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Israel says Rafah crossing to open soon to let Palestinians leave Gaza via Egypt

Egypt denies it is co-ordinating with Israel to reopen the crossing, insisting that passage should be in both directions. Read More

Israel receives remains of possible hostage and plans to reopen Gaza crossing into Egypt

Once returned to Israel, the remains will be examined by forensics experts to determine whether they belong to either of the 2 last hostages in Gaza. Read More

Gaza: Egypt rejects Israeli decision to open Rafah for exit only

Cairo reaffirmed its adherence to the plan and UN Security Council Resolution 2803, including the right of return for Palestinians. Read More

Senior US, Israeli Officials Travel to Egypt for Gaza Deal Talks

(Bloomberg) -- Teams from the US, Qatar, Israel and other nations are headed to Egypt as part of a final push for a deal with Hamas aimed at ending the two-year war that’s devastated Gaza and ... Read More

Israeli families await hostage release ahead of Gaza peace plan talks in Egypt

President Donald Trump is on his way to Israel and Egypt to take part in a ceremony to commemorate the signing of the ceasefire agreement. Coverage on this live blog has ended. Please click here for ... Read More

Hamas returns remains of another Israeli hostage as it expands search for remaining bodies with help from Egypt

Hamas has delivered another deceased hostage to Israel as it expanded its search for the bodies of remaining hostages in new areas in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the U.S.-designated terrorist group said ... Read More

‘Tomorrow is Yesterday’ explores why Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts have fallen short

For decades, the U.S. has tried to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Those efforts, despite the deep passion among the mediators and the endless work with both sides, ultimately failed. Robert ... Read More

Israeli government approves hostage and ceasefire deal

The Israeli government early Friday local time approved a framework "for the release of all of the hostages — the living and the deceased," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said. Israel and ... Read More

Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees released as mediators sign Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal

• US President Donald Trump and Gaza ceasefire mediators have signed a deal at a summit in Egypt attended by world leaders. Trump hailed a “historic dawn of a new Middle East” in remarks before the ... Read More

Trump and world leaders meet in Egypt on future of Gaza as Israel celebrates return of hostages

Israeli authorities released the names of all 20 living hostages freed Monday. Tamir Nimrodi, an Israeli soldier and German dual national, was not included in that list. He has not been returned, nor ... Read More

Israel deported Palestinian prisoners to Egypt. Some Israelis question the practice

TEL AVIV, Israel — In exchange for Hamas freeing its final group of Israeli hostages, Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinians from prison in October. Most of the Palestinians released by Israel had ... Read More