Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire, hostage release deal
After intense negotiations, Israel and Hamas have reached a deal that would see a ceasefire and the exchange of hostages in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners.
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After intense negotiations, Israel and Hamas have reached a deal that would see a ceasefire and the exchange of hostages in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners.
The Biden administration is putting pressure on a deal before the inauguration, which will see President-elect Donald Trump return to the White House.
Omer Neutra, an Israeli-American soldier from Long Island, has been confirmed dead in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces announced.
A ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah appeared to be holding several hours after it began.
Officers arrested 28 people who were protesting outside Travis Air Force Base on Wednesday, the Fairfield Police Department said.
Cease-fire talks mediated by the United States, Qatar and Egypt have repeatedly stalled, as have parallel efforts by the U.S. and others to halt the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Israeli ground forces have "started to operate" around a northern Gaza town, expanding an anti-Hamas offensive that will apparently see residents kept out indefinitely.
Egypt's proposal comes as Israel's spy chief travels to Doha for talks with CIA Director William Burns and the Qatari prime minister.
President Biden says he told Israel's leader to make the killing of Hamas' leader "an opportunity" for peace in Gaza.
The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar "is an important landmark in the decline of the evil rule of Hamas," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
In his latest book, Bob Woodward delves into the inner circles of the Biden White House during the Russia-Ukraine war and Israel's conflict against Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as new information about Trump and Putin.
A year since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, Sacramento communities honored the lives lost with two vigils reflecting the emotional and political divisions surrounding the ongoing conflict.
Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire across the Lebanon border almost daily since the day after Hamas' cross-border attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
Israel has sharply expanded its strikes on Lebanon in recent weeks after nearly a year of exchanging fire with the Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Faculty have accused the University of California system of labor violations over what they call a sweeping campaign to suppress pro-Palestinian speech and campus protests earlier this year.
The White House earlier warned both Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group against "escalation of any kind" following pager and walkie-talkie explosions targeting Hezbollah members.
Concern over a possible full-scale Israel-Hezbollah war grows as the two sides trade new fire, Hezbollah's leader accuses Israel of crossing "red lines."
Benjamin Netanyahu faces soaring anger over his handling of the war with Hamas, with hostages and Gaza's children caught in the crossfire.
Hersh Goldman-Polin, a young man who grew up in Berkeley and who was being held hostage by Hamas terrorists, has been killed in Gaza along with five others.
The mass demonstration erupted after the Israeli military announced they had recovered the bodies in a tunnel under the Gaza city of Rafah on Saturday.
Noa Argamani, a young Israeli woman who was among the hostages seized by Hamas on October 7 and who was rescued in June, says she thought every night in captivity could be her last.
Tensions have soared following nearly 10 months of war in Gaza and the killing of two senior militants in separate strikes in Lebanon and Iran last week.
Iran's supreme leader has vowed to "seek revenge" against Israel for the killing of Hamas' top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh.
The Israeli military says it killed Fuad Shukr, a Hezbollah commander accused of being behind a deadly rocket strike in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.
Israel says a strike on a school in Gaza killed a Hamas militant, but a hospital official says it killed 29 Palestinians.
