KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire began Thursday, Egypt said, averting a collapse ahead of Saturday’s expiration of ...

Egypt said late Thursday that “intensive discussions” between Israel and Hamas on the next phase of the ceasefire in Gaza have begun in Cairo. The first phase is set to expire this weekend ...

Israel’s refusal to withdraw from a narrow strip of desert on the Gaza side of the border with Egypt, as called for in the ceasefire with Hamas, could further threaten the fragile truce.

Freed Palestinian prisoners wave from a bus as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after being released from an Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis ...

The first phase of the ceasefire that paused 15 months of brutal warfare between Israel and Hamas is set to end on Saturday — and it’s unclear what comes next. The two sides were supposed to ...

The two sides were supposed to start negotiating a second phase weeks ago in which Hamas would release all the remaining hostages in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners, a lasting ceasefire ...