Israel has begun allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since ...

The deal ushers in an initial six-week period of calm and raises hopes for the release of dozens of militant-held hostages ...

Israel says an updated list from Hamas "matches Israeli intelligence" - meaning 18 hostages are still to be released in the ...

The truce is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and the militant group.

Mediators say Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal to pause the devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip, raising ...

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — A cease-fire between Hamas and Israel took effect Sunday, silencing the guns over Gaza and renewing hopes of a possible end to a 15-month conflict that has killed ...

“No one can feel the feeling that we are experiencing now, an indescribable, indescribable feeling,” said Mahmoud Wadi in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah before joining a chanting crowd. Israel ...

(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool, File) Palestinians celebrate the announcement of a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

A child sits outside a tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday Jan. 17, 2025. ...

In the city of Deir al-Balah, there were pounding drums, clapping and celebratory gunfire. Excited men hung out the windows of honking cars. Israel’s president calls on Netanyahu government to ...

On Jan. 15, Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement brokered ... In a dilapidated tent west of Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip, Umm Ammar al-Aidi sat sipping a cup of tea, trying ...