Qatar’s foreign ministry said the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will go into effect at 0630 GMT on Sunday.

Lidman and Shurafa write for the Associated Press; they reported from Tel Aviv and Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, respectively. AP writers Elena Becatoros in Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, contributed ...

Mediators say Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal to pause the devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip, raising ...

A woman and a child walk outside their tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip ... by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, as Israel's security ...

Shurafa reported from Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, and Magdy from Cairo. Associated Press reporter Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a deal to return hostages held in the Gaza Strip has been reached. The announcement ...

Shurafa reported from Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, and Magdy from Cairo. Associated Press reporter Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel, contributed.

Israel was set to release 200 Palestinian prisoners or detainees later in the day as part of the fragile ceasefire in the ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed ... At Saturday night's rally in Tel Aviv, police carried away some protesters who staged a sit-in on a street. In a video released by ...

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"Israelis are very happy about the deal, and simultaneously tormented and agonizing over it," Dahlia Scheindlin, a Canadian Israeli pollster and political analyst based in Tel Aviv, told the BBC.

TEL AVIV, Israel — A rocket fired from Yemen ... during a funeral prayer outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday Dec. 21, 2024. Credit: AP/Abdel Kareem ...