Israel Hamas war

Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days past Monday.

FOX 26 Political Reporter Greg Groogan sat down with Congressman Michael McCaul about the Israel-Hamas war.

Abigail Edan, whose fourth birthday passed while she was in captivity, is among 14 Israelis and two other foreign nationals released by Hamas on Sunday.

Hamas had earlier delayed the release of 13 Israelis and four foreigners for several hours, saying Israel had violated the terms of a truce deal that had set the stage for such swaps.

The hostages freed Friday included 13 Israelis, 10 people from Thailand and one from the Philippines, according to Qatar. The agreement opened the way for sorely needed aid to flow into Gaza for beleaguered residents.

A cease-fire to facilitate the release of dozens of people taken hostage during Hamas’ raid on Israel is expected to bring the first respite to war-weary Palestinians in Gaza and a glimmer of hope to the families of the captives.

A four-day cease-fire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas will began Friday morning, Qatar said, a day later than originally announced, as negotiators worked out final details of the deal.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security adviser says a planned hostage-for-prisoner swap with Hamas has been delayed until at least Friday.

Israel’s Cabinet has approved a cease-fire deal with the Hamas militant group that would bring a temporary halt to a devastating war now in its seventh week.

Health officials said 31 premature babies in “extremely critical condition” were transferred safely Sunday from Gaza 's main hospital and will go to Egypt.

Billionaire owner Elon Musk inflamed tensions further with his own posts endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.

U.S. Capitol Police officers clashed with Pro-Palestine protesters Wednesday night in front of the Democratic National Committee headquarters.

Israeli troops stormed into Gaza’s largest hospital, searching for traces of Hamas inside and beneath the facility filled with hundreds of patients, including newborns, who have gone for days without electricity and with little food as fighting raged around them.

Health officials say battles between Israel and Hamas around hospitals forced thousands of Palestinians to flee from some of the last perceived safe places in northern Gaza.

The veterans have successfully rescued over 6,000 Americans and numerous animals from places like Ukraine, Sudan, areas affected by Hurricane Ian, and the Maui fires. Currently, they are involved in the rescue mission amid the conflict in Israel and Gaza, having saved over 300 people from that region.

Thousands of Palestinians sheltering from the Israel-Hamas war at Gaza City’s main hospital are fleeing south after several reported strikes in and around the compound overnight.

The Israeli army says its forces are battling Hamas fighters inside Gaza’s largest city, signaling a major new stage a month into a war that has claimed thousands of lives and leveled swaths of the territory.

Gaza has lost communications in its third total outage of the Israel-Hamas war, and Israel’s military says it has encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal strip into two.

Israel warned that it was on high alert for attacks on its border with Lebanon as fears grew that the conflict that began with a Hamas rampage in Israel could widen.