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

|ByCORINNE BAUM, JERUSALEM POST STAFF, AMICHAI STEIN
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

With lives at stake, Israel must choose between continuing war or building trust with Palestinians for lasting peace.

|ByMANUELA ROTSTEIN
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

Netanyahu spoke on a day that seven civilians were killed in the north by Hezbollah fire and a month into Israel’s revved-up military campaign.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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

CIA chief and Qatari Prime Minister along with Israeli and Egyptian intelligence officials, are set to convene in Paris on Sunday

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Afghan Taliban raise hopes with first-of-its-kind Eid ceasefire

Eid is the biggest festival in the Muslim calendar.

JUNE 9, 2018ByREUTERS
An Afghan soldier escorts a Taliban militant, who was arrested by Afghan security forces, and then presented to the media, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan March 17, 2018

Uncertainty about ceasefire abounds as Gaza-Israel border maintains quiet

While the shelling ceased hours ago, Israeli officials denied agreeing to a truce with Hamas and other militant groups.

MAY 30, 2018ByREUTERS, SHOSHANA KRANISH
The sun sets over the Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the border May 15, 2018

Security cabinet ministers deny ceasefire reports

“Everything will depend on Hamas,” Intelligence Services Minister Israel Katz said at the meeting.

MAY 30, 2018ByGIL HOFFMAN
Prime Minister Netanyahu, Tzachi Braverman, and Yisrael Katz at security cabinet meeting

Islamic Jihad leaders: We are committed to ceasefire with Israel

“The [Islamic Jihad] delegation affirmed its [group’s] commitment to the ceasefire which was reached by way of an understanding in 2014.”

MARCH 5, 2018ByADAM RASGON
Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants attend a military parade in Gaza October 19, 2016.

Russia: Moscow never promised withdrawal of Iranian troops from Syria

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.Gen. Gadi Eisenkot took secret trip to Brussels to meet with top US general to discuss Iranian moves in Syria.

NOVEMBER 14, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM, TOVAH LAZAROFF
Hezbollah fighters stand near military tanks in Western Qalamoun, Syria

Netanyahu: Israel will act in Syria 'in accordance with our security needs'

A ceasefire agreement allowing Iranian troops 5km from Israel's border is "a real danger to Israel's stability," said former Defense Minister Amir Peretz.

NOVEMBER 13, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Hezbollah fighter walk near a military tank in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 23, 2017.

September 14, 2017: New Page

Regarding 'PM: New era of ties between Israel and Latin America' (September 12), I am delighted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, have undertaken a trip to South America.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Hamas leader to JPost: We're ready for long-term cease-fire with Israel

According to Yousef, if Israel lifts its closure on the Strip, it would not have to worry about Hamas’s commitment to a cease-fire.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017ByADAM RASGON
Hamas leader Hassan Yousif in his living room in Beitunia, a suburb of Ramallah, September 6, 2017.

Cease-fire and stability: Israel and the partial truce in Syria

Russia and the US must be persuaded to take concrete steps to protect Israeli and Jordanian interests along the two countries’ borders with Syria and, in Israel’s case, with Lebanon.

JULY 19, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL
The Syrian area of Quneitra is seen in the background as an out-of-commission Israeli tank parks on a hill, near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, in the Golan Heights.

US, Russia tout Israel's security needs amid concerns of Iran in Syria

Israel remains skeptic over Iran’s manipulation of the Syrian cease-fire.

JULY 18, 2017ByHERB KEINON, MICHAEL WILNER
An IDF soldier stands atop a tank near Alonei Habashan on the Golan Heights, close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria