Hamas accused Israel of trying to derail the cease-fire agreement hours after its first phase ended. It called the decision to cut off aid “cheap extortion, a war crime and a blatant attack” on the truce, which took hold in January after more than a year of negotiations. Both sides stopped short of saying the cease-fire had ended.

Less than a week before it expires, Israel and Hamas have failed to agree to extend the cease-fire in Gaza. Here’s how the deal could still continue — and what happens if it doesn’t.

(photo credit: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters) Hamas confirmed to Arab media on Saturday that they will not be the ones running the Gaza Strip during the implementation of the next phase of the ...

The Tel Aviv event was designed as an alternative to ... abducting more than 250 to Gaza and perpetrating the worst one-day attack in Israel’s history. And in the year since the attack, many ...