JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump was in Israel on Monday to celebrate the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas before continuing on to Egypt for a key summit that he hopes will solidify an end to the war and pave the way for a more durable peace in the Middle East.

Follow live updates as Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released. Presidents Trump and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi are expected to meet with other leaders in Egypt to discuss Gaza’s future.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attend a summit with President Trump in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt’s presidency and an Israeli official said Monday. The last-min

BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas released seven hostages on Monday, the first to be released as part of a ceasefire that paused two

Israel and Hamas delegations convene in Egypt one day before the 2nd anniversary of Hamas terror attacks to negotiate details of President Donald Trump's comprehensive peace proposal.

The talks began in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh with delegations from Egypt, Qatar and the United States as intermediaries.

By The Associated Press Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages on Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that pummeled the Gaza Strip, killing tens of thousands of

President Trump will address Israel's Knesset and visit Cairo as part of a trip marking the historic Israel-Hamas peace deal before honoring Charlie Kirk.