The intense two years of fighting between Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) came to a halt with a ceasefire brokered by President Trump on October 9, signed by Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey. The implications of these three signatories have not been fully appreciated.

As a ceasefire overseen by U.S. President Donald Trump in the Gaza Strip offers the prospect of a broader end to violence in the Middle East, Israeli President Isaac Herzog told Newsweek that he dreams of celebrating peace with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Guterres said Israel's war has been waged with 'total neglect' with respect to civilian deaths and Gaza's destruction.

Israeli officials are assessing reports that Yasser Abu Shabab, a Palestinian militia leader who cooperated with Israel in the southern Gaza Strip, was shot dead on Thursday in the Rafah area of Gaza.

Israel said it launched an airstrike on a Hamas militant in southern Gaza late Wednesday in retaliation for an attack earlier in the day that wounded five Israeli soldiers. The strike was the latest test for a fragile ceasefire that has mostly held up since early October,

A political science professor with Florida State College at Jacksonville provides insight into the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and its glimmer of hope.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has selected his military secretary, Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman, to lead Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency once current director David Barnea completes his term in June 2026, the Prime Minister’s Office said Thursday in Jerusalem.