WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump threatened to "eradicate" Hamas if it continues to violate a ceasefire deal the United States helped broker between the militant group and Israel. Trump made the comments on Oct. 20 as a flare-up in fighting over the ...

US President Donald Trump defended Israel’s strikes against members of Hamas and said he thinks that the peace deal he brokered earlier this month will hold despite rogue elements of the group attacking Israeli soldiers.

Hamas returns remains of three hostages including American Omer Neutra, to Israel through Red Cross coordination, President Donald Trump announces.

Israel’s government and military are preparing for the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, they said early Saturday after Hamas made a similar statement – marking a potential breakthrough after months of failed efforts to end the war.

U.S. and Israeli officials are divided over whether to allow the militants, stranded inside a tunnel network in Rafah, safe passage.

Israel has identified the hostage body returned by Hamas on Thursday as that of Meny Godard, who was 73 when he was killed in the 7 October attacks. Red Cross vehicles collected his body hours after Hamas issued a joint statement with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad saying it had been located in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza.