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


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

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

Cairo talks: Everyone wants the truce to continue, except Khaled Mashaal

The revelation that Hamas planned to topple Abbas in the West Bank, makes a long-term deal between Israel and Hamas through the PA difficult.

Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Mashaal.

Abbas says Egyptian initiative only viable option for Israel-Gaza truce

Palestinian Authority president gives speech during meeting of PA leadership in Ramallah, says Egypt has no replacement as mediator.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas talks during a news conference in Egypt

Hamas official: Cairo cease-fire deal remains possible

Upon return from Egypt, Khalil al-Hayya says truce possible if Israel stops "playing with terminologies and hiding behind them in a ruse that renders our demands void."

Senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya.

Report: Israel, Hamas agree to renew 72-hour cease-fire

Reports emerge that Hamas is prepared to accept a 72-hour cease-fire at the urging of Egypt; Israel has said it will not negotiate while under fire; at least one rocket intercepted by Iron Dome over Ashkelon.

Iron dome

Palestinian negotiators to stay in Cairo for Arab League meeting on Gaza

Delegation previously said it was likely to abandon Egyptian-mediated talks unless Israel agreed to return to table without pre-conditions.

Deputy chairman of Hamas' political bureau Moussa Abu Marzouk during an interview in Cairo, August 9, 2014.

Palestinian delegation to leave Cairo cease-fire talks unless Israelis return

Hamas and Islamic Jihad threaten renewed attacks as cease-fire negotiations disintegrate.

Deputy chairman of Hamas' political bureau Moussa Abu Marzouk during an interview in Cairo, August 9, 2014.

Israeli officials: We won’t return to Cairo talks until rocket fire ends

After breaking 72-hour cease-fire Friday, Hamas threatens to hit TA again if its demands are not met.

An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket in the southern port city of Ashdod, July 8

Palestinian negotiator in Cairo slams Israel for leaking reports of truce extension

Azzam al-Ahmad, a Palestinian Authority official, said that “all the reports of an extension of the cease-fire are based on Israeli sources."

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