Even before the first phase is completed, the fragile cease-fire agreement that has paused 15 months of war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas faces increasingly long odds of lasting or even reaching phase two.

Israel is letting thousands of Palestinians return to northern Gaza for the first time since the early weeks of the war with Hamas​, as a fragile ceasefire endures​.

Iran welcomed on Thursday a cease-fire deal to end Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, calling it a “historic victory” for Palestinians.

Wealthy Arab nations consider bankrolling Gaza’s reconstruction, but they want assurances Palestinians will lead in the postwar period.

Tehran's Foreign Minister Araghchi mocks Trump for suggesting Gazans be relocated to other countries, advises sending Israelis to Greenland instead

Naim Qassem, the leader of Hezbollah, praised the 'success' of the Palestinians in achieving a ceasefire in Gaza, specifically thanking Iran, Yemen, Iraq, and Lebanon for 'victory'

To better understand what the cease-fire will mean for the Israelis, the Palestinians, and the Middle East, Foreign Affairs turned to Marc Lynch, a professor of political science at George Washington University and the director of its Middle East Studies program.

in the southern Gaza Strip, May 11, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/Hussam Al Masri) For several months now, there has been a heated debate between the US and Israel about whether it would take four ...

The 42-day first phase of the ceasefire should see a total of 33 hostages returned from Gaza and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees released.

A senior official from Iran's broadcasting authority (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) reported on Tuesday that one of its correspondents, who had been reporting from the Gaza Strip, was arrested and is being detained in Israel.

President Donald Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House next week as the first