Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he believes the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza is almost at an end, and expects to move on to the second phase soon, at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he was recommending that his Cabinet approve a ceasefire with Hezbollah to end hostilities in Lebanon.

When Israel and Iran entered a fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire on June 24 after the so-called "12-Day War," neither side truly believed the conflict was over. In the months since, both governments treated the ceasefire not as closure, but more as a reset ...

The bodies of two deceased hostages are still thought to be in Gaza. Israeli authorities have been releasing Palestinian prisoners and the bodies of deceased Palestinians detainees in exchange for the return of hostage remains.

Under Trump’s Gaza proposal, troops from several Muslim-majority nations, including Indonesia and Azerbaijan, would join an International Stabilization Force

A top confidant to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who played a leading role in Jerusalem’s October ceasefire negotiations team, resigned from his ministerial post. The U.S.-born Ron Dermer began serving as Israeli minister of strategic ...