Israel’s government voted in favour of the truce after the country’s security cabinet, chaired by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, agreed to the ceasefire and hostage deal earlier on Friday.

Follow NBC News' live coverage as Israel and Hamas reach an agreement on the ceasefire deal after Israel delayed vote.

A year after Israel vowed to wipe Hamas ‘off the face of the earth’ following the 7 October attack into Israel the conflict ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of backing out of a cease-fire deal to release hostages and end the ...

The top US diplomat says an upcoming ceasefire in the Gaza Strip should begin as planned, though the deal has yet to be ...

Even though negotiators for Israel and Hamas reached a provisional deal for a truce starting Sunday, they continued to ...

The dispute is over the identities of several prisoners that Hamas is demanding to be released. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

The Gaza Strip ceasefire should begin on Sunday as planned, despite the need for negotiators to tie up a "loose end" at the ...

The US government assumes that the timetable of the Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal will be adhered to, despite a dispute over ...

Chaos erupted at Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s final press conference Thursday after an announced Israel-Hamas ...

Antony Blinken was interrupted as he gave his final comments State Department’s briefing room. As he touted the Biden administration’s help brokering a ceasefire deal in Gaza, two journalists accused ...

Israel launched its campaign in Gaza after Hamas-led gunmen burst into Israeli border-area communities on Oct. 7, 2023, ...