Cease-fire

'We will bring them all home': Netanyahu to convene gov't for Gaza deal vote

Israel, Hamas agreed on maps of the IDF’s withdrawal from Gaza • PM Netanyahu: With God's help, we will bring them all home

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump embrace in the White House in Washington, September 29, 2025.
 THE WRITER attends a demonstration as she holds a sign with photos of hostages, including two who were released on Sunday and three others who were murdered. The large print on the sign says: ‘How much more blood will be spilled? Screaming out for them.’

Israel at a crossroads: Peace or perpetuating the cycle of violence – opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on October 28, 2024

'We're still in the eye of the storm,' Netanyahu says amid Lebanon ceasefire deal hopes

 Staff and volunteers of Amnesty International USA, MoveOn, Oxfam America and Win Without War hold a vigil outside the White House calling for a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2023.

Israel close to reaching a new ceasefire deal with Hamas - WSJ


Israel can’t entrust its security to international peacekeepers

Last week, Nusra Front seized the strategic Quneitra border crossing from UNDOF, sending a contingent of Filipino peacekeepers scrambling for safety to Israeli lines.

UNDOF peacekeepers [file]

Palestinians to proceed with Cairo talks despite IDF killing of Israeli teens' murderers

Senior Hamas official Zahar condemns killing of Kawasme and Abu Aysha, but says Israel must not be given any pretext "to escape from the commitments" of the August 26 truce that ended Gaza war.

Sisi, Mashaal and Netanyahu

Here we stand, and here we stay

While most refugees from Donetsk might have moved on, the Mariupol Jewish community will stick it out.

 A BURNED-OUT bank in downtown Mariupol foreshadows the destruction that could be visited on the city should the cease-fire break down

Another Tack: Mideastern mirror mania

The Israeli mirror is illuminated by ultra-powerful and harsh fluorescent beams from any and all possible directions.

Sisi, Mashaal and Netanyahu

Report: Gaza cease-fire talks to resume in Cairo mid-week

According to "Asharq al-Awsat," the Egyptian-mediated talks are expected to conclude within the month with a new agreement on a range of issues.

Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad (L) and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

ENCOUNTERING PEACE: A time to destroy, a time to build

Israel must have mechanisms to guarantee its security and to ensure that Gaza will not rearm itself for the next war.

HAMAS SPOKESMAN Fawzi Barhoum is carried by Gazans during a celebration in Gaza City.

Cease-fire opportunities

It is now important for Israel, Egypt, the US and other countries interested in seeing quiet restored to the Gaza Strip to take advantage of Hamas’s weakened position.

Palestinians in Gaza celebrate cease-fire

Gaza terrorists continue to pound southern Israel with rockets, drawing IDF response

Ashkelon, Ashdod, and the smaller communities near the Gaza border have absorbed the worst barrages since before dawn Wednesday.

Damage caused by rocket that hit house in Hof Ashkelon council

Rockets target Tel Aviv, Jerusalem in wake of truce breakdown

IAF renews sorties over Gaza hitting dozens of targets; IDF reportedly attempts assassination of top Hamas militant leader Deif; 50 rockets fired at Israel army says.

A smoke trail is seen as a rocket is launched from the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel July 16, 2014.

Hamas: Israel is escalating the situation to influence Cairo truce talks

Sami Abu Zuhri says Hamas not behind rockets that broke cease-fire and prompted IDF strikes; Hamas warns: If Netanyahu doesn't understand diplomatic language, we will force him to understand.

Sami Abu-Zuhri