5 days ago · DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Qatar announced early Monday that an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza, easing the first major crisis of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The statement from Qatar, a mediator in ceasefire talks, said Hamas will ...

4 days ago · The ceasefire is aimed at ending the 15-month war triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack and freeing hostages still held in Gaza in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

Jan 18, 2025 · CAIRO (AP) — The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect Sunday at 8:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT), mediator Qatar announced Saturday, as families of hostages held in Gaza braced...

Nov 8, 2024 · Qatar agreed in recent weeks to kick Hamas out of its country following a request from the US to do so, capping off months of failed attempts to try to get the militant group – whose top...

3 days ago · A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is under way after 15 months of war. ... Qatar and Egypt. It is based on a proposal set out by former US President Joe Biden in May 2024. The deal will be ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Israel and Hamas have agreed a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal following 15 months of war, mediators Qatar and the US say. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al...

Jan 14, 2025 · A ceasefire in the Israel and Hamas war in Gaza is at its “closest point” yet, Qatar has said, as hopes grow that a deal to end the devastating 15-month conflict is imminent.

Jan 18, 2025 · Qatari Foreign Minister Majid al-Ansari said the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is set to begin at 8:30 a.m. local time Sunday, less than day after Israel’s war cabinet formally approved...

Jan 16, 2025 · On January 15, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announced that a cease-fire agreement — mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States — had been reached between Hamas and Israel to pause fighting in Gaza and begin a series of steps to end of the war.

Sep 6, 2024 · At a meeting this summer with Hamas officials, Qatari mediators pressed the Palestinian militant group to agree to the version of a cease-fire agreement with Israel that was on the table.