A senior Hamas official has said the group will not disarm and may even grow after the war in Gaza, warning other countries against cooperating with Israel in the enclave. “Whoever comes to fill ...

The Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, has condemned Hamas for its "despicable and cynical" exploitation of hostages, after three men freed in this weekend's prisoner swap were forced to mount a ...

Hamas freed three Israelis who appeared to be in relatively good condition, and Israel released 369 Palestinian prisoners. The exchange will likely sustain a fragile cease-fire, at least for now ...

Hamas indicated a willingness to stop governing Gaza after the war with Israel, an overture timed for US-led efforts to extend the initial ceasefire and agree terms for a permanent end to ...

Hamas — and much of the Arab world — have roundly rejected Mr. Trump’s proposal. The exchange could sustain the cease-fire, at least for now. But the truce’s long-term future remains ...

An Israeli American hostage was among the three men released by Hamas Saturday as the frail ceasefire was held up despite threats from the Palestinian militant group earlier in the week that may ...

American-Israeli Sagui Dekel Chen, Russian-Israeli Sasha Troufanov and Argentinian-Israeli Iair Horn were released by Hamas under the cease-fire deal. Photo: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Hamas released ...

Netanyahu discussed the plan with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who kicked off a Middle East visit by endorsing Israel's war aims in Gaza, saying Hamas “must be eradicated.” That ...

FILE - Nissan Kalderon poses in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, with a photo of his only brother, Ofer Kalderon, a hostage held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group.

Hamas has been regularly accused of manipulating the death count in Gaza throughout the war, but with independent verification being nearly impossible, such accusations have been hard to prove ...

By REUTERS A truck carries humanitarian aid across Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver aid, off the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, near the Gaza coast ...

More than 15 months after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza, a ceasefire agreement came into effect, leading to the release of some hostages held in Gaza in exchange ...