Full cabinet to approve deal on Saturday, pushing back expected return of first hostages, leading to criticism by families; ...

In addition to the prisoner exchanges, Israel will release all women and children under 19 it has detained from Gaza since ...

Israel and Hamas have finally signed the hostage release-Gaza ceasefire deal after mediators U.S., Egypt and Qatar iron out ...

Qatar faced criticism over its mediation between Israel and Hamas, but after more than a year of war in Gaza, the tiny ...

According to the sources, US President Joe Biden’s Middle East envoy Brett McGurk, US President-elect Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and Qatari and Egyptian mediators worked on the deal, Axios rep ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday a deal to return hostages held in the Gaza Strip has been ...

This agreement has prompted Trump to take credit for the pause in hostility between the two warring groups in the Middle East ...

Follow NBC News' live coverage as Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire deal to halt the Gaza war and release hostages, while ...

The U.S., Qatar and Egypt helped broker the deal, which followed negotiations that had many starts and stops in 2024.

More than 15 months into the conflict, Virginia Senator Mark Warner said most people on both sides are hoping for an end to ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says his Cabinet won’t meet to approve the agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of dozens of hostages until Hamas backs ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of backing out of a cease-fire deal to release hostages and end the ...