3 days ago - Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that Hamas is “absolutely not” ready to disarm, raising concern that the U.S. and Israel are not doing enough to advance the ceasefire deal agreed to in October.

2 days ago - According to the ceasefire agreement, the ISF is to be a multinational military force tasked with doing most of the immediate heavy lifting in the territory — including providing security to the civilian population, monitoring the ceasefire and crucially, ensuring Hamas’s military capabilities and “infrastructure” are dismantled.

2 weeks ago - During the first stage, Hamas released 33 hostages (mostly men 50 or over and women), in exchange for Israel releasing 30–50 Palestinians (starting with children and women) for every Israeli released. During the first stage, Israel allowed "sufficient" quantities of humanitarian aid, allowed displaced Palestinians to return to their homes and started to make a phased withdrawal from Gaza. During the first stage of the ceasefire, talks were supposed to begin between both parties for a more permanent cessation of hostilities.

hostilities, Hamas and Israel agree to a ceasefire brokered by Egypt, Qatar, and the U.N.

May 20, 2024 - Al-Araby al-Jadeed obtained the text of the Gaza ceasefire agreement announced on Monday, May 6, 2024. Hamas has informed Qatar and Egypt of its acceptance of the agreement on Monday evening.

1 week ago - EVEN with a ceasefire in place, Gazans still fear death from the skies—but more from the weather now than Israeli jets. The winter storm that lashed the Palestinian territory in early December flooded thousands of tents, leaving families to endure long nights standing in frigid waters.

October 9, 2025 - Even prior to President Trump’s inauguration in January 2025, senior officials from his administration were engaged in discussions that led to a temporary ceasefire and hostage release.

1 week ago - The ceasefire halted Israel's push to fully occupy all of Gaza and shelved plans by some far-right members of the cabinet to displace Palestinians outside the territory. A picture taken from a distance shows a damaged building (left) in the compound housing members of Palestinian militant group Hamas' political bureau, which was targeted the previous day by an Israeli strike in Doha, Qatar, on Sept.

3 days ago - The plan’s first phase, which Israel and Hamas agreed to in the October deal, consists of the initial ceasefire, a limited pullback by the Israel Defense Forces, a hostage-prisoner swap and a surge in humanitarian aid.

2 days ago - However, we are deeply concerned that the Israeli response to violations by Hamas have been severe and disproportionate, resulting in massive loss of life. In fact, since the start of the current ceasefire agreement on October 10, 2025, at least 356 Palestinians have been killed and more than ...

2 weeks ago - Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the first phase of the UN-endorsed Gaza ceasefire plan is close to completion, and that the second phase must involve the disarmament of Hamas.

1 day ago - On November 24, 2023, after a long fighting period between Israel and Hamas, a ceasefire was achieved due to efforts of Qatar, Egypt, and the United States. At first the ceasefire was meant to last 4 days with the release of 50 Israeli hostages ...

2 days ago - Under the ceasefire terms, Israel was to permit up to 600 humanitarian aid trucks to enter Gaza each day. Since then, the limit has been reduced to 300, and the Rafah border crossing was closed, with Israeli officials attributing the change to delays in recovering the bodies of Israeli hostages. Hamas previously indicated that recovering the bodies of some deceased hostages may take longer, as not all burial sites amid the Gaza's widespread rubble are known.

2 weeks ago - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are “very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire,” after Hamas returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza.

2 weeks ago - Saed’s death would be the most significant assassination of a senior Hamas figure since a ceasefire deal came into effect in October.