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Israel said the terms of a ceasefire deal Hamas accepted on Monday remained “far from” meeting its demands and warned its military operations in Rafah would ...

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the deal Hamas accepted does not meet the country's key demands.

Hamas says it's accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but Israel says the deal did not meet its core demands and has pushed ahead with an assault ...

Israeli leaders said they began striking targets in Gaza city of Rafah, hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal.

The latest news and live updates on Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.

The high-stakes diplomatic moves and military brinkmanship left a glimmer of hope alive — but only barely — for an accord that could bring at least a pause ...

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh informed Egyptian and Qatari leaders of Hamas' "approval of their proposal regarding a ceasefire agreement" during a phone call on ...

Aid groups warn of devastating consequences of any assault on Rafah after Israel orders tens of thousands to evacuate.

The Israel-Hamas war went from a potential short-term ceasefire to strikes on Rafah on Monday.

Even as a cease-fire appears elusive, the State Department urged Israel to delay its assault on the southern Gaza city.

Israeli forces have seized control of Gaza's Rafah border crossing, cutting off a vital route for humanitarian aid and potential sanctuary for civilians ...

The Rafah crossing borders Egypt. Israel ordered about 100000 civilians in parts of Rafah to evacuate to prepare for “ground operations” in the area.

Smoke billows beneath a gray sky in the Gazan city of Rafah. Smoke billows after Israeli bombardment in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on May 6, 2024. Photo: ...

The Israeli military says it is in control of the Rafah border point, hours after Hamas said it accepted a truce deal drawn up by Egypt.

An Israeli tank unit has rolled in to take "operational control" of the Gaza side of the crucial Rafah border crossing amid talks for a truce.

Israeli forces moved on Rafah after Hamas said it had agreed to a Qatari-Egyptian brokered cease-fire proposal.

An Israeli tank brigade seized control Tuesday of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, authorities said, as cease-fire negotiations ...

A military official said the scope of the operation was limited and aimed at destroying Hamas targets. The United Nations warned that the crossing's closure ...

Israel's military carried out airstrikes in Rafah, residents said, hours after it told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the southern Gaza city where more ...

Follow NBC News' live coverage of the Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East as Israeli tanks enter Rafah and seize the Gaza side of the border crossing with ...

Israeli warplanes pounded targets in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Monday as the military told about 110,000 people sheltering there to evacuate.

Israeli forces seized control of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Tuesday and tanks pushed into the southern Gazan city of Rafah as ...

Responding to the Israeli military's orders for over 100000 residents, most of whom are internally displaced, to “evacuate” whole neighbourhoods in Eastern ...

Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Monday it had agreed to a three-phased deal for a ceasefire and hostages-for-prisoners swap, although an Israeli ...

More than six months after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip.

Israeli officials just rejected a cease-fire deal that could have brought hostages back because Israel wants to continue waging war.

The move comes after hours of whiplash in the Israel-Hamas war, with the militant group saying it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari mediated cease-fire proposal.

The Hamas ceasefire proposal took Israel by “complete surprise,” an Israeli source told The Times of Israel on Tuesday. Israel was not made aware of the ...

Joe Biden (left) speaks as he meets with Benjamin Netanyahu. President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

But does Israel's prime minister actually want to reach a deal? Smoke billows from Israeli strikes on eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip Photograph: AFP.

Israel says it has four issues with the draft ceasefire deal - including an end to war.

Recently, I traveled to Israel to meet with leaders there and stand in solidarity with the Jewish state…. I traveled amid direct threats to Israel's very ...

Israel has rejected a ceasefire and launched an operation in Rafah, raising fears that the war in Gaza could drag on.

The Biden administration is delaying a shipment of ammunition expected to be sent to Israel, three U.S. officials tell ABC News.

An announcement by Hamas that it had accepted a cease-fire proposal sent people in the streets of Rafah into temporary jubilation.

The Biden administration's report on whether Israel has violated U.S. and international humanitarian law during the war in Gaza has been delayed and will no ...

The operation that began Tuesday followed a dramatic 24 hours in which hopes for a long-awaited cease-fire between Israel and Hamas rose and then fell, ...

The shipment was supposed to consist of 1800 2000-pound bombs and 1700 500-pound bombs, according to the official, with the focus of U.S. concern being the ...

The U.S. has paused the shipment of thousands of weapons to Israel amid mounting tension over its plan to expand military operations in Rafah.

The United States withheld 3500 bombs last week out of concern that they might be used in a major assault against the southern Gaza city over the objections ...

A bomb shipment was halted last week over concerns Israel was going ahead with a Rafah offensive.

An Israeli incursion into the southern Gaza city did not appear to be the long-anticipated, full-scale invasion of the city, home to about a million ...

The weapons shipment included 1800 2000-lb bombs and 1700 500-lb bombs, the official said.

Biden's administration paused shipment of weapons in effort to prevent full-scale assault on Rafah, official says.

Palestinians search for survivors after an Israeli airstrike on buildings in the refugee camp of Jabalia in the Gaza Strip on October 9, 2023. Mohammed Abed/AFP ...

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration paused a shipment of weapons to Israel last week in opposition to apparent moves by the Israelis to invade the ...

The Biden administration has paused a shipment of bombs that could be used in Rafah over concerns that Israel is poised to invade the southern Gaza city ...