The US has been talking with Hamas through an American intermediary in Doha this week in hopes of brokering an Israel-Gaza ceasefire agreement, according to a source familiar with the matter, as US officials say President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with Israel’s handling of the conflict.

Pope Leo XIV says the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, "the heartbreaking price of which is paid by children, the elderly, the sick," must end and food must be allowed in.

Bishara Bahbah was as mystified as anyone else about becoming the main backchannel between the United States government and Hamas.

More people who are tired of the hunger, sleeplessness and ever-present threat of Israeli airstrikes are demonstrating against the militant group

The Israeli military said the new offensive in Gaza will not stop until the hostages are returned and Hamas is dismantled.

Former hostages Keith and Aviva Siegel recalled the torture they and others endured in Gaza as they joined the thousands marching at New York City’s Israel Day parade on Sunday.

The announcement of the first hostage release since Israel shattered a ceasefire in March comes shortly before Trump visits the Middle East this week.

A new round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel is underway in Qatar's Doha, Hamas official Taher al-Nono told Reuters on Saturday.

For dinner last Monday, Osama Sawarih and his family sat down to eat flatbread and a handful of rocket lettuce grown next to his tent in southern Gaza. Sawarih looked at his family with concern. They’ve all struggled with stomach pains and diarrhea—signs of malnutrition.