Under the deal, approved by Israel’s government, 33 Israeli hostages will be exchanged for more than 730 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
Latest news and live updates as a Gaza ceasefire deal is reached after more than a year of war between Israel and Hamas.
After months of frustrating the Biden Administration, Benjamin Netanyahu seems poised to accept a deal on the eve of Trump’s return to the White House.
Israel will not hand over the body of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as part of a hostage-prisoner exchange deal, a government source stated Monday night. Earlier in the evening, Arab media outlet Al Arabiya/Al Hadath reported that Hamas requested Sinwar's body be handed over during the first phase of the deal.
President Joe Biden and his top diplomats, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, had sought closure during his term.
The deal brings hope for Palestinians facing food shortages and widespread death and destruction, but its terms are controversial for an Israeli public traumatized by the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack—and wary of security concessions. Israel’s cabinet still has to give the deal its blessing.
Hamas had asked for the body of its former leader to be handed over in the first phase of the agreement, in addition to several major terrorists held in Israeli prisons
As the Israeli cabinet stalls over approving the ceasefire deal with Hamas, World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley looks at where the deal goes from here
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is poised to begin Sunday, the Israeli government said ahead of a security cabinet vote on Friday as part of the internal process to formally approve the
YAHYA Sinwar’s brother Mohammed who has taken over as Hamas leader is said to be working to rebuild the terror group. The younger Sinwar, dubbed “The Shadow,” is recruiting
Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei's media team announced that a documentary dedicated to Yahya Sinwar's "legacy" is in the works, according to a post on X/Twitter from his English official page. “Yahya Sinwar, a man whose soul continues to fight,” his team wrote in their post.
The younger brother of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is working to build the Resistance in Gaza, the Wall Street Journal reports.