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In a rare move hours after the cease-fire took effect, one senior Hamas official said the group wants to engage the new Trump administration.

Hunger has gripped the enclave, besieged by Israel, and the surge is a step toward alleviating it. But with Hamas asserting its grip on Gaza, questions remain about how aid is distributed.

Barring a late settlement, Harry’s lawsuit against News Group Newspapers will begin Tuesday, with potential consequences for the royal family, the media baron and even The Washington Post.

The findings give new insight into the dangers of urban wildfires that burn plastics and other chemicals in homes and property.

Canadian officials are preparing retaliatory measures if the new U.S. administration imposes tariffs on Canadian imports.

Debra Tice, whose son Austin was abducted near Damascus in 2012, said the rebel group that toppled the Assad regime promised support in helping to find him.

Israel is expected on Sunday to begin releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, according to the terms of the cease-fire and hostage release agreement with Hamas.

The first phase of the cease-fire deal calls for the release of 33 hostages, including women, children, men over 50 and sick and wounded people. Three hostages were released on the first day of the deal.

Doctors at Sheba Medical Center said the three women are in stable condition, but little is known about what the former captives went through in Gaza.

With an Israel-Hamas cease-fire set to begin, the shock waves from their war have reshaped the region in unexpected ways.

The police had sought the death penalty in a horrific but familiar crime. Its handling by the local authorities had outraged the nation.

Many of the European politicians expected to be in Washington on Monday share President-elect Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant stance.

Sunday’s delayed start to the truce was a minor problem compared with the difficult choices and American leverage needed to get both parties to the second phase, which could end the war.

President Claudia Sheinbaum is detaining more migrants, seizing more fentanyl and positioning her country as a key ally against China. But the U.S. stance has shifted, too.

The start of a truce prompted celebrations in Gaza, where Hamas militants made a show of force on the streets after 15 months of war. Hours after the first three hostages returned to Israel, it freed 90 prisoners.

After the fighting paused, Hamas began to free some of its hostages, releasing 3, and Israel said it had released 90 Palestinian prisoners.

Donald J. Trump’s promise to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine in 24 hours, “before I even become president,” proved to be untrue.

Thirty-three people were set to be released during the first phase of the agreement, including female soldiers and civilians, children and men over 50.

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