The U.N. relief agency in Gaza must conduct a ‘credible investigation’ of workers alleged to have participated in the Oct. 7 attacks, or risk losing financial support essential to its mission, a senior U.S. official
Negotiators are working on a six-week pause in Israel-Hamas fighting, which would see the release of all remaining civilian captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. All civilian hostages being held by Hamas inside Gaza would
A proposal for a new ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza would involve three stages, including the release of hostages held by the militant group and Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, a senior
Ismat Mansour, a Palestinian researcher on Israeli affairs, has said that many signs lead to this conclusion: National security minister Ben-Gvir and far-right Finance Minister Smotrich’s opposition to the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange
Israeli politicians have continued to send mixed signals on the prospects of a potential exchange deal with Hamas. Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he would not allow a deal that exchanged Palestinians held in Israeli
Aframework to halt the Gaza fighting and for hostage releases is to be relayed to Hamas, mediator Qatar said Monday, as a bitter row flared around the UN aid agency for Palestinians. While deadly fighting
As reports emerged about a potential hostage framework deal with Hamas that includes an extended pause in the fighting and the freeing of a large number of Palestinian security prisoners, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on
Qatar’s prime minister has said “good progress” was made during a meeting between intelligence officials from Egypt, Israel and the United States over the weekend to discuss a possible deal to secure a truce in
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Tuesday that the group had received a ceasefire proposal put forward after talks in Paris and would study it, adding he would visit Cairo for discussions on the plan.
A critical meeting on a potential second deal between Israel and Hamas to secure the release of 136 hostages in Gaza and allow for a pause in the war is now underway in Paris at
