Long-running Gaza ceasefire talks are progressing, according to both Israeli and Hamas officials who have expressed fresh optimism around the possible end to the war in the Palestinian enclave. A Hamas spokesperson told Newsweek that progress on the talks was "positive and optimistic.

Hamas has become the latest party to the Gaza hostage and ceasefire negotiations to voice optimism about the prospects of reaching a deal, amid a flurry of diplomatic activity in the region.

The Health Ministry said 45,028 people have been killed and 106,962 have been wounded since the start of the war in October 2023.

An agreement to halt the 14-month-old war in Gaza and free Hamas-held hostages in the Palestinian enclave could be signed in coming days with talks in Doha making progress, according to US and

Palestinian group says talks in Qatar aimed at a Gaza truce and captive-prisoner exchange are ‘serious and positive’.

Israel and Hamas have been at war for the last fourteen months and as the casualties on both sides continue to increase, negotiators have been making a constant attempt for a ceasefire. The months-long deadlock may soon end as US,

Israel and Hamas have been waging war since gunmen from the Palestinian militant group in the Gaza Strip stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and capturing 253 hostages,

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas said Tuesday that it killed three Israeli soldiers in clashes in the northern Gaza Strip. The group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said its fighters killed three soldiers at “point-blank range” and destroyed a personnel carrier in the Jabalia refugee camp.

Israeli officials say a ceasefire in Gaza is a more realistic prospect than at any time in the past year, suggesting a long-awaited deal to free hostages and boost aid to the beleaguered territory could be close.