NEW YORK, January 19. /TASS/. Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of US President-elect Donald Trump to the Middle East, is considering an opportunity of visiting the Gaza Strip, NBC television said.

The Israeli government approved the deal early Saturday morning for a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages captured after Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

The first phase of the deal, which includes a series of hostage and prisoner exchanges, is taking place from today. Meanwhile ...

The first three freed people get out of hell and finally return home,” said Lior Ashkenazi, an Israeli actor who hosts weekly protests for the hostages.

Israel's cabinet has approved a ceasefire deal that goes into effect Sunday. The deal could mean a stop to the fighting and ...

An explosion was seen on the Gaza skyline from southern Israel early on Sunday morning ahead of the ceasefire between Israel ...

According to its sources, Hamas has notified the mediators that it will hand over the list as soon as all hostages it plans to release are taken to safe places ...

After 14 months of talks, Trump’s threats and his special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, played a major role in ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country was treating the ceasefire as temporary and retained the right to ...

Under the first phase of the ceasefire, 33 hostages are set to be released over the next six weeks, in exchange for hundreds ...

What will come next remains unclear in the absence of a comprehensive agreement on the postwar future of Gaza, and although ...

Israel approved a ceasefire deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday that involves releasing hostages in the ...