A ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has taken effect following an almost three-hour delay after Hamas was late to name the three hostage it plans to release

The deal, mediated by the United States, offered a glimmer of hope in a conflict that has taken an immense human toll.

"Hamas is backing out of the explicit understandings ... U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said aid agencies have been mobilizing supplies in preparation for a ceasefire to scale up deliveries ...

JERUSALEM: A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding Monday, following the dramatic exchange of three hostages for 90 Palestinian prisoners in an agreement aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in Gaza.

according to U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher. The three female hostages — captured during Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel — were reunited with their families and determined to be ...

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold Sunday, seemingly starting a six-week pause in 15 months of fighting in Gaza and setting the stage for the release of dozens of hostages held by the militants, including three young women freed in the first hours of the truce.

A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding yesterday, following the dramatic exchange of three hostages for 90 Palestinian prisoners in an agreement aimed at ending more than 15 months of offensive in Gaza.

The first phase of the 42-day truce deal will witness the release of a total of 33 Israeli hostages and 737 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

Israel launched a major military operation Tuesday in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin that killed at least nine Palestinians and left at least 40 more people wounded, Palestinian health officials said,

As the ceasefire-for-hostages agreement went into effect over the weekend, Hamas terrorists no longer disguised themselves as civilians and rode through the streets of Gaza in fully fueled vehicles.

In recent days, indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas mediated by Qatar ... prolonging the conflict partly to appease his far-right coalition partners. Tom Fletcher, United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency ...