Hamas-Israel War

Hassan Abu Sultan mourns over the body of her son Jehad, who, along with his wife and three children, was killed when an Israeli army strike hit their tent, as heir bodies lie on the floor at a hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, awaiting burial on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid, Sunday, March 30, 2025. Photo: AP/Abdel Kareem Hana via UNB
Middle East

Israel orders evacuation of most of Rafah

This move comes after Israel ended its ceasefire with Hamas and resumed its air and ground offensive earlier this month. In March, Israel had halted all supplies of food, fuel, medicine, and...

Israeli military vehicles operate in Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Israel, 9 February 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Hamas-Israel war

Hamas says it will stop releasing Israeli hostages, throwing Gaza ceasefire into doubt

US President-elect Donald Trump delivers remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Trump 'not confident' Gaza deal will hold

A man looks at pictures and memorabilia related to fallen soldiers, hostages and people killed during the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, ahead of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, at a public square in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Shir Torem/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Hamas says next hostages will be released on Saturday as scheduled

People gather around a bus carrying freed Palestinian prisoners after their release from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, outside the Israeli military prison, Ofer, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Hamas-Israel war

Tears, hugs greet 90 Palestinian women, children freed from Israeli prisons

People gather around a bus carrying freed Palestinian prisoners after their release from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, outside the Israeli military prison, Ofer, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Hamas-Israel war

Hamas frees hostages, Israel releases Palestinian prisoners on day one of ceasefire

Displaced Palestinians make their way to return to their homes before a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas takes effect, in Gaza City, January 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas-Israel war

Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza takes effect pausing 15-month war that upended Middle East

A Palestinian man inspects the damage to a tent for displaced people, after an Israeli airstrike, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Hamas-Israel war

Gaza ceasefire approved, Israel carries out more attacks

Smoke rises inside the Gaza Strip, before a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas goes into effect, as seen from southern Israel, January 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Hamas-Israel war

What we know about the Gaza hostage and prisoner exchange

A Palestinian girl stands near the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the Israel-Hamas war, in Al Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip January 3, 2025. REUTERS/Abd Elhkeem Khaled
Hamas-Israel war

Gaza ceasefire and hostage release set to begin

Businessman Steve Witkoff stands onstage with Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Atrium Health Amphitheater in Macon, Georgia, US, November 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
USA

Steve Witkoff: The real estate investor who sealed the Gaza ceasefire

Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, before a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel takes effect, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Hamas-Israel war

Flooding Gaza with aid might lessen security challenge: UNRWA chief

Buildings lie in ruin in North Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Israel, January 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire accord, due to take effect Sunday