Israelis who want the deal completed understand that Trump is the only powerful-enough person to force Netanyahu’s hand on this issue.

Hamas warned the mediating countries, Qatar, Egypt, and the US, that it would not proceed with the next phase of the hostage release scheduled for Saturday.

Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza stuck a sticker with the face of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a road which they poured red

Succumbing to pressure from the outgoing Biden administration, world opinion, and some of his fellow Israelis, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to another cease-fire in its war with Hamas,

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday he had invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit and would find a way for him to do so without being arrested under a warrant by the International Criminal Court.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz told Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu that he would invite him to Germany in defiance of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Israeli prime minister's office said on Monday.

The move came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a stop to the release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

Hamas is under pressure from Israel and the U.S. at a crucial time for the Gaza ceasefire as it claims it could have misidentified a hostage's remains.

Follow our latest coverage with Saturday’s live blog; Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of “abandoning” a mother and her two young children, who died in Hamas captivity in

ISRAEL has demanded Hamas thugs face “hell” after they put on a twisted parade using the locked coffins of four killed hostages. The remains of the youngest Israeli hostage Kfir, 2,