The basic framework, officials familiar with the talks say, is an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, and a six-week ceasefire. Mediators are applying pressure on all parties.

National Security Council chief Tzachi Hanegbi made a stunning prediction on May 29, 2024: that the war would need to ...

President Joe Biden will deliver a speech at the State Department Monday focused on foreign policy achievements.

Four officials said Monday that progress has been made and that the coming days would be critical for ending more than 15 months of fighting that has destabilized the Middle East.

President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday to discuss ongoing negotiations for a ...

Mediator Qatar gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of a deal to end the war in Gaza on Monday, after a midnight "breakthrough ...

Angry members of some of the families of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza harangued Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on ...

Israel and Hamas have been holding indirect talks for more than a year aimed at ending the war in Gaza and returning scores ...

President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call on Sunday to discuss the ongoing ceasefire ...

A breakthrough was reached in Doha after midnight following talks between Israel's spy chiefs, President-elect Trump's Middle ...

Hamas is “very close to an agreement” with Israel for a ceasefire in Gaza and the exchange of hostages for Palestinian ...