Leaders once chose rescues over negotiations. But for 50 years, public pressure and new terror tactics have led Israel to pay ever steeper prices — a trend likely to endure The post From raids to ...

The fate of the 120 remaining hostages in Gaza is crucial to any deal to end the protracted and bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas.But a senior Hamas official has told CNN that “no one has ...

Diplomatic source says Israel has shown a willingness to be flexible in the negotiations, while Hamas digs in its heels while ...

The deadlock comes amid ongoing negotiations in Qatar and intensifying pressure from families of Israeli hostages to reach a ...

Hamas has criticized the United States sanctions against Francesca Albanese, a senior United Nations Human Rights Council ...

Hamas has given signs of life for a few hostages, Israeli official says, as talks go on Gantz accuses Netanyahu of sabotaging deal, PM says ex-war cabinet minister ‘cannot preach’; thousands ...

PM says Israel will agree to start talks on permanent ceasefire once 60-day truce commences; Hamas tells mediators it won't ...

Hamas has indicated it is currently unable to identify and track down 40 Israeli hostages needed for the first phase of a ceasefire deal, according to an Israeli official and a source familiar ...

Hamas and Israel agreed to a four-day pause in fighting and to release at least 50 Israeli hostages held in Gaza and 150 Palestinians held by Israel. The official said negotiations "are progressing." ...

In a ceremony surrounded by masked Palestinian militants and rubble from the Gaza war, Hamas on Saturday released three Israeli hostages holding U.S., Russian and Argentinian citizenships.

As working groups continued their efforts in Qatar to hammer out a hostage and ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Sunday that Hamas has provided ...