Fighters from the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, control the crowd while Red Cross vehicles come to collect Israeli hostages to be released under a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abed Hajjar, File)

This 42-day ceasefire aims to halt the 15-month conflict and facilitate the release of hostages held by Hamas.

Mediators say Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal to pause the devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip, raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies.

The former vice president’s first acts as a nonelected official for the first time in decades could be a sign of what comes next.

A previous survey, taken during the election by YouGov and also sponsored by IMEU, found strong evidence that Harris would be significantly boosted by breaking with Biden on Gaza and applying real pressure on Israel. But Harris chose not to do so.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of backing out of a cease-fire deal to release hostages and end the war in Gaza, which has raged for more than a year.

The deal is set to pause fighting in Gaza for six weeks, and lead to the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners.

The announcement came several hours after the Israeli army announced that it was retrieving bodies that might have been hostages from Gaza. Goldberg-Polin’s name was on the list of those rumored ...