Fighters from the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, control the crowd while Red Cross vehicles come to collect Israeli hostages to be released under a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abed Hajjar, File)

Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of more hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, mediator Qatar announced on Wednesday evening.

The ceasefire agreement, brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the US ... North Sinai Governor Major General Khaled Mogahed inspected the Rafah crossing on Tuesday and told the local Al-Watan newspaper ...

The humanitarian aid trucks have started heading to the Gaza Strip via Rafah border crossing with Egypt simultaneously with the Gaza ceasefire deal that took effect on

Qatar’s foreign minister Majid al-Ansari urged ... Trucks carrying aid were seen Friday lined up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing into Gaza. The 15-month-long war in Gaza ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had warned that Israel would keep fighting if there were any perceived violations of the deal.

Egypt, Qatar, and the US issued a joint statement on Wednesday on the agreement reached between Israel and Hamas for the exchange of prisoners and detainees and the establishment of sustainable calm,

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed Gaza would never again pose a threat to Israel, as a tense calm prevailed on the second day of a truce in the Palestinian territory.Three Israeli hostages,

The deal will take place in three different phases, each of which will last for six weeks, according to U.S. and Qatari officials.

Displaced Palestinians began returning to Rafah on Sunday after the Israeli ... mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the US. Under the agreement, Hamas released three Israeli women in exchange for 90 ...

Cairo: The Arab Republic of Egypt expressed its gratitude to the State of Qatar for its continuous and fruitful coordination to ensure reaching a

Israeli forces started withdrawing from areas in Gaza’s Rafah to the Philadelphi corridor ... will begin Sunday morning at 0630 GMT, mediator Qatar said on Saturday after Israel’s cabinet ...