The Palestinian militant movement Hamas released four female Israeli soldier hostages on Saturday, in return for some 200 Palestinian prisoners, in keeping with a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the 15-month-old war in Gaza. The four were led onto a podium in Gaza City amid a large...

The European Union on Tuesday announced a 60 million euro ($62 million) support package for Lebanon’s armed forces, as the crisis-hit country seeks to implement a fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the aid came “at a critical juncture...

Palestinians burst into the streets to celebrate and return to the rubble of their bombed-out homes on Sunday after a ceasefire deal halted fighting in Gaza, and three female hostages freed by Hamas were reunited with their mothers inside Israel. Armed Hamas fighters drove through the...

Celebrations erupted across the world after the US, Egypt, and Qatar announced a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas to end more than 15 months of fighting in Gaza, in return for the release of hostages and gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the war-torn strip. The...