Israel’s lack of urgency for reaching a ceasefire and hostage release deal is no longer just infuriating; from a Jewish perspective, with the hostages dying in captivity, it’s immoral.

As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has worsened, calls for a ceasefire have grown. The United Nations secretary general, ...

TEL AVIV — Israeli officials are weighing an Egyptian proposal for a small-scale cease-fire with Hamas aimed at building momentum for a larger deal, an Israeli official told NBC News ...

Scholz said it is more important than ever to prevent an escalation in the region and added that with the death of Sinwar, “we hopefully now see a tangible prospect of the cease-fire in Gaza.” ...

Hezbollah’s new leader Naim Qassem threatened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s life on Wednesday, but also appeared to open the door to a ceasefire with Israel, in his first speech since ...

Though it is prohibited from endorsing a candidate, Rabbis for Ceasefire, a group formed last fall to oppose Israel’s war in Gaza, encouraged its followers to vote for candidates who support ...

Negotiations for a cease-fire and a deal to release the hostages stalled partly because Mr. Sinwar held out for a permanent agreement allowing Hamas to retain power in a postwar Gaza. His ...

“We are doing our best and are optimistic that within the next few hours or days we will have a ceasefire,” Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Wednesday in an interview ...

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Wednesday that there has been substantial progress and Lebanon is willing to reach a ceasefire based on the implementation of UN Resolution 1701.

When Vice President Kamala Harris stepped in front of reporters on Thursday to deliver a statement about the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the moment was a product of some careful choreography.

Since then, the Biden administration has repeatedly touted ceasefire deals that have gone nowhere — both between Israel and Hamas and, more recently, between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese ...

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has expressed hope that a ceasefire to end Israel’s attack on Lebanon could be announced within days as Israeli media published what it said was a ...