The Israel Defense Forces said it had forensically identified the bodies of two Israeli hostage children returned by Hamas on Thursday – Kfir Bibas and his older brother, Ariel – but that the ...

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Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages ...

(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) A supporter of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip holds a sign during a protest on a highway after the militant group announced it would delay a planned hostage ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in his fourth trip to the Middle East last week since the October 7 attack by Hamas, took a rough agreement to Israel that its predominately Muslim neighbors ...

Israel has imposed a total blockade on all goods entering the enclave, demanding that Hamas free remaining hostages without beginning the negotiations to end the Gaza war. Europecategory· March 9 ...

March 10, 2025 • President Trump's hostage affairs envoy, Adam Boehler, says a new Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal could happen "within weeks," as he defends his direct talks with Hamas.

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Ten fellow House Democrats voted with Republicans to censure him. Why is the U.S. negotiating with Hamas, in conflict with policy to not negotiate with U.S.-designated terrorist groups?

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The first phase of the deal between Israel and Hamas has expired, and its future is now in doubt. The US president sparked a social media frenzy when he posted a video of Gaza generated by ...