Tag: Gaza Strip
Long-Awaited Cease-Fire Between Hamas and Israel Takes Effect
Hamas released three hostages after more than 15 months of captivity, while residents of the Gaza Strip celebrated a long-awaited respite from the...
Hamas Tries to Show It’s Back in Charge of Gaza
As the cease-fire in Gaza was coming into effect on Sunday, masked gunmen, crowded into white pickup trucks, paraded through the streets of...
Gazans greet the cease-fire with joy — and sadness for all...
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets across Gaza on Sunday, honking car horns and cheering to celebrate the start of the cease-fire...
As Truce Takes Hold, Gazans and Israelis Express Elation Tinged With...
As a truce took hold on Sunday in Gaza, potentially ending the longest and deadliest war in a century of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, two...
Gaza Cease-Fire Between Israel and Hamas Nears: Live Updates
Israel is due to release more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners over the course of the 42-day initial cease-fire, according to the terms of...
Israel and Palestinians Prepare for Long-Sought Truce in Gaza
The mediating country Qatar on Saturday announced a time for the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas to take effect the next day,...
What We Know About the Hostage Release
The cease-fire agreement reached between Israel and Hamas this week sets in motion the release of dozens of hostages that Hamas and its...
Some Prominent Palestinian Prisoners Set to Be Released in the Israel-Hamas...
Israel is due to release more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners over the course of the 42-day initial cease-fire, according to the terms of...
How the Oct. 7 Attacks Transformed the Middle East
When Hamas militants led a deadly cross-border raid on Oct. 7, 2023, they triggered a war with Israel that has devastated Gaza. They...
How Antony Blinken, America’s Top Diplomat, Became the Secretary of War
Making his final trip as America’s top diplomat last week, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Paris, his former hometown, to...