Today mediators from the U.S., Egypt and Qatar met to see if they could move this ceasefire forward, after 15 months of war between Hamas and Israel. This comes as dozens more people were killed in Gaza Wednesday night.

Mediator Qatar said Israel and the Palestinian militant group were at the "closest point" yet to sealing a deal.

Two Israeli reservists on leave from Israel's war on Hamas were severely injured in New Orleans New Year's Day attack when a Houston man barreled down Bourbon Street, committing what the FBI has called an act of terrorism.

Chen, whose son Sagui is believed to be alive and among the Israeli hostages seized by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks, says the ceasefire deal is a way 'to end the madness in Gaza.'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed a ceasefire vote today, alleging Hamas reneged on parts of the agreement. And, examining Los Angeles' wildfire prevention methods for the future.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early Sunday that the ceasefire in Gaza will not begin until Israel has received a list of the hostages set to be

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a deal to return Hamas-held hostages in the Gaza Strip has been reached. The announcement came a day after Netanyahu’s office said there were last-minute snags in talks to free hostages in return for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners.

Israel says Gaza ceasefire to begin at 11:15 a.m. local time after Hamas was late to name hostages.

The Al Jazeera news network says the Palestinian Authority arrested one of its reporters after preventing him from covering an Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank. The Qatar-based news

Jonathan Harounoff, Israel's spokesman to the United Nations, observes that anti-Israel agitators have taken their cause to "sickening" new lows in New York City.

Hamas faces an uncertain future post-ceasefire, grappling with leadership losses, declining foreign support, and strained relations with Palestinian factions. Amid pragmatic concessions and resistance rhetoric,

Former Palestinian peace talks adviser and human rights lawyer Diana Buttu talks about the the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and what Trump's election will mean for U.S. involvement in agreement.