Israeli air strikes in Gaza and Lebanon have raised fresh concerns about the durability of ceasefire agreements, after deadly attacks were reported in both territories.
Strong winds and heavy rain battered tent camps in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Sunday, offering little protection to thousands of displaced Palestinians struggling to survive winter conditions in the war-ravaged enclave.
The year began with cautious optimism as a ceasefire deal, brokered by Egypt and Qatar on January 15th, brought a temporary halt to the 15 months of devastating war in Gaza.
Israeli forces have launched new airstrikes across multiple areas of the Gaza Strip, despite an ongoing ceasefire agreement leading to multiple casualties.
Senior representatives from the U.S., Egypt, Qatar and Türkiye have held talks in Miami to assess progress on the Gaza ceasefire and lay the groundwork for its next phase, according to a statement issued by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.
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A mass wedding brought together 203 grooms and 203 brides in the Zawayda area of the central Gaza Strip on 18 December. The ceremony was organised by the Turkish Ribat Association.
Hundreds of people gathered for a second consecutive week at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, on Friday (12 December), to support the family of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, the last remaining Israeli hostage whose body is believed to be held in Gaza.
Torrential rain has swept across Gaza, flooding hundreds of tents and homes sheltering families displaced by years of conflict, raising concerns that the fragile ceasefire may be cracking as authorities struggle to manage the growing humanitarian crisis.
The head of an armed Palestinian faction that opposes Hamas in Gaza died while mediating a family dispute, the group said on Thursday.
The Israeli Military has identified the latest deceased hostage returned by Hamas as Dror Or who died on the 7th of October 2023 after his home was set on fire by Hamas militants.
Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in Gaza on Monday near the line separating zones of Israeli control, exposing tensions in the ceasefire agreement signed on 9 October.
The foreign ministers of Türkiye and Egypt are set to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and international efforts to rebuild the Strip once the conflict concludes during talks in Ankara on Wednesday, according to a Turkish foreign ministry source.
Foreign ministers of some Muslim countries will meet in Istanbul on Monday to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and next steps there, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday, voicing concern over whether the ceasefire will continue.
Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over two bodies of deceased Israeli hostages on Thursday, a day after the tenuous Gaza ceasefire was shaken by a series of deadly Israeli strikes across Gaza.
Hamas is expected to hand over the remains of an Israeli hostage on Monday night as part of the ongoing Gaza ceasefire agreement, Israeli media reported.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel on Thursday with the goal of implementing U.S. President Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan, according to the U.S. State Department.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted on Wednesday at his opposition to any role for Turkish security forces in the Gaza Strip as part of a mission to monitor a U.S.-backed ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance was holding talks in Israel on Tuesday as Washington tries to stabilise the first, shaky, phase of the Gaza ceasefire and push Israel and Hamas towards the harder concessions asked of each side in coming talks.
Israeli Military has confirmed it opened fire on what it called "several approaching terrorists" who crossed the yellow line in the Shejaiya area in Gaza, sparking fears that the ceasefire will not hold.
Türkiye has appointed Mehmet Gulluoglu, former head of its disaster management agency AFAD, to lead its humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza, a Foreign Ministry source confirmed.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that it may take a considerable amount of time to hand over remains of hostages who died in Hamas detention given the difficulties of finding bodies in Gaza's rubble.
The Gaza summit held on 13 October in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, is being hailed as a significant diplomatic milestone for securing peace in the region.
Israeli twin brothers Ziv and Gali Berman were among the hostages released on Monday following the implementation of the first phase of ceasefire deal brokered by President Trump.
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