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Gaza ceasefire mediators fear breakdown of deal, Egyptian security sources say
Reuters  |  Feb 10, 2025

Hamas negotiators said U.S. guarantees for the ceasefire were no longer in place given a plan by President Donald Trump to displace Palestinians from...

Four Israeli soldiers swapped for 200 Palestinians; north Gaza shut over hostages
Reuters  |  Jan 26, 2025

Cheering crowds greeted the releases on either side, including Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv and Palestinians assembled in Ramallah.

Large drop in number of aid trucks entering Gaza on Friday
Reuters  |  Jan 26, 2025

The truce deal requires at least 600 truckloads of aid to enter Gaza each day of the initial six-week ceasefire, including 50 carrying fuel. Half of t...

More Gaza funding needed to hit ceasefire targets, UN official says
Reuters  |  Jan 25, 2025

Daily deliveries have surged tenfold since the Sunday deal, according to U.N. data, surpassing the 600 trucks a day target set out for the first seven...

West Bank violence imperils Gaza ceasefire, UN rights office warns
Reuters  |  Jan 24, 2025

The operation was launched within days of the start of a ceasefire in Gaza that saw the first exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners h...

Ceasefire brings hope in Gaza; freed Israeli hostages reunited with mothers
Reuters  |  Jan 19, 2025

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, buses awaited the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli detention. Hamas said the first group to be freed i...

Aid trucks arrive at Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing ahead of Gaza entry, two sources say
Reuters  |  Jan 19, 2025

The aid trucks were using the Kerem Shalom entry point pending completion of maintenance at the Rafah border crossing into southern Gaza from Egypt, t...

Gazans cheer as ceasefire between Israel and Hamas kicks off
Reuters  |  Jan 19, 2025

The ceasefire deal took effect after a nearly three-hour delay, pausing a war that has brought seismic political change to the Middle East and giving...

Fighting halts in Gaza as ceasefire takes effect after brief delay
Reuters  |  Jan 19, 2025

The three-stage agreement follows months of on-off negotiations brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the United States, and comes just ahead of the Jan. 20 in...

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza ceasefire will not start until Hamas releases hostage list
Reuters  |  Jan 19, 2025

Hostages were expected to be released within hours of the start of the ceasefire, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended...

Israeli security cabinet approves ceasefire deal
Reuters  |  Jan 17, 2025

If successful, the ceasefire would halt fighting between Hamas and Israeli forces that has razed much of heavily urbanised Gaza, killed more than 46,0...

Israel set to approve Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal, Netanyahu's office says
Reuters  |  Jan 17, 2025

A group representing families of Israeli hostages in Gaza, 33 of whom are due to be freed in the first six-week phase of the accord, urged Prime Minis...

AU backs Gaza ceasefire, urges full implementation of pact
Mwangi Maina  |  Jan 16, 2025

A long-time advocate for the Palestinian cause, the AU hosts the Palestinian president annually during its leaders' summit, scheduled for February, wh...

Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire agreement
Reuters  |  Jan 15, 2025

The accord outlines a six-week initial ceasefire phase and includes the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and the release of ho...

Gaza ceasefire deal close after 'breakthrough' in Doha
Reuters  |  Jan 14, 2025

Mediators gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of an agreement on Monday, an official briefed on the negotiations said, after a midnight "breakthrough"...

UN General Assembly adopts resolution demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Amina Wako  |  Dec 12, 2024

The 193-member Assembly adopted a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution passed with overwh...

Gaza at a ‘critical juncture’ as top UN officials call for immediate ceasefire
UN News  |  Oct 20, 2024

UNICEF said only 80 trucks carrying food and water assistance had been allowed into the north since October 2.

Fighting rages as some Gazans voice hope at renewed ceasefire calls
Reuters  |  Sep 27, 2024

War in Gaza has not let up, even as Israel's battle against Hezbollah on another front further north in Lebanon has escalated.

In Gaza, evacuation orders threaten to uproot UN’s aid hub once again
UN News  |  Aug 27, 2024

According to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, ongoing military operations in Deir Al-Balah have left only three of the area’s 18 water wel...

Gaza ceasefire talks resume in Cairo, with no sign of progress
Reuters  |  Aug 25, 2024

The Cairo talks came as the humanitarian situation in Gaza deteriorated, with malnutrition soaring and polio discovered in the Palestinian enclave.

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