JERUSALEM/CAIRO >> Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas signed an agreement today to cease fire and free Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, in the first phase of President Donald Trump’s initiative to end the two-year war in Gaza that has upended the Middle East.

JERUSALEM - Israel's government approved the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal early on Friday, setting the clock ticking on the first phase of an agreement that aims to end the two-year-old war. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SHARM EL SHEIKH: Israel said Thursday (Oct 9) that all parties have signed the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, in a major step to end a war that has killed tens of thousands

The withdrawal of Israeli troops is part of a deal that also calls for the release of several hundred Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the remaining 48 hostages in Gaza. Follow DW for more.

A senior US official confirmed that a multinational monitoring force of around 200 troops, overseen by the US military, will supervise the Gaza ceasefire

The United States will deploy up to 200 troops to Israel to establish a task force to support stabilization efforts in Gaza, but no Americans are expected to be deployed into the Palestinian enclave, U.S. officials said on Thursday. The U.S. military's Central Command will stand up the task force,…

A U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas starts as both sides prepare for hostage returns and shifts in Gaza’s governance.

CAIRO (AP) — Bombardment stopped and Israeli troops pulled back in Gaza on Friday under a breakthrough ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. But will the agreement lead, as U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed, to “a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”? It took pressure on both Israel and Hamas from the United States, Arab countries […]

A ceasefire has taken effect in Gaza under a breakthrough deal.

A ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas - the first step in a wider US plan for a complete end to the two year-long war - took effect on Friday, according to the Israeli military. Israeli troops have withdrawn to the agreed demarcation lines, a spokesman for the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said.

CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed to a Gaza ceasefire deal, offering a tentative path toward ending the two-year conflict that has killed over 67,000 Palestinians, injured almost 170,000 others, and left the enclave in ruins. The deal on the “first phase” of a U.S.-backed peace plan, coming after intense …

Trump-brokered Gaza ceasefire is now in effect, the IDF announced, confirming they'd withdrawn their troops to the initial agreed line.

Daijiworld Media Network - Ramallah Ramallah, Oct 9: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has welcomed the announcement by US President Donald Trump regarding a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, expressing hope that it could mark the beginning of a lasting political resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In a state.....

Questions remain over who will govern Gaza as Israeli troops gradually pull back and whether Hamas will disarm, as called for in U.S. President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan.

The agreement follows a 20-point peace plan for Gaza announced last month by Donald Trump.

The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza.

Israeli forces declare ceasefire, withdraw from Gaza, allowing displaced Palestinians to return home after two years of conflict.

Hamas is no longer the militant group whose invasion of Israel triggered the two-year war in Gaza, the Israeli military spokesperson said on Friday at the start of a ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

There were celebrations in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after Israel and Hamas announced they'd agreed to the first phase of a US-proposed peace plan. It is a major breakthrough in the war and comes just days after the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on southern Israel when militants killed

Returning home is enough for them now, but a bleak future still awaits them. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

After Israel and Hamas agreed this week to the first phase of a Trump administration plan to halt the fighting, a litany of questions remain on next steps.

Mr Abbas said that the reform process was already underway. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.