90% of cease-fire and hostage deal is in place, US official says

"Basically 90% of this deal has been agreed, and it has been agreed on terms that even Hamas had in their own proposal," the official told reporters Wednesday, speaking on conditi ... Read More

Hamas, Israel must say yes to hostage deal, US say

The United States urged Israel and Hamas to finalize a three-phase agreement ... suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza,” US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Monday. Read More

Trump calls for release of 5 Americans held hostage by Hamas: ‘Must be brought home’

Earlier this year, Goldberg-Polin appeared in a Hamas propaganda video with his amputated arm, appearing alarmingly gaunt. Dekel-Chen, 35, was taken hostage ... pressure on US officials to secure ... Read More

30-foot replica of Israeli hostage’s bloody sweats erected near DNC: ‘Savage cruelty of Hamas’

CHICAGO – A massive replica of an Israeli hostage’s bloody ... Biden laid blame on Hamas for backing off a possible peace deal as he stressed the US and Israel were committed to a truce ... Read More

Protesters pack streets of Tel Aviv after IDF found 6 hostages shot to death

The bodies of six Israeli hostages were found in a tunnel in Rafah, including Israeli American Hersh Goldberg-Polin. Read More

US official says mediators are preparing to implement Gaza cease-fire and hostage-swap deal before final agreement

US official says mediators are preparing to implement Gaza cease-fire and hostage-swap deal before final agreement WASHINGTON -- US official says mediators are preparing to implement Gaza cease ... Read More

One Israeli Hostage’s Unusual Experience in Gaza

We had no idea what was happening in Israel. I didn’t know if my sons were ... to hurt us, that they believed that what Hamas wanted to achieve was a deal, a hostage—that they’d taken ... Read More

US government resumes humanitarian entry program for citizens of 4 countries

The United States government will resume an updated version of a migrant sponsorship program that it had paused earlier this summer over concerns of fraud, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ... Read More

Seven US troops injured during Iraq raid that killed 15 ISIS operatives

Two other US personnel were injured “from falls during the operation,” the officials said, with one having to be evacuated “out of theater for follow on care.” All of the injured personnel are stable. Read More

US, other leaders call for Israel and Hamas to hammer out cease-fire deal

Nathan Howard/Reuters The leaders called on Israel and Hamas to resume the stalled discussions on Aug. 15 at a venue in Doha or Cairo to "close all remaining ... the three of us a final bridging ... Read More

Arab and Western Nations Urge Restraint as Israel-Iran Tensions Simmer

He has shrugged off U.S. pressure to end the war, saying that Israel must destroy Hamas as a fighting and governing force. Some Israelis whose relatives were kidnapped on that day have protested ... Read More

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli strikes kill at least 16 in Gaza, Palestinian officials say

US ambassador says UN Security Council should urge ... deal to suit close ally Israel. A sticking point involves Israel’s demand for lasting control over two strategic corridors in Gaza. Hamas ... Read More