A ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war is to begin on Sunday at 0630 GMT, with three Israeli hostages to be released from captivity in return for a first group of Palestinian prisoners.

French President Emmanuel Macron met Friday with Lebanon’s newly elected President Joseph Aoun and vowed to support the small nation as it tries to recover from a historic economic crisis and the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war.

The Israeli military also moved into dozens of new positions across southern Lebanon in the first 40 days of the ceasefire.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that a ceasefire deal reached by Israel and Hamas must be followed by a "political solution" to end the conflict in Gaza. "The agreement must be respected.

France has no news about the fate of its two remaining hostages held in Gaza, as negotiations advance for a new truce deal between Israel and Hamas that could see the release of 33 captives.

French Jewish leaders joined politicians, rights campaigners and some 200 people in eastern Paris on Thursday to mark 10 years since four people were killed in a terrorist attack at a kosher supermarket.

Several European carriers are eyeing a return to Tel Aviv after Israel reached a ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

Macron’s trip to Lebanon, his first in more than four years, follows a 60-day ceasefire deal that went into effect Nov. 27 between Israel and Hezbollah that aims to end their war. France helped ...

Fuad Abu Jilboa, another displaced resident of Jabalia, described the scene upon his return home as "indescribable destruction, unlike anything history has ever witnessed before or since". Despite the damage, Sunday gave way to scenes of joy and jubilation, despite the ceasefire being delayed by several hours.

A long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza began Sunday after a three-hour delay. The deal between Israel and Hamas has been negotiated with the help of mediators including Qatar, Egypt and the US. The Biden administration and president-elect Donald Trump applied pressure to Israel, pushing it to accept the truce agreement before Trump's inauguration Monday.

Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called the ceasefire deal a "capitulation to Hamas".