Iran welcomed on Thursday a cease-fire deal to end Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, calling it a “historic victory” for Palestinians.

Internally displaced Palestinian people walk along a street among the rubble of destroyed buildings amid a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Jan. 20, 2025. (EPA Photo)

Four hundred and sixty-six days since Hamas fighters massacred over 1,000 Israelis and kidnapped hundreds more, the guns may finally be falling silent.

The ‘Gaza Ceasefire Deal’ is a mirror image of the May 2024 ‘Biden Plan’, which Israel rejected. What’s changed since then? For one, Israel has achieved all its critical military objectives. The imminent return of Donald Trump to the Oval Office has created its own dynamics which catalyzed Netanyahu to risk the ire of his right-wing coalition partners by accepting a deal.

The revelation, released this week, shows the danger still facing Iran after Israel struck the country twice during the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip — and threatens to directly target its nuclear sites as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to re ...

In the 80 hours between Wednesday, Jan 15, when the Gaza ceasefire agreement was announced, and Sunday, Jan 19, when it went into effect, Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 123 Palestinians,

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To better understand what the cease-fire will mean for the Israelis, the Palestinians, and the Middle East, Foreign Affairs turned to Marc Lynch, a professor of political science at George Washington University and the director of its Middle East Studies program.

The 42-day first phase of the ceasefire should see a total of 33 hostages returned from Gaza and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees released.

After Israeli troops stood down when a ceasefire came into effect in the Gaza Strip, Hamas began sending thousands of its forces onto the streets to establish control.