 15-month war in the hard-hit Gaza Strip with an eye towards ending one of the deadliest Middle Eastern conflicts in modern history.

Hamas will release six hostages this week and Israel will allow Gazans to return to homes in the north from Monday, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says. The hostages include Arbel Yehud – the civilian at the centre of a row which has led to Israel delaying the return of Gazans to northern Gaza.

President Donald Trump delivered remarks in Las Vegas and traveled to Miami as the administration pushes his immigration agenda.

The directive follows President Donald Trump’s executive order Monday pausing new obligations and disbursements of foreign aid pending review.

Among those attacked on the ground during Hamas’ initial offensive were attendees of a trance music festival near Gaza. A nongovernmental ... Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y ...

“I will ban refugee resettlement from terror-infested areas like the Gaza Strip,” he said ... and expanded his attacks on New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senate majority ...

He has also said it would be a “big mistake” for Israel to reoccupy Gaza. It is rare for a president ... to Israel on Tuesday. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Jewish Democrat who is ...