People gathered in Paris Saturday in support of the hostages held in Gaza, describing being torn between hope and fear hours before a truce set to allow their release takes effect. The ceasefire, intended to pave the way to an end of the Israel-Hamas war,

A ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took effect on Sunday as Hamas released the first three female hostages it held for 15 months of the devastating war with Israel.

President Joe Biden and his top diplomats, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, had sought closure during his term.

The war cabinet agreed to send a high-level delegation to a second Paris summit on hostage talks ... Barnea in the hostage negotiations with Hamas and the many third-party intermediaries?

Global peacemakers are praying the Israel-Hamas ceasefire will hold "so we do not return to the daily horror."

People gathered in Paris Saturday evening in support of the hostages held in Gaza, hours before a truce to allow their release was due to take effect. The ceasefire, intended to pave the way to an

According to the Hamas delegation in Doha ... Officials from Qatar, Egypt, Israel and the United States had met in Paris to work out the details, which included the release of some Palestinians ...

In the days since the fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, where at least 10 people have been killed,

Donald J. Trump, the 47th president of the United States, made history by signing a record number of “America First” executive orders and promising to enact more, on the first

Even before it was signed, the Gaza ceasefire forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into a tight spot - between a new U.S. president promising peace and far-right allies who want war to resume.

Trump signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day as US President, withdrawing the country from the Paris climate agreement and reversing sanctions on violent Israeli settlers.