Ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon appear at risk as disputes continue over key deadlines and local health officials say Israeli forces opened fire on both fronts

Israel and Hamas reached a deal to resolve a disagreement over the exchange of a female civilian hostage that had threatened to derail the truce. Lebanon, however, saw the deadliest day since Israel’s truce with Hezbollah took effect.

Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Kareem Al-Dabaji mourns his brother Anas Al-Dabaji, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit an apartment in Deir Al-Balah ...

Qatar’s foreign ministry said the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will go into effect at 0630 GMT on Sunday.

A child sits outside a tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip ... UN says UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. peacekeeping chief says Lebanon's armed forces have significantly increased their deployment in the south near ...

Militants in the Gaza Strip released eight hostages on Thursday, handing them over to the Red Cross amid chaotic crowds as part of a swap that is set to see 110 Palestinians released from Israeli prisons later in the day.

Earlier, in central Gaza, a vehicle carrying four Hamas terrorists was struck by the IAF in Deir al Balah. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with the parents of hostage Liri Albag on ...

Since October, the Biden administration has sent about $121 million in taxpayer funds to UNRWA, the U.N. agency under scrutiny for its alleged ties to Hamas, the State Department said Tuesday. A ...

Hamas militants on Saturday released four female Israeli soldiers they held captive for 15 months in a planned exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners or detainees in Israel. It’s the second

The French government did not want Israel displaying any weapons used in its wars in Gaza and Lebanon ... protesters set fire to its perimeter. DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Bassem Naim said ...

From right next to the homes of Lebanese civilians in the South of Lebanon, we can see that ... of the Gaza Strip and areas in eastern Deir al-Balah were told to evacuate to humanitarian zones.

Lebanon later agreed to extend the deadline ... to devastated northern Gaza as Israel lifts its closure under truce DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into ...