So far, Hamas has rejected the Witkoff Framework, and "also put forward positions for a permanent ceasefire that are totally unacceptable." ...

It was "a really emotional experience for him," Steve Witkoff, Trump's Middle East envoy ... holy month of Ramadan and the Jewish holiday of Passover. Also to continue negotiations.

A U.S. proposal floated at a recent meeting between Hamas and a U.S. negotiator would see the remaining American hostage, Edan Alexander, and a number of other living Hamas captives exchanged for ...

Israeli official says headway made since unprecedented direct discussions between Washington and terror group; US plan said ...

A delicate truce between Israel and Hamas hangs by a thread after Israel blocked humanitarian aid into Gaza, in response to ...

Israel introduced what it said was a new U.S. ceasefire plan and is trying to force Hamas to accept it by imposing a siege on ...

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Israeli officials said Sunday they support a proposal to extend the first phase through Passover and Ramadan — near the end of April — crediting the idea to Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff.

Steve Witkoff is expected to attend talks with Hamas and Israel on the ceasefire and hostage release deal, a U.S. official ...

The report comes after a Hamas delegation in Cairo reaffirmed its commitment to seeing the implementation of a second phase ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Top U.S. and Russian officials had their most extensive high-level engagement since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine almost three years ago, meeting for four hours ...