Follow NBC News' live coverage as Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire deal to halt the Gaza war and release hostages, while ...

The dispute underscores the fragility of the deal as mediators worked to ensure that it would go into effect on schedule.

The United States, Egypt and Qatar have spent the past year trying to mediate an end to the war sparked by Hamas' attack on ...

President Biden released a statement following the Israel-Hamas ceasefire announcement Wednesday, saying release of American hostages will be included in the agreement.

Israel and Hamas have reached a hostage-release and cease-fire agreement ... He sent his own envoy, Steven Witkoff, to Qatar, where the indirect negotiations were taking place. Witkoff went from Qatar ...

It was not yet clear if the Israeli prime minister's statements merely reflected jockeying to keep his fractious coalition ...

World should help firewall fragile ceasefire deal from churn in Israel politics, restart rehabilitation of Palestinians ...

Israel accused Hamas of backtracking on parts of a fragile ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Gaza war, and killed ...