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After more than two years in captivity, 20 hostages abducted during Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, are set to return to Israel.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks veteran American peace negotiator Aaron David Miller for his thoughts on the new peace process unfolding between Israel and Hamas.

President Trump is due to fly to Israel and Egypt to mark the end of the Gaza war, as Hamas and Israel prepare to release hostages and prisoners.

Hamas is preparing to release the last remaining hostages after Israel forces withdrew from parts of Gaza under President Trump's truce plan.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland, about the U.S.-brokered peace deal between Hamas and Israel.

Israeli forces have pulled back a line agreed in the Trump truce deal, allowing Hamas to start gathering hostages for release ...

Israeli forces have begun a pull-back of troops from Gaza Friday after Israel's cabinet approved a plan for a ceasefire aimed at ending the devastating two-year-old war.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jacob Granger, emergency coordinator in Gaza for Doctors Without Borders, about the current humanitarian situation in Gaza amid news of a ceasefire agreement.

A reporter reflects on two years and two days of war, and the mixed feelings of hope and skepticism now in Israel and Gaza.

A ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war could formally take effect today, and Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners could start going home as soon as this weekend.