“Gaza, with its great people and its resilience, will rise again to rebuild what the occupation has destroyed and continue on the path of steadfastness until the occupation is defeated,” Hamas said in a statement after the cease-fire.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians were jubilant to be returning home but fear what might remain of their homes.
The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory.
President Donald Trump indicated Saturday that he had spoken with the king of Jordan about potentially building housing and moving more than 1 million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries,
President Donald Trump said he wants to "clean out" the Gaza Strip, and have Egypt and Jordan to take in millions of displaced Palestinians.
President Trump indicated Sunday that the way to help the situation in Gaza is to “clean out the whole thing.” Aboard Air Force One, Trump said Gaza is a “real mess,” after the Palestinian
Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives, and Israel is to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will not participate in the displacement of Palestinians, which would be an "act of injustice", President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said on Wednesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said Egypt and Jordan should take in residents of the Gaza Strip.
These developments do not bode well for the success of the next phases of the cease-fire, let alone a lasting peace. Palestinians consider Gaza, the West Bank and the Golan as part of what should be a Palestinian state, which Netanyahu rejects.
More than 375,000 Palestinians have made their way back to homes in northern Gaza after 15 months on the run because of war.
Wealthy Arab nations consider bankrolling Gaza’s reconstruction, but they want assurances Palestinians will lead in the postwar period.