Follow NBC News' live coverage as Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire deal to halt the Gaza war and release hostages, while ...

The dispute underscores the fragility of the deal as mediators worked to ensure that it would go into effect on schedule.

The United States, Egypt and Qatar have spent the past year trying to mediate an end to the war sparked by Hamas' attack on ...

President Biden released a statement following the Israel-Hamas ceasefire announcement Wednesday, saying release of American hostages will be included in the agreement.

World should help firewall fragile ceasefire deal from churn in Israel politics, restart rehabilitation of Palestinians ...

It was not yet clear if the Israeli prime minister's statements merely reflected jockeying to keep his fractious coalition ...

Palestinians in Gaza reeling from war have modest hopes from a ceasefire: To return to ruined homes. To sleep a night without fear. To grieve.

Witkoff went from Qatar to Israel on Saturday and insisted on having a meeting ... Last summer, he reportedly stymied progress toward a cease-fire by raising new conditions, which infuriated his ...