Latest news and live updates as a Gaza ceasefire deal is reached after more than a year of war between Israel and Hamas.

The first phase, spanning a 42-day ceasefire, would see the exchange of 33 Israeli hostages in Gaza for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, U.S. officials said.

Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, mediators announced Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip and raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies.

Hamas is expected to release 33 hostages in the first phase of the ceasefire-hostage agreement being negotiated in Doha in relation to the situation in Gaza, CNN reported on

U.S., Qatari and Egyptian mediators shuttled between the Israeli and Hamas delegations in Doha on Tuesday, where officials said a deal to halt the war is near.

DOHA: Hamas and Israel reached a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza that mediators said would take effect on Sunday (Jan 19) and include a release of hostages held there during 15

Qatar’s prime minister said the deal would go into effect on Sunday. Israel said final details still need ironing out.

Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, multiple officials announced Wednesday.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that a “last-minute crisis” with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of a long-awaited ceasefire that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release do

WE HAVE A DEAL FOR THE HOSTAGES IN THE MIDDLE EAST,” President-elect Donald Trump wrote on social media. “THEY WILL BE RELEASED SHORTLY. THANK YOU!”