Gaza has long been a powder keg. It exploded after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and began killing ...

Three male Israeli hostages and 183 Palestinian prisoners were freed in the fifth round of exchanges between Israel and Hamas ...

The first phase of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is due to start at 08:30 local time (06:30 GMT) on Sunday.

The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people is one of the longest-running and most violent disputes in the world. Its origins go back more than a century. There have been a series of ...

a war known as the “Six-Day War” breaks out, in which Israel occupies East Jerusalem and the West Bank, as well as most of the Syrian Golan Heights, Gaza and the Egyptian Sinai peninsula.

the sector of the city annexed by Israel following the 1967 Six Day War. The agency has faced criticism from Israel that has escalated since the start of the war, including claims that a dozen of its ...

Since Israel and Hamas ... growing of a wider regional war in the Middle East, the United States, European allies and Arab nations were working to broker a 21-day pause in the fighting.

The first phase of a deal between Israel and Hamas involves a six-week pause in fighting as well as the release of 33 ...

Palestinian officials says at least nine dead and dozens injured in what Israel calls ‘significant’ military operation in occupied West Bank ...

There have been a series of wars between Israel and Arab nations. Uprisings - called intifadas - against Israeli occupation, and reprisals and crackdowns by Israel have also taken place. The ...

Fifteen months after the war ... Israel, Hamas, the United States, Egypt and Qatar, and was expected to take effect on Sunday, January 19, with the first of the hostages set to be released that day.