Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatched negotiators to Cairo on Thursday after Hamas handed over the remains of four hostages in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

Hamas is calling on the international community to put pressure on Israel as Gaza ceasefire talks resume in Cairo and the first phase of the agreement is set to expire on Saturday. On Thursday, Israel released — after a delay — the remaining 46 Palestinian prisoners of the latest captives swap.

An Israeli delegation is in Cairo to hash out details for the second phase of a ceasefire deal with Hamas. Under the first phase of the deal, Hamas agreed to release a total of 33 Israeli hostages - and Israel said it would free around 1,

Netanyahu echoes Trump’s threats to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza as truce talks are set to resume in Cairo.

Egypt says negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the next phase of the ceasefire in Gaza have begun in Cairo. The first phase is set to expire this weekend. Under

Egypt’s state information service reports that talks have begun on the second phase of the ceasefire between Israel and U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas in Cairo, just one day before the first phase of the truce is set to expire.

Hamas says it opposes extension, insists on proceeding to second phase; Israel’s negotiating team set to return from Cairo, with talks to continue over weekend

As 1st phase of ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal concludes Saturday evening, Hamas urges global community to press Israel to fulfill its obligations, enter 2nd phase 'without hesitation or stallin

The 15-month war against Hamas in Gaza was triggered by the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel in which Gazans killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted around 250 others to the Strip, in the worst single-day attack against the Jewish people since the Holocaust.

The military was supposed to begin withdrawing from that region in early March if the current ceasefire, which expires Saturday, were extended.