Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to the U.S., joins NPR's Michel Martin to discuss Israel's security cabinet approving a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. The agreement still needs the full cabinet's OK.

Israel's security cabinet voted to approve a ceasefire deal to end the fighting in Gaza. Full cabinet approval is expected later Friday, a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.

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MARTIN: This ceasefire deal is very similar ... OREN: I think two things have happened - one, that Hamas has agreed to some central issues in that negotiation, including letting Israel know ...

And that was the change dynamic here." A day after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal was announced, NPR's Michel Martin spoke to Hochstein on Morning Edition. They discussed how the deal, which was approved by the Israeli cabinet two days after its ...

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The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas took hold on Sunday ... Lebanese President Michel Auon received a call from the French President, his office said today, saying that Emmanuel Macron ...

More than a year after Hamas attacked southern Israel on 7 October 2023 – killing around 1,200 people and taking another 250 captive – around 85 hostages remain, although Israel believes around a third are dead. A ceasefire deal currently in place ...

This undated photo provided by Hostages Family Forum shows Agam Berger, who was abducted and brought to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)

Israeli Arbel Yehoud, 29, who had been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, is escorted by Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters as she is handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday Jan. 30, 2025. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

Israel and Hamas executed the group’s second prisoner exchange in Gaza City during the current ceasefire agreement on Saturday. Hamas gave up four Israeli female soldiers — Karina Ariev ...

Hamas released four Israeli hostages in Gaza early Saturday in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners to be released later in the day. It was the second release to occur as part of the ceasefire ...