Arab and Muslim national leaders are pushing Hamas to accept the Gaza plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump this week, saying the need to end the fighting surpasses concern about the finer details.

A family’s campaign to free a student abducted from a rural Israeli town two years ago may be imperiled by an uprising in their country and stalled attempts at a cease-fire.

As Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began speaking at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, dozens of people walked out of the room in protest.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly addressed hostages in his United Nations speech, which he said was being broadcast in Gaza via loudspeakers.

The address, which began at 9 a.m., has so far largely focused on perceived threats against Israel in the Middle East.

Ahead of Netanyahu’s U.N. speech, his office announced the unveiling of a “public diplomacy campaign” in New York City. They organized billboards and trucks to display the message: “Remember October 7” in Times Square and around the U.N. building.

President Donald Trump is speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, as world leaders convene in New York for the body's 80th session.

A draft U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza was blocked by Washington because it failed to call out Hamas as a terrorist organization.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to President Donald Trump's peace proposal, ending the war in Gaza if Hamas can also agree.

Hamas says it will study U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza both within the group and with other Palestinian factions before responding.

Mamdani stopped short of condemning the militant group after Netanyahu used his defiant address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday to declare that Israel must “finish the job” in its