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The two leaders met Monday to discuss a range of topics including a reported next phase of a Gaza peace plan and Iran.

Israel and Hamas took a significant step Monday in the ceasefire agreement for the Gaza war by releasing hostages and prisoners. Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza, while Israel released some 1,900 Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that destroyed the territory.

Hamas released the final 20 living hostages on Monday, according to the Israeli military as part of a breakthrough ceasefire following two years of war in the devastated Gaza Strip.

President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on the first phase of a plan aimed at ending the ongoing fighting and facilitating the release of hostages and prisoners.

Two years after Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed about 1,200 people and abducted 251, the war in Gaza has left over 67,000 Palestinians dead, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

It’s been two years since Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel, plunging the region into war.

On Saturday, pro-Palestinian protesters filled the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard Avenue and Granville outside the Israeli Consulate in West LA's Sawtelle neighborhood. 

Hamas said Friday that it has accepted some elements of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip, including giving up power and releasing all remaining hostages, but that others require further consultations among Palestinians.

President Trump’s plan to end the Israel-Gaza war was released by the White House Monday following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.

Days after rejecting international calls to end the war in Gaza during a U.N. address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.

Nearly half of Americans now think Israel’s response in Gaza has gone too far, according to a new poll, highlighting shifting views as the war and humanitarian crisis continue.

A judge ordered Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil deported, even as courts weigh claims his arrest and detention were Trump-era retaliation for protests.

The Hollywood actress showed solidarity with families demanding Israel to prioritize hostage negotiations amid an expanded military campaign in Gaza.

The U.S. Department of Justice separately determined that UCLA violated the civil rights of Jewish and Israeli students by failing to address "severe, pervasive and objectively offensive harassment."

President Donald Trump has been weighing whether to attack Iran by striking its well-defended Fordo uranium enrichment facility.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei threatened an "all-out war" if America intervened alongside Israel.

The reporter for the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network could be seen rushing off-camera Monday as the screen behind her cut out.

Iran retaliated late Friday against Israel's attack on Iranian nuclear and military sites, raising concerns about an all-out war between the countries.

Iranian state media reported that the leader of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh was among several killed in strikes by Israel on Friday.