For Shaymaa Ahmed, a 21-year-old engineering student in Gaza, a cease-fire means she can finally mourn her own family.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks longtime diplomat and former Mideast peace negotiator Aaron David Miller about the U.S. role in a phased execution of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

Chen, whose son Sagui is believed to be alive and among the Israeli hostages seized by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks, says the ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with 22-year-old engineering student Shaimaa Ahmed in Gaza about how she feels about the news of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed a vote on a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, saying the group was making demands for a "last minute concession." Hear the latest developments.

As cease-fire talks continue, NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son Sagui is believed to be alive and among the Israeli hostages who were seized by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks.

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FADEL: NPR's Martin Kaste is in LA, and he joins us now with the latest. Good morning, Martin. MARTIN KASTE, BYLINE: Good morning, Leila. FADEL: So does it look like Los Angeles is catching a ...

Hamas also said on Sunday that it was awaiting a list of 90 prisoners to be released by Israel as part of a hostage-prisoner exchange on the first day of the Gaza ceasefire. During the delay ...

First responders from Lynchburg and surrounding counties organized donation drives, gathering essentials from the community, to support fellow responders in Southwest Virginia, Western North ...

Israeli forces killed at least 82 Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday – at least 30 of them after the ceasefire deal was announced. Also among the dead are three more journalists – Ahmed Al-Sayah was ...

It's been more than a year since the last ceasefire deal collapsed. In November 2023, a few weeks after the 7 October attacks, a deal was agreed after negotiations spearheaded and mediated by the ...