A last-minute delay by Hamas put off the truce’s start by ... “This is a moment of tremendous hope,” humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said. Across Gaza, there was relief and grief.

The first three hostages were released from Gaza and the first Palestinian prisoners were freed from Israeli custody as the ...

A cease-fire agreement between Israel and terrorist group Hamas began Sunday with the release of three Israeli hostages, in exchange for some 90 Palestinian prisoners in. Israel's cease-fire with ...

“We need countries with influence over Israel, Hamas and armed groups who have attacked our trucks to insist that we are able to get this lifesaving aid to those who need it,” Tom ...

Triumphant Hamas militants appeared at some celebrations ... “This is a moment of tremendous hope,” U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said. “Fragile, yet vital.” Magdy reported from Cairo, Shurafa ...

“This is a moment of tremendous hope — fragile, yet vital,” Tom Fletcher, the United Nations ... will likely follow a similar formula. Hamas projects strength: Armed Hamas fighters returned ...

"Hamas is backing out of the explicit understandings ... U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said aid agencies have been mobilizing supplies in preparation for a ceasefire to scale up deliveries ...

Hamas agreed to release five female Israeli ... survivors,” U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher said in a statement. “The stakes could not be higher.” ...

The Israeli military says it “continues to attack” inside the Gaza Strip as a dispute with Hamas delayed the start of a planned ceasefire. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the military’s chief spokesman, ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — After 15 months of collective grief and anxiety, three Israeli hostages left Hamas captivity and returned to Israel, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners walked free from ...