Middle East

Hamas won't agree to extend the first phase of the six-week Gaza ceasefire deal as Israel responds by cutting off the flow of all aid into the region.

Israel has agreed to a US proposal for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza that would last throughout the holy periods of Ramadan and Passover.

The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has halted 15 months of fighting and paved the way for talks on ending the war.

Israel’s military acknowledged its ‘complete failure’ to prevent Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, the deadliest in the nation’s history, in a scathing internal probe, as peace talks begin in Cairo.

Israel wants to extend the first phase of the ceasefire and get more hostages home, saying it was in a stronger position to negotiate because of US backing.

Hamas has handed over the bodies of four hostages and buses holding Palestinian prisoners are leaving an occupied West Bank prison, in what is the final exchange of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire’s first phase.

Hamas says it will return the final four hostage bodies due in the first phase of a deal as Israel prepared for the funeral of the Bibas family.

US President Donald Trump has shared a bizarre AI-generated video that shows what war-torn Gaza could potentially look like as a future tourist destination.

Israel officials and Hamas representatives have reached an agreement to exchange the bodies of dead Jewish hostages for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

As the initial phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal nears its expiry date, Israel is weighing up an extension in order to bring home dozens of remaining hostages.

Syria's new rulers have kicked off a National Dialogue conference, urging delegates to help building the country back up after years of conflict.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has deployed IDF tanks in the occupied West Bank for the first time since 2002, a move described as a ‘dangerous escalation’ by Palestinian authorities. 

THE WASHINGTON POST: Hamas freed six more Israeli hostages in Gaza on Saturday, but Israel delayed the release of about 600 Palestinian prisoners and detainees for reasons that were unclear.

The remains of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has reportedly been collected by Red Cross officials after a body wrongly identified as hers was handed over by Hamas militants in a macabre spectacle.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the IDF to carry out attacks after three public buses exploded in a suspected terror attack on Israel.