People celebrated while watching a television on a street in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, as news of the ceasefire spread — BASHAR TALEB Qatar and the United States announced Wednesday a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas ...

JERUSALEM - A ceasefire in the Gaza war will begin at 8.30am (2.30pm Singapore time) on Jan 19, mediator Qatar has said after Israel’s Cabinet voted to approve the ceasefire and hostage-prisoner release deal.

Key mediator Qatar said negotiations for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal were in their "final stages" on Tuesday, expressing hope an agreement could be reached "very soon".

The ceasefire between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip will take effect this Sunday, January 19, announced this Wednesday by the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar, Mohamed bin Abderrahman.

In the southern city of Khan Yunis, people who had not yet returned ... over the list of hostages to be freed on the first day. Qatar, a mediator of the truce, later confirmed it had gone into ...

Qatar's prime minister said Wednesday that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza starting on Sunday and a hostage and prisoner exchange after 15 months of war. The agreement follows months of on-off negotiations brokered by Egyptian and Qatari mediators,

First phase of agreement likely to involve release of 33 Israeli hostages and up to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners

Key mediator Qatar said negotiations for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal were in their "final stages" on Tuesday, adding that it was hopeful an agreement could be reached "very soon." Qatar, Egypt and the United States have stepped up efforts to broker a ceasefire

A ceasefire in the Gaza war will begin Sunday morning at 0630 GMT, mediator Qatar said on Saturday after Israel's cabinet voted to approve the truce and hostage-prisoner release deal.

Qatar, Egypt and the United States have intensified ... Umm Ibrahim Abu Sultan said from Khan Yunis in southern Gaza that she had "lost everything" in the war. "I am anxiously awaiting the truce.

The United States, Egypt and Qatar have spent the past year trying to mediate an end to the war and secure the release of dozens of hostages captured in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered it.

Qatar's prime minister said Tuesday that a lasting peace in Gaza would depend on Israel and Hamas acting in "good faith", days into a fragile truce in the Palestinian territory mediated by the Gulf state.