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People gather to welcome freed Israeli hostage, Elkana Bohbot, who was recently released from Hamas captivity in Gaza, as he returns home from the hospital to Mevaseret Zion, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

US envoys visit Israel to bolster truce, and Gaza fighters hand over a hostage’s remains

October 20, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff and the U.S. president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were in Israel Monday to shore up the tenuous ceasefire that’s holding in Gaza.

Backdropped by buildings destroyed during Israeli ground and air operations in the northern Gaza Strip, people walk and fish at Zikim Beach, near Ashkelon, in southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Red Cross received the remains of another hostage to be returned to Israel from Gaza

October 17, 2025 at 4:31 p.m.

The Red Cross on Friday received the remains of another hostage to be returned to Israel from Gaza, the Israeli military said, after Hamas worked to shore up a tenuous...

People react as they watch a live broadcast of hostages being released by Hamas at the plaza that has become known Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 13, 2025. The plaza has been a focal point for rallies for the release of the hostages and a gathering place for their families and supporters during two years of war. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)

Living hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released as part of ceasefire in Gaza

October 13, 2025 at 2:45 p.m.

Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza on Monday, while Israel began releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire.

Covered in prayer shawls, men dance and hold the four items used as a symbol on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, at a plaza known as hostages square following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli military says ceasefire takes effect in Gaza, raising hopes for ending the war

October 10, 2025 at 6:27 a.m.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza on Friday, the Israeli military said.

Buildings that were destroyed during the Israeli ground and air operations stand in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli Cabinet approves ‘outline’ of deal to release hostages held by Hamas

October 9, 2025 at 9:37 p.m.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners — a breakthrough greeted with...

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel and Hamas launch indirect talks in Egypt on eve of Gaza war anniversary

October 6, 2025 at 3:46 p.m.

Israeli and Hamas officials are meeting in Egypt in hopes of hammering out a potential Gaza ceasefire on the eve of the war's second anniversary.

Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza carrying their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

President Trump says Israel must ‘immediately’ stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to release all remaining hostages

October 3, 2025 at 5:20 p.m.

Hamas said Friday that it has accepted some elements of President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza.

Smoke rises following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct, 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Gaza death toll mounts as Hamas considers its response to Trump’s peace proposal

October 2, 2025 at 8:26 a.m.

Israeli strikes overnight and into Thursday killed at least 13 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to hospitals, as Hamas was still considering its response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s...

Palestinians survey the aftermath of an Israeli military strike on the Abu Dahrouj family home in Zawaida, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Airstrikes and gunfire kill at least 59 people in Gaza as pressure grows for ceasefire and hostage deal

September 27, 2025 at 4:54 p.m.

Health officials say Israeli strikes and gunfire have killed at least 59 people across Gaza.

Palestinians chant national slogans and carry posters with pictures of President Mahmoud Abbas and read “you kept your promise,” during a rally in support for Gaza and celebrating the latest western nations recognitions of the Palestinian state ahead of the United Nations General Assembly meetings, in the West Bank city of Ramallah Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

As Western nations recognize Palestinian statehood, Palestinians doubt its impact

September 24, 2025 at 8:55 p.m.

On Monday, France, Andorra, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, and Monaco announced or confirmed their recognition of a Palestinian state at the start of a high-profile meeting at the United Nations

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