Hamas-led militants have released three male Israeli hostages, and Israeli forces began releasing hundreds of prisoners in return, in the latest indication that the fragile ceasefire deal that has ...

CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Thursday it would release three more Israeli hostages as planned, paving the way toward resolving a major dispute over the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli prime minister says the military will "return to intense fighting until Hamas is finally defeated" if the ...

Hamas has brushed off President Donald Trump’s threat that “all hell” will break out if it does not release the remaining ...

Gaza has long been a powder keg, and it exploded after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on October 7, 2023, and began ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he believes a peace deal between the oil-rich kingdom and Israel is 'going to ...

Israel received the three hostages after Hamas paraded them before hundreds in the Gaza Strip ahead of their release.

By Hussain SanaAvi Shlaim, an Iraqi-born Israeli-British historian, is an Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford and one of the leading voices on Middle Eastern ...

On May 14, 1948, the State of Israel was created, sparking the first Arab-Israeli War ... starting the Six-Day War. After the war, Israel gained territorial control over the Sinai Peninsula ...

Most Gaza residents are the descendants of Palestinian refugees driven to the enclave in a 1948 war. They harbor a deep fear ...

Palestinians see the Gaza Strip as an integral part of their future state, even if the rulers have changed over decades.

Trump’s proposal for the U.S. to take “ownership” over Gaza and displace Palestinians added to uncertainty over the fate of ...