The cease-fire deal between the two sides is holding despite heated quarrels over key issues, Arab mediators say.

The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas took hold on Sunday, and is expected to usher in a period of at least six weeks of paused fighting. The deal is now in phase one, which should see ...

Israel said on Sunday that Hamas had violated a ceasefire agreement, which came into effect one week ago and has so far resulted in the release of seven hostages and dozens of Palestinian prisoners.

So did Hamas. For the first time in a year, the militant group’s armed wing openly paraded through the streets and held public funerals for slain fighters. On war-battered streets crowded with ...

Hamas’s presence in Gaza during the ceasefire is likely to play a role in the negotiations for how to extend the current ceasefire into a permanent cessation of hostilities. The mediators are ...

While Israel and Hamas completed on Saturday their second hostage-prisoner swap under the ceasefire deal, a last-minute dispute blocked the expected return of hundreds of thousands of displaced ...

By Adam Rasgon and Nadav Gavrielov For the second time in a week, Hamas used the handing over of hostages to the Red Cross to project an image that it is still a powerful force in charge of the ...

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories-Hamas and militant allies Islamic Jihad on Jan 26 reacted with fury and defiance to a plan floated by US President Donald Trump to “clean out” Gaza ...

The second release of Israeli captives held in Gaza was an opportunity for Hamas to convey a message, according to analysts. Slogans against Zionism were displayed behind the four Israeli women ...

Hamas released four Israeli hostages in Gaza early Saturday in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners to be released later in the day. It was the second release to occur as part of the ceasefire ...

Aaron Boxerman and Patrick Kingsley Reporting from Jerusalem Hamas on Saturday released four female Israeli soldiers held hostage in Gaza, in a carefully choreographed show of force that ...

TEL AVIV — Four female Israeli soldiers who were taken in the attack that sparked the war in Gaza returned to Israel on Saturday after Hamas militants paraded them before a crowd of thousands in ...