Even in war, branding applies. Israel and Hamas are engaged in a parallel battle of optics despite a ceasefire that took ...

The cease-fire is also a beacon of hope for Palestinians who have suffered immensely during Israel’s 15-month campaign to ...

The United States, Egypt and Qatar have spent the past year trying to mediate an end to the war triggered by Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The much-awaited ceasefire agreement ...

In the wake of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal, Hamas’s fate will be decided by political rather than military means. Although the end of the war could be in sight, Israel ...

Israel and Hamas appear close to a cease-fire deal to end more than 15 months of devastating fighting in Gaza, though it's facing something of a last-minute crisis. The agreement, which has hit a ...

Israel's cabinet was set to ratify that agreement today, but Israel's Prime Minister says that will not happen until Hamas backs down from what he says are last minute demands that as mediators ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday accused Hamas of reneging on parts of a ceasefire and hostage release agreement announced the day before. In a statement, Netanyahu said his ...

Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal that will release dozens of hostages and bring a temporary halt to the war in the Gaza Strip that has killed tens of thousands of people in the last 15 ...

Senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya praised the October 7 massacre as a major achievement that would be taught to future generations of Palestinians with pride, while touting the ceasefire-hostage ...

The Prime Minister's Office on Thursday morning reported that the Hamas terror group is trying to backtrack after negotiators announced Wednesday that a ceasefire ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a "last minute crisis" with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of a long-awaited agreement to pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and ...

Loved ones of people killed and abducted by Hamas react with mixed emotions to the ceasefire announcement in Tel Aviv on Jan. 15. (Heidi Levine for The Washington Post). JERUSALEM — After more ...