Ceasefire
The security cabinet meets in Jerusalem on January 17, 2025 to discuss the ceasefire-hostage release deal. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 17, 2025, 12:33 pm
Security cabinet approves hostage-ceasefire deal; full cabinet meets to review, vote on it
First hostages to be freed Sunday afternoon; Smotrich said to agree to stay in coalition; relatives of hostages not set for release in 1st phase urge public support for next stage
By Amy Spiro, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri attend a Shas Party faction meeting at the Knesset, Jan. 23, 2023. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 via JNS)
January 16, 2025, 1:55 pm
Deri: Israel-Hamas deal back on track
"A few minutes ago, I received the final word that all obstacles have been overcome," the former War Cabinet observer said.
By JNS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) and Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, November 1, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
January 16, 2025, 8:41 am
Israel holds off on approving hostage deal, accusing Hamas of reneging on details
Cabinet meeting to vote on agreement delayed; Prime Minister’s Office says dispute hinges on identities of Palestinian security prisoners to be freed; Hamas denies backtracking
By Amy Spiro
Hostage Farhan al-Qadi meets with the commander of the 162nd Division, Brig. Gen. Itzik Cohen, moments after being rescued from a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip, August 27, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 15, 2025, 5:16 pm
World leaders welcome hostage-ceasefire deal, express hope it will endure
Biden and Trump both fete accomplishment, as Europe calls for a path toward long-term solution
By ToI Staff
Keren Munder, center, a former Hamas hostage, at a rally in Central Park, March 10, 2024. (Luke Tress)
January 15, 2025, 2:08 pm
Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire deal after 15 months of war
President-elect Donald Trump, who pressed for an end to the war, was the first world leader to confirm a deal.
By Ben Sales
Hundreds donning orange balloons mark the birthday of ginger-haired hostage Kfir Bibas, in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square on January 18, 2024. (Courtesy via The Times of Israel)
March 7, 2024, 11:05 pm
US says Hamas holding up 6-week ceasefire by refusing to release vulnerable hostages
Biden officials insist deal still possible amid deadlock, reveal truce would let civilians return to north Gaza; add there’s no hard deadline but want agreement before Ramadan
By Jacob Magid
U.S. President Joe Biden points toward the Marine One presidential helicopter as he departs the White House, Feb. 26, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
February 27, 2024, 12:59 pm
Biden predicts ceasefire by Monday, though Hamas and Israel seem skeptical
Israel, Hamas and Qatar have said a deal remains possible but does not appear to be close.
By Ron Kampeas
Flag of Israel close up. (Photo by cottonbro studio, courtesy of Pexels)
December 13, 2023, 11:53 am
Calls for a premature ceasefire are ‘immoral and counterproductive’
Israel was forced to enter a war that it never wanted in a fight for its survival and a race against time to rescue the hostages.
By Julie Paris
Members of the advocacy group IfNotNow sing during a protest outside the Los Angeles home of Vice President Kamala Harris calling "on those in power to oppose any policies that privilege one group of people over another, in Israel/Palestine and in the U.S," Oct. 19, 2023. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
December 8, 2023, 12:40 pm
Hundreds of staffers of Jewish groups, most of them progressive, appeal to Biden to call for ceasefire
More than 80 of the staffers signing asked for anonymity but listed their employers
By Ron Kampeas
Rep. Summer Lee (Photo courtesy of summerlee.house.gov)
November 28, 2023, 2:01 pm
Many signers of letter calling for ceasefire, and thanking Summer Lee, are anonymous
The letter does not mention Hamas and does not assign responsibility for the attack on Israel.
By Toby Tabachnick
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