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Officials within the U.S. State Department have given credit to President-elect Donald Trump and his team for their help in securing a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

The ceasefire starts with a 6-week first phase while negotiations continue for a longer phase two that would wind down the war.

The deal includes the release of 33 hostages held since Hamas gunmen stormed into Israel more than 15 months ago

The warring parties reached a temporary cease-fire deal on Wednesday that will include the release of 33 Israeli hostages.

The Israeli official called on others to join him in condemning the ceasefire deal and threatening to leave the government if it is enacted.

Qatar officials say Hamas has accepted a draft agreement to a ceasefire with Israel that includes the release of 33 hostages from the Gaza Strip.

CBS News' "60 Minutes" aired footage of the Gaza Strip shot months ago, in which children can be seen playing with ammunition casings in a war-torn Gaza.

The United States is hopeful that a deal to step the fighting can be reached this week.

The number of "traumatic injury deaths" in Gaza since October 2023, which does not include deaths caused by disruption to health care, insufficient food, clean water and sanitation, and disease outbreaks, is closer to 70,000, according to a new study.

The State Department has informed Congress of the weapons deal, which will likely be the last one by the Biden White House

Negotiations are at a standstill as Israel and Hamas blame each other for a lack of progress in the talks

Hannah Katzir, a 78-year-old Israeli woman taken hostage by Hamas during the October 7, 2023 attacks, has passed away, according to her family.

As Israeli forces continue blocking aid to Gaza, Palestinians shared horror stories about cats and dogs feeding on corpses.

Two former Israeli spies explained how they used the exploding pager attack against Hezbollah strategically making the terrorist group help fund Mossad and kill their own members.

Poland announced its intentions to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he enters the country in order to attend the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

Israel on Thursday faced accusations of "acts of genocide" in Gaza, a charge it denounced as full of "lies", while a medical charity said the devastation caused in the Palestinian territory showed "signs of ethnic cleansing".

In October 2023, Ward came under fire after CNN admitted her report showing rockets falling on Israel was fabricated and inaccurate.

The California DMV has come under fire for issuing a license plate users say is "celebrating" and seemingly mocking the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

"This report lays bare that Gaza is one of the most horrifying places in the world to be a child," Helen Pattinson, chief executive of War Child UK, stated.

The California DMV has come under fire for issuing a license plate users say is "celebrating" and seemingly mocking the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

Israeli forces shot and killed Dr. Saeed Joudeh, the sole surviving orthopedic specialist in Northern Gaza, when they attacked an ambulance he was traveling in.