This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Patrick Sison, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or ...

Relief, joy, anger and trauma all spilled out as Hamas released a new round of hostages and Israel freed more Palestinians ...

Even in war, branding applies. Israel and Hamas are engaged in a parallel battle of optics despite a ceasefire that took ...

Israel has begun releasing dozens of Palestinian prisoners after Hamas freed three Israeli hostages. It is the latest such exchange under the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that took hold last month.

Israel's rejection of what Palestinians say is their right of return to their 1948 homes has been a core grievance in the ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday accused Hamas of backing out of a cease-fire deal to release hostages and bring a pause to more than a year of fighting in the Gaza Strip.

Abdel Kareem Hana/Associated Press Displaced Palestinians ... and hostage release deal with Hamas.CreditCredit...Omar Al-Qattaa/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images For the second time in a ...

During the first phase, Hamas is ... a three- to five-year reconstruction plan in Gaza, but who will pay for it also remains unclear. Sewell reported from Beirut. Associated Press writer Tia ...

What is motivation of Hamas fighters? Some contrasts are so jarring as to demand explanation. Among these are the contrasts depicted by, on the one hand, nearly a year-and-a-half of photos showing ...

When the mother of one of the Thai hostages held in the Gaza Strip for over a year caught sight of her son on a Facebook ...

The Associated Press obtained ... it was up to Hamas. “It’s right on the brink. It’s closer than it’s ever been before,” and word could come within hours, or days. The United States, Egypt and Qatar ...