3 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.

18 hours ago - All but one of the 251 hostages taken in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that sparked the war have been released, alive or dead, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

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.

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.

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.

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3 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 week ago - According to the U.S. officials, the White House was unequivocal that Israel had violated the ceasefire. The other side: The Israeli government told the Trump administration it was Hamas that had violated the agreement by attacking soldiers and resuming the smuggling of weapons, according to the Israeli official.

2 weeks ago - Hamas has not identified an overall chief since Israel killed the group's head, Yehya Al-Sinwar, in 2024. Instead, the group has since been led by a five-man high leadership council, of which Hayya is a member. Since the ceasefire, Israeli forces remain in control of the depopulated eastern half of Gaza, while the militant group has reasserted its control over the western half, where nearly all of the enclave's more than 2 million people live in the ruins.

4 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.

19 hours ago - JERUSALEM (AP) — An explosive device detonated in Gaza on Wednesday, injuring one Israeli soldier and prompting Israel to accuse Hamas of violating the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. It was the latest incident to threaten the tenuous truce that has held since Oct.

3 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 ...

1 week ago - More than two months after Israel and Hamas agreed a ceasefire halting two years of devastating warfare in Gaza, most fighting has stopped.