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Hamas and Israel's opposition leader both expressed support Monday for a cease-fire deal that President Joe Biden said was proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even as Netanyahu disputed Biden's version of the plan.Egyptian…

A day after President Biden called on Israel and Hamas to reach a truce, declaring that it was “time for this war to end,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday reiterated that Israel would not agree to a permanent cease-fire in…

29 April 2024Updated 2 hours agoImage caption, Local officials said Israel carried out further deadly air strikes overnight in the southern Gaza town of RafahThe US secretary of state hopes Hamas will accept what he has called Israel's…

26 March 2024, 19:21 GMTUpdated 1 hour agoImage caption, Displaced Palestinians were reportedly killed in an overnight Israeli air strike on a building in RafahIsrael says Hamas's rejection of a current proposal for a Gaza truce deal…

Hamas said Tuesday its negotiators are closer to a possible truce that could include an agreement to release a number of female and child hostages in exchange for prisoners held by Israel. Israeli officials have expressed openness to a…

People react after the release of Palestinian prisoners amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 28, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Acquire Licensing RightsLATEST…

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3:05 p.m. ET, November 24, 2023 Biden said we can…

Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire until Wednesday, raising the prospect of further exchanges of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and a longer halt…

6:53 a.m. ET, November 29, 2023 Grandfather takes…