Officials say Israel and Hamas appear to be inching closer to a phased ceasfire agreement. But a deal hasn’t been reached yet ...

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said that progress has been made in ongoing negotiations to reach a hostage-ceasefire ...

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