Hamas releases four female Israeli soldiers held captive for more than 15 months. As part of the ceasefire deal, Israel is releasing some 200 Palestinians.

The Israeli government approved a ceasefire deal that could bring an end to the 15 months of war in Gaza. It's slated to go into effect Sunday morning.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Yossi Mekelberg of Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Program, about the Israeli political response to a negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

And this wasn't just a warning to Hamas. It was also a call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to get serious about closing a deal. SIMON: What's been the reaction there so far? AL-SHALCHI ...

New opposition foreign affairs spokesman David Coleman says a Coalition government would argue for a two-state solution for the Palestinian and Israeli people, not the plan put forward by Donald Trump.

PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY: City Hall sought to clarify the mayor’s health status Monday evening after sparking a torrent of speculation throughout the day with a late-night post about Eric Adams’ wellbeing.

The King has said the testimony of Holocaust survivors teaches us to “never be a bystander in the face of violence and hate” as he met those who lived through one of humanity’s darkest hours, 80 years on from the liberation of Auschwitz.

President Trump said he told King Abdullah II of Jordan during a phone call Saturday that he would like Jordan and Egypt to take in more Palestinians from Gaza, an idea that is likely to reignite debate about the future of nearly two million Palestinians.

The Coalition’s new foreign affairs spokesman, David Coleman, has declared the United Nations has “immense room for improvement”, signalling a Dutton government would push for reforms to the international body he claimed had failed to deliver outcomes in the Middle East conflict.

The reshuffle featured the creation of a “government efficiency” portfolio dedicated to gutting social spending and the promotion into foreign affairs posts of two vehement defenders of Israel‘s genocide.

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The Minnesota Supreme Court sided with Democrats on Friday in a power struggle with Republicans in the state House of