We also want to caution that diplomacy doesn't end with the signing of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, said a member of J Street.

The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory.

After speaking at an anti-genocide rally in Teaneck, New Jersey, a travel nurse spoke to the WSWS about his two weeks providing volunteer medical care at the European Gaza Hospital.

There is a sense of optimism among members of the Palestinian community in New Jersey that a peace settlement will begin this weekend, despite delays to the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

The truce between Israel and Hamas was set to begin at 8:30 a.m. local time. The first Israeli hostages were to be released hours later in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, plans to be a near-constant presence in the region in an attempt to prevent the deal from unraveling.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is set to begin on Sunday, pausing the devastating 15-month war between Israel and the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip.

This was Biden's deal, but as much as I hate to say it, he couldn't have done it without Trump -- not so much Trump's performative threats to Hamas, but his willingness to tell Bibi bluntly that the war had to end by Jan. 20. And that's damning. 1/ https://t.co/ZIItKNaOT9

Families in the Tri-State Area impacted by the Israel-Hamas war are waiting for Israel's full cabinet to vote on the ceasefire deal with Hamas.

The tentative deal stirred hope for Israeli and American hostages, but deep suspicion about bartering with Hamas after the Oct. 7 terror attack.

Negotiations to secure an end to the war in Gaza and the release of the nearly 100 hostages still in the strip, have been drawn-out and labored.