Nearly a week after the first stage of Israel and Hamas’s cease-fire expired, both Palestinians and Israelis are in limbo, uncertain how long the truce will hold. The Trump administration, the Arab world, Israel, Hamas and others are now wrangling…
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U.S. and Hamas Hold Direct Talks on Hostages in Gaza, Officials Say
U.S. and Hamas officials have had talks in Qatar about hostages held in the Gaza Strip, according to two Israeli officials, a Western official and a diplomat briefed on the matter, breaking with a longstanding American policy of refusing to…
Israel and Hamas Agree Another Hostage Release and Prisoner Exchange
Hamas has agreed to release the remains of four Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, Israeli officials and the group said, resolving a dayslong impasse between the two sides. The agreement comes as the first phase of…
Alarmed by Trump’s Gaza Plan, Arab Leaders Brainstorm on Their Own
After President Trump shocked the Arab world last month by suggesting the entire population of Gaza be expelled from the territory, his aides reframed the idea as an invitation to the leaders of the Middle East: Come up with a…