The first group of hostages held by Palestinian group Hamas since Oct. 7 should be released on Thursday, according to Israel’s foreign minister. Under a humanitarian pause deal reached early Wednesday, “Israel expects to recover on Thursday the first hostages being freed from the Gaza...

Hamas said it welcomed the 'humanitarian truce' with Israel and released a statement laying out details of the agreement. The group said hundreds of trucks carrying fuel, humanitarian and medical aid will enter the besieged enclave during the truce.  The group said it agreed to...

Israeli media is reporting tense exchanges between Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz and far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich over the looming truce and prisoner swap deal with Hamas. Smotrich and other far-right lawmakers are vehemently opposing the agreement in a cabinet...

An armed group loyal to Iran said on Tuesday that it had targeted a military base of the US-led International Coalition in the northeastern al-Hasakah province. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, run by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, said in a statement on Tuesday evening that it targeted the...