Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza stuck a sticker with the face of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a road which they poured red

Israelis who want the deal completed understand that Trump is the only powerful-enough person to force Netanyahu’s hand on this issue.

Hamas warned the mediating countries, Qatar, Egypt, and the US, that it would not proceed with the next phase of the hostage release scheduled for Saturday.

Succumbing to pressure from the outgoing Biden administration, world opinion, and some of his fellow Israelis, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to another cease-fire in its war with Hamas,

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday he had invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit and would find a way for him to do so without being arrested under a warrant by the International Criminal Court.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz told Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu that he would invite him to Germany in defiance of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Israeli prime minister's office said on Monday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not allow Syria’s new army or the insurgent group that led the ouster of former President Bashar Assad to “enter the area south of Damascus” as his government made clear Israeli forces would stay in parts of southern Syria for an indefinite period.

The move came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a stop to the release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

Follow our latest coverage with Saturday’s live blog; Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of “abandoning” a mother and her two young children, who died in Hamas captivity in

Hamas is under pressure from Israel and the U.S. at a crucial time for the Gaza ceasefire as it claims it could have misidentified a hostage's remains.