Cease-fire

How are Gazan gangs affecting the strip amid Israel, US election cycles? - analysis

Hamas remains the decisive power as things stall despite efforts from multiple directions to shift the Gaza Strip's status quo.

Palestinians carrying flags, body bags during a funeral ceremony in Gaza City on August 20, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump embrace in the White House in Washington, September 29, 2025.

'We will bring them all home': Netanyahu to convene gov't for Gaza deal vote

 THE WRITER attends a demonstration as she holds a sign with photos of hostages, including two who were released on Sunday and three others who were murdered. The large print on the sign says: ‘How much more blood will be spilled? Screaming out for them.’

Israel at a crossroads: Peace or perpetuating the cycle of violence – opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on October 28, 2024

'We're still in the eye of the storm,' Netanyahu says amid Lebanon ceasefire deal hopes


Syrian rebels resume peace talks with Russians after Jordan mediates

"The talks have resumed this morning between the Russian side and the opposition in southern Syria under Jordanian auspices," Ibrahim al Jabawi, the spokesman for Free Syrian Army negotiators said.

A Free Syrian Army fighter prays after eating his iftar (breaking fast) meal during the holy month of Ramadan in the rebel-held town of Dael, Syria May 30, 2018.

Afghan Taliban raise hopes with first-of-its-kind Eid ceasefire

Eid is the biggest festival in the Muslim calendar.

An Afghan soldier escorts a Taliban militant, who was arrested by Afghan security forces, and then presented to the media, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan March 17, 2018

Uncertainty about ceasefire abounds as Gaza-Israel border maintains quiet

While the shelling ceased hours ago, Israeli officials denied agreeing to a truce with Hamas and other militant groups.

The sun sets over the Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the border May 15, 2018

Security cabinet ministers deny ceasefire reports

“Everything will depend on Hamas,” Intelligence Services Minister Israel Katz said at the meeting.

Prime Minister Netanyahu, Tzachi Braverman, and Yisrael Katz at security cabinet meeting

Islamic Jihad leaders: We are committed to ceasefire with Israel

“The [Islamic Jihad] delegation affirmed its [group’s] commitment to the ceasefire which was reached by way of an understanding in 2014.”

Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants attend a military parade in Gaza October 19, 2016.

Russia: Moscow never promised withdrawal of Iranian troops from Syria

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.Gen. Gadi Eisenkot took secret trip to Brussels to meet with top US general to discuss Iranian moves in Syria.

Hezbollah fighters stand near military tanks in Western Qalamoun, Syria

Netanyahu: Israel will act in Syria 'in accordance with our security needs'

A ceasefire agreement allowing Iranian troops 5km from Israel's border is "a real danger to Israel's stability," said former Defense Minister Amir Peretz.

Hezbollah fighter walk near a military tank in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 23, 2017.

September 14, 2017: New Page

Regarding 'PM: New era of ties between Israel and Latin America' (September 12), I am delighted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, have undertaken a trip to South America.

Letters

Hamas leader to JPost: We're ready for long-term cease-fire with Israel

According to Yousef, if Israel lifts its closure on the Strip, it would not have to worry about Hamas’s commitment to a cease-fire.

Hamas leader Hassan Yousif in his living room in Beitunia, a suburb of Ramallah, September 6, 2017.

Cease-fire and stability: Israel and the partial truce in Syria

Russia and the US must be persuaded to take concrete steps to protect Israeli and Jordanian interests along the two countries’ borders with Syria and, in Israel’s case, with Lebanon.

The Syrian area of Quneitra is seen in the background as an out-of-commission Israeli tank parks on a hill, near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, in the Golan Heights.