Trucks line up at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohamed Arafat) Israel this week introduced what it said was a new U.S. ceasefire plan — different from the one it agreed to in January — and is...
Freed Palestinian teenagers wave as they are greeted upon their arrival after being released from detention in an Israeli prison in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Negotiations between Israel and Hamas on...
A woman looks at photos of slain hostages (bottom row, L-R) Ariel Bibas, his mother Shiri, his brother, Kfir and Oded Lifshitz, right, that are displayed in the dining hall at Kibbutz Nir Oz, in southern Israel, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) JERUSALEM (AP) —...
U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher speaks during an interview in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) CAIRO (AP) — Famine has been mostly averted in Gaza as a surge of aid enters the territory during a fragile ceasefire, the United Nations humanitarian chief said...
(Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) The Philippine government, through the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), has provided critical support for individuals affected by the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants provided a lull in the nearly two-year battle....
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas-led militants released three gaunt, frail-looking Israeli hostages and Israel freed nearly 200 Palestinian prisoners Saturday in the latest exchange of a ceasefire that has paused 16 months of war in Gaza . Israeli captives, from left to the right, Ohad Ben...
Humanitarian aid trucks enter through the Kerem Shalom crossing from Egypt into the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, days after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas...
Palestinians chase humanitarian aid trucks that arrived through the Kerem Shalom crossing from Egypt into the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) Israel launched a major military operation Tuesday in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin that killed at...
In this photo released by the Israeli Army, Emily Damari, right, and her mother Mandy embrace near kibbutz Reim, southern Israel after Emily was released from captivity by Hamas militants in Gaza, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (Israeli Army via AP) RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The first three...
A view of a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Hamas militant group has named the three hostages it plans to release on Sunday, potentially clearing the way for the start...
Demonstrators hold portraits of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip during a protest calling for their immediate release in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The deadline for the start of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip...
Senator Loren Legarda on Sunday, January 19 welcomed the reported ceasefire deal in Gaza that would pause the war between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas starting today. The ceasefire comes after 15 months of conflict that has left Gaza in devastation, with nearly 47,000 Palestinians...