President-elect Donald Trump said mass deportations will begin “very quickly” after taking office, one of a number of plans he discussed in a phone interview with NBC News on Saturday.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal, with a pause in fighting in Gaza and the phased release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners expected to begin Sunday. Follow for live updates.

Ashley Waxman Bakshi knows the Gaza ceasefire agreement is a bad deal for Israel, but she believes it could be the last chance she has of seeing her cousin Agam again.

Israel’s government approved a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, paving the way for the agreement to take effect Sunday and potentially signalling a new chapter in a bloody 15-month conflict that has enflamed the Middle East.

One person was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack in central Tel Aviv on Saturday afternoon, Israel police said.

President-elect Donald Trump said he’s planning to sign a “record-setting” number of executive actions when he takes office.

Caroline Glick writes how the USA could have pushed mediating countries for a deal with no terrorists released, but did not.

During his visit to Lebanon, he met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun as well as Lebanese Prime Minister-Designate Nawaf Salam, after which he wrote on X that "the road ahead for Lebanon is filled with promise but also great tests... As the Lebanese people travel this road together, the UN is proud to stand with them." (ANI/WAM)

Mediator Qatar says the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect Sunday at 8:30 a.m. local time.

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, hours before a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is set to go into effect, Netanyahu says a last-minute snag could delay the war’s pause. Then, nearly 75 years after Ethel Rosenberg was executed for espionage,