A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect at noon local time Friday (5 a.m. ET) in a major step towards ending the devastating two-year war. The Israeli military said its troops were withdrawing to pre-agreed positions inside the Gaza Strip.

TEL AVIV, Israel — A shaky ceasefire is holding in the Gaza Strip, yet no one can claim to be fully in charge of the shattered territory. Gaza lacks a functioning government. Hamas is waging street battles with various Palestinian armed factions.

Aid is trickling into Gaza amid the peace deal between Israel and Hamas, but needs to increase dramatically according to Tess Ingram, a UNICEF spokesperson. Ingram said the destruction from the Israel-Gaza war is "mind bending and unlike anything I've seen ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days,” as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in Egypt on Monday on a new U.S. plan to end the war. In a brief statement ...

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect on Friday. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that both Israel and Hamas had "signed off" on the first phase of a peace plan in Gaza following negotiations in the Egyptian Red Sea city of Sharm ...

Number of Israel-Hamas ceasefires in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023

Motaz Azaiza has witnessed the horrors of war. Now he’s trying to restore his faith in humanity. For 107 days, he was a photojournalist on the front lines of a warzone in his own familiar neighborhoods, documenting the carnage wrought by relentless ...