Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the suggestion in response to President Donald Trump's "clean out" Gaza proposal.

Hamas is rushing to reassert control over the territory it has ruled since 2007. Its leaders sound exuberant—at least in public. In private, they are arguing bitterly. The war has deepened a longtime struggle between the group’s political and military leaders and has saddled it with enormous challenges.

Barry Rosen “lived in darkness” for 444 days after being taken by Iranian revolutionaries on Nov. 4, 1979, each day a new low of feeling “hopeless and helpless .” “Nothing is more important than for them to be home and see their loved ones again,” an emotional Rosen, 80, told The Post, after a cease-fire deal was announced this week.

Iran also backs and arms Hamas. An Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire:here's what we know The U.S official said there were no specific threats made by either U.S. envoy to conclude the deal in time for ...

US President Joe Biden called the issue of arrest warrants “outrageous” and stressed “there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas. By TOVAH LAZAROFF US President Joe ...

Hamas faces an uncertain future post-ceasefire, grappling with leadership losses, declining foreign support, and strained relations with Palestinian factions. Amid pragmatic concessions and resistance rhetoric,

Nicole Grajewski is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate with the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is the author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance From Syria to Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden maintains that the deal was finally reached because of the US-backed Israeli military pressure on Hamas and Iran’s other proxies. In his first remarks following the implementation of the deal’s first three hostage releases,

For the Islamist militant group, armed struggle now looks like a dead end. Its future in Gaza depends on the civilian politburo.

Hamas freed four female soldiers on Saturday ... Israel seems ready to respond in a much more forceful and public way with Iran after Tehran launched its second massive missile attack on Israel ...

The 15-month conflict in the Middle East has caused a dramatic shift in the regional balance of power. Iran and Russia have been severely weakened as Israel has pounded Tehran’s proxies in the ...

Both the Trump and Biden administrations have publicly claimed credit for pushing the agreement over the line.