Israel-Hamas war

People react as they hear the news of the release of 13 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. Friday marks the start of a four-day cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, during which the Gaza militants pledged to release 50 hostages in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

On Day One of Gaza cease-fire, Hamas and Israel carry out first swap of hostages and prisoners

On the first day of a four-day Gaza cease-fire agreement, Hamas released 24 hostages abducted by militants from southern Israel seven weeks ago.

Former Palestinian prisoners who were released by the Israeli authorities, fly Palestinian and Hamas flags while they are carried on the shoulders upon their arrival in the West Bank town of Beitunia, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. The release came on the first day of a four-day cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas during which the Gaza militants have pledged to release 50 hostages in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Live Updates | Gaza truce begins a day later than planned

FILE - A Palestinian child walks with a bicycle by the rubble of a building after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. Israel's military offensive has turned much of northern Gaza into an uninhabitable moonscape. When the war ends, any relief will quickly be overshadowed by the dread of displaced families for their future. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

Gaza has become a moonscape in war. When the battles stop, many fear it will remain uninhabitable

In this undated photo provided by Ruby Chen on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, Itay Chen poses for a photo. Itay, a 19-year-old Israeli-American, was captured on Oct. 7 while on military duty. (Ruby Chen via AP)

Portraits of those held hostage after Hamas attack on Israel

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, center, and his wife Lis Cuesta march during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Thousands led by Cuba’s president march in Havana in solidarity with Palestinian people

In this photo provided by Manuel Hernandez Lafuente, the CMA CGM Symi is seen at port in Valencia, Spain, Oct. 22, 2023. A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an American defense official said Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. (Manuel Hernandez Lafuente via AP)

An Israeli-owned ship was targeted in suspected Iranian attack in Indian Ocean, US official tells AP

A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians walk through destruction in Gaza City on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, as the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect. (AP Photo/Mohammed Hajjar)

Gaza cease-fire enters second day with more hostages to be exchanged and critical supplies delivered

Hamas is expected to swap more of its hostages for prisoners held by Israel on the second day of a cease-fire.

Former Palestinian female prisoners who were released by the Israeli authorities, flash the "V" sign inside their transportation upon their arrival in the West Bank town of Beitunia, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. The release came on the first day of a four-day cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas during which the Gaza militants have pledged to release 50 hostages in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinian families rejoice over release of minors and women in wartime prisoner swap

More than three dozen Palestinian prisoners have returned home to a hero’s welcome in the occupied West Bank following their release from Israeli prisons as part of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas.

In this photo provided by Thailand's Foreign Ministry, ten of freed Thai hostages and an officer, fourth from left, pose for a photo at the Shamir Medical Center in Israel Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. Hamas freed 10 Thai nationals seized in the group’s surprise attack on southern Israel last month, releasing them alongside Israeli hostages who were part of the first swap under a new cease-fire deal.(Thailand's Foreign Ministry via AP )

Hamas releases 10 Thai hostages, 4 of whom had not been listed as abducted

Hamas freed 10 Thai nationals who were seized in the group’s surprise attack on southern Israel last month.

Ofri Bibas Levy wears a shirt with her brother, sister-in-law and their two children, age 4 and 10 months held captive in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. Ofri Bibas Levy has been haunted by nightmares since Oct. 7, when her brother, sister-in-law and their two children, age 4 and 10 months, were snatched by Hamas militants from their homes and dragged into the Gaza Strip. The cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas which gets underway Friday will bring relief to dozens of families. But with militants having abducted 240 people, many families will be left to endure the torment. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Families of hostages not slated for release from Gaza during current truce face enduring nightmare

The cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas will bring relief to dozens whose relatives are being held captive.

FILE - Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip prepare bread at a UNDP-provided tent camp in Khan Younis, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Since the the fighting began, around 22,000 people have taken shelter there. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

Gaza shrinks for Palestinians seeking refuge. 4 stories offer a glimpse into a diminished world

Gaza has always been a small, crowded space with no exits. Now the world for Palestinians there has shrunk to the size of whatever refuge they can find: a jammed shelter, a car, the walls of a shared apartment, or floors and benches in hospital corridors.

Ali, son of Abbas Mohammed Raad, the son of the head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, Mohammed Raad, who was killed by an Israeli strike, lies on top of his father's coffin during his funeral procession in the southern town of Jbaa, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. The militant Hezbollah group fired more than 50 rockets at military posts in northern Israel on Thursday, a day after an Israeli airstrike on a home in southern Lebanon killed five of the group's senior fighters. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Hezbollah fires rockets at north Israel after an airstrike kills 5 of the group’s senior fighters

The militant Hezbollah group has fired more than 50 rockets at military posts in northern Israel. The waves of rockets sent over the border represented one of the most intense bombardments since Hezbollah started attacking Israeli posts in the country’s north at the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war

A police vehicle stands on the street during a raid in Berlin-Adlershof in Berlin, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. Hundreds of police officers searched the properties of Hamas members and followers in Germany on Thursday morning with the majority of the raids taking place in Berlin.(Sven Kaeuler/dpa via AP)

Hundreds of German police raid properties of Hamas supporters in Berlin and across the country

Hundreds of police officers are searching the properties of Hamas members and followers in Germany with the majority of the raids taking place in Berlin.

UPDATES INSTRUCTIONS - Israeli soldiers are seen during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Qatar says Gaza cease-fire will begin at 7 a.m. Friday, with aid to follow ‘as soon as possible’

A four-day cease-fire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas will begin a day later than originally planned.

UPDATES INSTRUCTIONS - Israeli soldiers show the media an underground tunnel found underneath Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Israel says that Hamas militants sought cover on the grounds of the hospital and used the tunnel for military purposes. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Israel unveils what it claims is a major Hamas militant hideout beneath Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital

Israeli military officials have shown a group of international journalists a small living quarters they found in a tunnel underneath Shifa Hospital, claiming that the space had been used by Hamas militants.

FILE - About a thousand Palestinian and pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied at the corner of W. Hubbard St. and N. Armour St. near where President Joe Biden was attending a fundraising event in the West Town neighbohood of Chicago, Nov. 9, 2023. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

How the hostage deal came about: Negotiations stumbled, but persistence finally won out

Negotiations to free the hostages held by Hamas hardly ran smoothly. Hamas resisted as Israel laid waste to huge areas of Gaza.

FILE - Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, greets his supporters upon his arrival at a meeting in a hall on the sea side of Gaza City, on April 30, 2022. Since Hamas fighters carried out the deadliest attack on Israel in decades, Israeli officials have vowed to crush the Palestinian militant group and its enigmatic leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar. But seven weeks into the war, 61-year-old Sinwar remains alive, in hiding and at the helm of Hamas’ fighters as they battle Israeli forces. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Shadowy Hamas leader in Gaza is at top of Israel’s hit list after last month’s deadly attack

Since Hamas fighters carried out the deadliest attack on Israel in decades, Israeli officials have vowed to crush the Palestinian militant group and its enigmatic leader in Gaza.

A Jordanian humanitarian aid convoy enters the Gaza Strip from Egypt in Rafah on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Humanitarians want more aid for Gaza, access to hostages under Israel-Hamas truce. And more time

International aid groups that have lined up thousands of aid trucks for Gaza say they’re ready to move quickly to send in food, water and other supplies if a pause in the fighting between Hamas and Israel takes hold.

FILE - Zainab Chaudry joins other demonstrators outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. The Maryland Attorney General this week, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, suspended Chaudry, a member of the state’s new commission aimed at addressing hate crimes, after she posted on social media criticizing the recent actions of Israel in Gaza. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Maryland hate crime commission member suspended for anti-Israel social media posts

The Maryland Attorney General has suspended a member of the state’s new commission aimed at addressing hate crimes after she posted on social media criticizing the recent actions of Israel in Gaza.

FILE - Men look over the site of a deadly explosion at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. This photo and others taken the morning after the explosion show no evidence of a large crater at the impact site that would be consistent with a large bomb such as those dropped by Israeli aircraft in other recent strikes. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled, File)

New AP analysis of last month’s deadly Gaza hospital explosion rules out widely cited video

The Associated Press is publishing an updated visual analysis of the deadly Oct. 17 explosion at Gaza’s Al-Ahli Hospital.

FILE- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at a rally in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023 welcomed a cease-fire that's expected to enable the release of dozens of hostages taken by Hamas and urged leaders of the top rich and developing nations to work together to ensure the Israel-Hamas war doesn't expand in the region. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

India in G20 summit welcomes Israel-Hamas cease-fire, urges action on climate, other issues

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed a cease-fire in Gaza that’s expected to enable the release of dozens of hostages taken by Hamas.

Pope Francis holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope meets relatives of Israeli hostages and Palestinians in Gaza and sets off firestorm over words

Pope Francis has met separately with relatives of Israeli hostages in Gaza and Palestinians living through the war and set off a firestorm by using words that Vatican diplomats usually avoid: “Terrorism” and according to the Palestinians “genocide.”

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Live updates | Israel says hostage release will not take place before Friday, as talks are ongoing

Israel’s national security adviser says cease-fire talks with the Hamas militant group are ongoing, and a hostage release will not take place before Friday.

A woman plasters photos of Israelis missing and held captive in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. The hostages, mostly Israeli citizens, were kidnapped during an Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel and have been held in Gaza since then. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

What does the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas look like?

A cease-fire to facilitate the release of dozens of people taken hostage during Hamas’ raid on Israel is expected to bring the first respite to war-weary Palestinians in Gaza and a glimmer of hope to the families of the captives.

Families and friends of about 240 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza call for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring them home during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. Israel's Cabinet was convening Tuesday to consider a possible deal for the release of some of the hostages held by Hamas in exchange for a temporary halt to Israel's military offensive in Gaza. Hamas captured the hostages in an Oct. 7 cross-border attack that killed at least 1,200 people and triggered an Israeli invasion of Gaza. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli official says talks continuing, hostage release won’t take place before Friday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security adviser says a planned hostage-for-prisoner swap with Hamas has been delayed until at least Friday.

Major Iranian-backed militant group vows to expand conflict if U.S. airstrikes continue

A major Iranian-backed militant group in Iraq has warned it may strike additional U.S. targets after U.S. warplanes killed multiple militants in response to the first use of a short-range ballistic missile against U.S. forces at Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq.

FILE - Bahrain's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa pays his respects to the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, following her death, during her lying-in-state at Westminster Hall, in London, Sunday Sept. 18, 2022. The websites of two government ministries in Bahrain briefly became inaccessible Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, after a statement claimed hackers took them down over the island kingdom's stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.(John Sibley/Pool via AP, File)

Bahrain government websites briefly inaccessible after cyberattack over Israel-Hamas war

The websites of two government ministries in Bahrain have briefly became inaccessible after a cyberattack took them down, purportedly over the island kingdom’s stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

In this photo shared by India's Minister of External Affairs Subramanyam Jaishankar on the X-platform formerly known as Twitter, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, left, and Jaishankar talk during the second India-Australia 2+2 Dialogue in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov.21, 2023. (India's Minister of External Affairs Subramanyam Jaishankar X handle via AP)

India, Australia commit to boosting strategic ties as their diplomats and defense chiefs hold talks

India and Australia say they’re committed to boosting economic and strategic ties as their top diplomats shared concerns over China, regional security and the Israel-Hamas war.

Journalists and family members gather next to Lebanese Red Cross ambulances carrying the bodies of the two slain journalists of pan-Arab TV network Al-Mayadeenm, who were killed by an Israeli strike outside the station's headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed Tuesday two journalists reporting for the Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV on the violence along the border with Israel, according to the Lebanese information minister and their TV station. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon kill 2 journalists for a pan-Arab TV channel, 4 Palestinian militants

A Beirut-based pan-Arab TV channel says an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon killed two of its journalists who were covering the violence along the Lebanon-Israel border.

This photo released by the Houthi Media Center shows Houthi forces boarding the cargo ship Galaxy Leader on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. Yemen's Houthis have seized the ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen after threatening to seize all vessels owned by Israeli companies. (Houthi Media Center via AP)

Analysis: Iran-backed Yemen rebels’ helicopter-borne attack on ship raises risks in crucial Red Sea

The helicopter-borne Houthi attack on an Israel-linked ship in the Red Sea highlights the danger now lurking in one of the world’s key shipping routes as the Israel-Hamas war rages, as well as the rebels’ tactics mirroring those of its chief sponsor, Iran.

In this image made from video supplied by South Africa's Presidency, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses BRICS leaders for a virtual meeting of leaders of developing countries Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. Ramaphosa accused Israel of war crimes, condemned Hamas for its attack on Israeli civilians that sparked the conflict and said both sides were guilty of violating international law. (South Africa Presidency via AP Photo)

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