He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

The Houthis have targeted over 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones since the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip started in October 2023, after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel that killed ...

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel will also be released in exchange for the hostages. Biden said that by the 16th day of the deal, talks will begin about the second phase of ...

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, the US and mediators Qatar have said. After the Israeli cabinet and government formally approved the agreement, the first ...

• Israel’s cabinet has approved the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release deal, according to the prime minister’s office, following hours of deliberation. The smaller security cabinet ...

open image in gallery Hamas took around 250 Israeli hostages into Gaza on 7 October. Israel says 94 remain, with over half believed to be dead (AP) The Israeli military has claimed to have hit ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday accused Hamas of reneging on parts of a ceasefire and hostage release agreement announced the day before. In a statement, Netanyahu said his ...

After 467 days of violence, a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has been reached and ... has detailed terms, including maps, that the parties have taken time (some would say too much ...

He revealed that it would go into effect on Sunday and said its success would rely on Israel and Hamas “acting in good faith in order to ensure that this agreement does not collapse”.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. After 15 months of devastating war, Israel and Hamas on Wednesday agreed a ceasefire deal that would halt ...

The moods must match. By this standard, the deal between Israel and Hamas is good but not great: Both groups are relishing what they are getting, and choking a bit on what they have given up.

Fifteen months after the war in Gaza began with Hamas’s devastating attack on southern Israel, Jerusalem and the Palestinian terror group reached an agreement ...