Blinken also outlined a post-war plan for the Gaza Strip in his remarks ... At the White House on Monday, national security adviser Jake Sullivan acknowledged “there has been a little bit ...

Retiring President Biden said Wednesday that US citizens will be among those released by Hamas as part of a Gaza Strip cease-fire deal — while refusing to give any credit to President-elect Donald Trump for escalating pressure on the terrorist group.

President Joe Biden said in a press briefing on Monday that the cease-fire and hostage release deal was “on the brink of coming to fruition,” and national security adviser Jake Sullivan said ...

The first stage of the deal will involve a cessation of hostilities and the release of 33 captives held in Gaza, paving the way for a permanent ceasefire.

Addressing the war in Gaza, the outgoing White House national security advisor said, ‘just having Israel say: OK, we accept the cease-fire. We have to just stop — at a time when all of these hostages are being held — that doesn’t wash.

US, Israeli, and Palestinian officials have expressed increased optimism that a cease-fire agreement could soon be reached.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect on Sunday morning. Hostages held in the strip and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails will be freed in the first p

His speech, delivered down the street from the White House, was classic Trump. In remarks laced with exaggerations and outright falsehoods, he railed about illegal immigration, bragged about the swing states he won in November and denigrated President Biden.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to stop the war for six weeks, but now the hard part begins for all sides.

A ceasefire has been reached between Israel and Hamas, with the Qatari prime minister announcing the deal Wednesday afternoon.Meanwhile, the

Chaos erupted at Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s final press conference Thursday after an announced Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage deal, with State Department employees forcibly removing reporters who accused the cabinet official of allowing a “genocide” in Gaza.

Israeli troops will remain in the corridor throughout the first 42 days of the ceasefire process, the official said, their footprint remaining at its current size with forces deployed in "outposts, patrols, observations and control along the entire length of the axis."