Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar in a sign of progress in talks on the war in Gaza

Among the dead were six women and four children, health officials said, as negotiators try to conclude a deal to end the 15-month war.

Video. A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas brings hope to end 15 months of conflict, with phased release of hostages and humanitarian aid flowing into Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden have spoken in a phone call on the latest efforts to reach a ceasefire and hostage release in the Israel-Hamas war.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP ... It was not immediately clear when David Barnea would travel to Qatar’s capital, Doha, for the latest round of indirect talks between Israel and the Hamas ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP ... It was not immediately clear when David Barnea would travel to Qatar’s capital, Doha, for the latest round of indirect talks between Israel and the Hamas ...

“We join together in the hope that the talks in Doha succeed,” outgoing U.S ... a 5-year-old girl and two male relatives in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital ...

Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Negotiators were meeting in Qatar on Tuesday hoping to finalise details of a plan to end the war in Gaza, after U.S. President Joe Biden indicated a ceasefire and hostage release deal was imminent.

In Doha, Qatar, Palestinians celebrated the cease ... and climbed on top of ambulances to wave Palestinian flags. In Deir al Balah, a city in central Gaza, cars honked their horns and loud music ...

US officials confirmed that a ceasefire has been reached between Israel and Hamas that would pause the war in Gaza and release dozens of hostages

Deir al Balah - Fighters from the Ezz al-Din Al-Qassam brigades, Hamas' military wing, patrol the streets of Deir al Balah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel and Hamas reached an agreement on the release of hostages and a ceasefire in Gaza that applies from this Sunday,

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — A cease-fire between Hamas and Israel took effect Sunday, silencing the guns over Gaza and renewing hopes of a possible end to a 15-month conflict that has killed ...