Hamas says it will only release an American-Israeli and the bodies of four other hostages if Israel implements the existing ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, calling it an “exceptional deal” aimed at getting the truce back on track.

Hamas says it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-nationals who had died in captivity.

Hamas says it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual nationals who had died in captivity.

United Nations-backed human rights experts allege Israel has caused “disproportionate violence against women and children” during the war against Hamas in Gaza,.

Israeli fire has killed eight people in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours even as a fragile ceasefire with Hamas has largely held.

Israel has cut off the electricity supply to Gaza.

Israel says it will send a delegation to Qatar on Monday “in an effort to advance the negotiations” around the ceasefire in Gaza.

Some 90,000 Palestinians have prayed at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City under tight security by Israeli forces.

Officials from USAID say the the Trump administration’s cuts to the U.S. humanitarian agency have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups.

Hamas has brushed off President Donald Trump’s latest threat and reiterated that it will only free the remaining Israeli hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

President Donald Trump has issued what he calls a “last warning” to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza.

White House press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that U.S. officials have had “ongoing talks and discussions” with Hamas officials, as the ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas hangs in the balance.

Israel’s cutoff of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza’s 2 million people has sent prices soaring and humanitarian groups into overdrive as they try to distribute dwindling stocks to the most vulnerable.

Arab leaders have endorsed Egypt's postwar plan for the Gaza Strip that would allow its roughly 2 million Palestinians to remain in the territory.

A summit of Arab leaders in Cairo have approved Egypt’s plan to rebuild Gaza without expelling the Palestinians.

Israel has introduced what it said was a new U.S. ceasefire plan and is trying to force Hamas to accept it by imposing a siege on the Gaza Strip.

Israel has cut off the entry of all food and other goods into Gaza in an echo of the siege it imposed in the earliest days of its war with Hamas.

Israel faces sharp criticism after barring the entry of all food and other supplies into Gaza.

Israel’s government says it supports a proposal to extend the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza through Ramadan and Passover, though Hamas has insisted on negotiating the truce’s second phase instead.

The Trump administration has approved a major nearly $3 billion arms sale to Israel, bypassing a normal congressional review to provide the country with more of the 2,000-pound bombs that it has used in the war against Hamas in Gaza.

Negotiations on the second phase of the ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas are taking place in Cairo.

Mourners buried the remains of one of the last hostages released in the first phase of the ceasefire between Hamas militants and Israel.

An investigation by Israel's military has determined that Hamas was able to carry out the deadliest attack in Israeli history on Oct. 7, 2023, because the much more powerful Israeli army misjudged the militant group’s intentions and underestimated its capabilities.

Israel’s refusal to withdraw from a narrow strip of desert on Gaza's border with Egypt, as called for in the ceasefire with Hamas, could threaten the truce.

Hamas said it will return one living Israeli-American hostage and the bodies of four dual nationals, accepting a new proposal put forward by mediators.

Egypt says negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the next phase of the ceasefire in Gaza have begun in Cairo.

Egypt says negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire have begun in Cairo.

Tens of thousands of Israelis have lined highways holding flags, orange balloons and signs saying “forgive us” in an outpouring of grief as the bodies of a mother and her two small sons who were killed in captivity in the Gaza Strip were taken for burial.

Hamas has handed over the bodies of four hostages in exchange for Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, days before the first phase of their ceasefire will end.

An Israeli security official says Hamas has handed to the Red Cross the bodies of four Israelis who were held hostage in Gaza.

The families of hostages still in Gaza are struggling to maintain hope they'll see their loved ones soon as uncertainty swirls over the future of the fragile ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

Israeli and Hamas officials say they have reached an agreement to exchange the bodies of dead hostages for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

Palestinian medics say at least six infants have died from hypothermia in the last two weeks in the Gaza Strip.

A trial has begun in Germany for four alleged Hamas members suspected of organizing weapons caches across Europe.

Israeli and Hamas officials say they have reached an agreement to exchange the bodies of dead hostages for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

Palestinians who returned to their homes in northern Gaza after the ceasefire began on Jan. 19 are still struggling to find shelter, food, water and other necessities.

The first phase of the ceasefire that paused 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas militants is set to end on Saturday.

Israel says the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners is delayed “until the release of the next hostages has been assured, and without the humiliating ceremonies” at handovers of Israeli captives in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed revenge for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

Hamas has released the names of six living Israeli hostages who the militants plan to release from Gaza this weekend under the terms of the ceasefire deal.

Israeli police have reported a series of explosions on three buses in central Israel in what they said appeared to be a militant attack.

Hamas has released four bodies they said were Israeli hostages, including two young children who were long feared dead and have symbolized the nation’s agony following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.

Hamas handed over the remains of four more Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas militants have released the bodies of four more hostages from the Gaza Strip more than 16 months after they were taken captive.

The bodies of the youngest Israelis held hostage by the militant Hamas group have been returned to Israel, dashing the hopes of a nation hoping for a happier ending.

The Israeli military says the remains of two child hostages have been identified but another body released by Hamas was not the boys’ mother.

An Israeli official says the bodies of the youngest and one of the oldest captives seized by Hamas during the attack that ignited the war in Gaza are expected to be returned on Thursday.

A senior Hamas leader says the militant group will release six living Israeli hostages on Saturday and the bodies of four others on Thursday.

Hamas says it will release six living Israeli hostages instead of three on Saturday, as well as the bodies of four others on Thursday.

Residents of a south Lebanon town are waiting to rebuild and fix their damaged homes as Israel is supposed to end its military presence north of its border under a U.S.-brokered deal.

Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing Palestinians out of the strip in a counter to President Donald Trump’s proposal to depopulate the territory so the U.S. can take it over.

Israelis have marked 500 days of war in Gaza with protests demanding further progress on a ceasefire so all remaining hostages can be returned.

Monday is the 500th day of the war triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack into southern Israel.

Israel’s military says its forces will remain in five strategic locations in southern Lebanon after Tuesday’s deadline for their withdrawal under a ceasefire with the Hezbollah militant group.

Israel and Hamas have completed their sixth exchange of hostages and prisoners after their ceasefire survived its latest crisis.

Israel and Hamas have completed the sixth exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisoners with just over two weeks remaining in the initial phase of their fragile Gaza ceasefire.

Hamas named three more Israeli hostages it will release in a weekend trade for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, the latest sign that the shaky Gaza ceasefire deal appears to be holding in spite of a tense dispute that has threatened to renew fighting.

After nearly 500 days in captivity in Gaza, with little access to media, recently freed hostages have many questions.

The families of Israeli hostages still held by the Hamas militant group have welcomed the “joyous news” that three men, all taken from the same kibbutz on Oct. 7, 2023, are expected to be freed on Saturday.

The militant group Hamas says it will free three Israeli hostages as planned this weekend.

Hamas says it will release the next group of three Israeli hostages as planned.

Israel’s defense minister says “all hell will break loose” if Hamas does not release three hostages as planned this weekend.

Three weeks into the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the number of tents and temporary homes entering Gaza risks falling short of the goals set for the deal’s first phase.

Egyptian and Qatari mediators are working to salvage the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, which risks being derailed because of a dispute between the two sides.

Families of the hostages in Gaza are struggling to maintain hope as the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seems increasingly at risk of falling apart.

The first phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is supposed to last six weeks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and resume its war against Hamas if the militant group does not go ahead with the next scheduled release of hostages this weekend.

Hamas’ threat to delay the next planned release of Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip has jolted a fragile ceasefire that’s seen as having the potential to wind down the war.

Hamas says it will delay the further release of hostages in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire that now faces its most serious crisis since it began three weeks ago.

President Donald Trump says that a precarious ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas should be canceled if Hamas doesn’t release all the remaining hostages it is holding in Gaza by midday on Saturday — though he also acknowledged that such a decision would be up to Israel.

A spokesperson for Hamas says it will delay the next hostage release after accusing Israel of violating a ceasefire agreement.

The United Nations humanitarian chief says famine has been mostly averted in Gaza as a surge of aid enters the territory during a fragile ceasefire, but he warns the threat could return quickly if the truce collapses.

New details and growing shock over emaciated hostages are renewing pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend a fragile Gaza ceasefire beyond the first phase ending three weeks from now.

Five Thai workers released after being held hostage for over a year in Gaza arrived in Bangkok on Sunday.

As Gillian Brisley and her husband, Pete, watched their son-in-law’s release from captivity, she clutched a teddy bear to her chest.

Israel has released 183 Palestinian prisoners in the latest exchange for Israeli hostages held in Gaza, part of a ceasefire that has paused the war but whose future is uncertain.

Israel has released 183 Palestinian prisoners in the latest exchange for Israeli hostages held in Gaza, part of a ceasefire that has paused the war but whose future is uncertain.

Hamas-led militants have released three gaunt, frail-looking Israeli hostages and Israel has freed 183 Palestinian prisoners in the fifth exchange of a ceasefire that has paused the war in Gaza.

The State Department has told Congress that it plans to sell more than $7 billion in weapons to Israel, including thousands of bombs and missiles, just two days after President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.

Hamas identified the three Israeli hostages that it plans to free in the next release mandated by the fragile ceasefire agreement, a sign the deal was moving forward Friday even as U.S. and Israeli officials continued calls to relocate Gaza’s population after the war.

Hamas has named the next three Israeli hostages it plans to release as part of the ceasefire deal.

The International Criminal Court has called on member states to stand up against sanctions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

An American-Israeli hostage freed from Hamas captivity was forced to lie down at all times in a small room for weeks.

President Donald Trump’s proposal to forcibly transfer hundreds of thousands of Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip and develop faces some major obstacle.

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are eager to leave miserable tent camps and return to their homes if a long-awaited ceasefire agreement halts the Israel-Hamas war.

President Donald Trump’s proposal that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents has been swiftly rejected and denounced by American allies and adversaries alike.

President Donald Trump offered a jaw-dropping performance during his joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, suggesting that Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip could be permanently resettled elsewhere.

Gaza has long been a powder keg.

President Donald Trump has suggested that displaced Palestinians be permanently resettled outside Gaza and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” in redeveloping the area.

The families of hostages freed from Gaza over the weekend described difficult conditions — including rarely seeing the sun — during their captivity.

Two weeks after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect, aid is flooding into the Gaza Strip.

Even in war, branding applies.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will discuss “victory over Hamas,” countering Iran and expanding diplomatic relations with Arab countries in his meeting with President Donald Trump.

A group of 50 sick and wounded Palestinian children began crossing through Gaza’s Rafah crossing into Egypt for treatment.

Hamas has freed three hostages in the southern Gaza Strip and Israel has released 183 Palestinian prisoners in the fourth round of exchanges during the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

The ceasefire in Gaza has seen its smoothest exchange yet of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners along with the reopening of the crucial Rafah crossing.

News that three high-profile hostages are expected to be released has brought excitement and trepidation to Israel on Friday.

Support from Americans has surged for the U.S. nonprofit that raises money for UNRWA, the U.N. agency that serves Palestinian refugees.

The Israeli organization representing families of hostages in Gaza has celebrated the news that three high-profile men will be released next.

Fifteen hostages have been released from more than 15 months of captivity in Gaza over the past two weeks.