As US President Donald Trump was announcing his controversial plan to "clean out" Gaza, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the southern enclave began celebrating their return to their homes - or what little remains of them - in the northern Gaza Strip.

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will name its presidential candidate for the next election in coming months, its leader said on Tuesday in what he called a move to counter a judicial crackdown on his party.

The Palestinian Health Ministry says two Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank overnight and into Wednesday

Hamas will release three Israelis, including two women and an 80-year-old man, as well as five Thai nationals during the next hostage release set for Thursday, Israel and Hamas said Wednesday as their tenuous ceasefire in Gaza moves ahead .

Rifts with Hamas and a far-right minister’s threat to resign complicated progress toward the Israeli cabinet’s vote on the deal, which includes the release of hostages.

“The message is that Hamas is ‘the day after’ for the war,” said Ibrahim Madhoun, an analyst close to Hamas based in Turkey ... seen in Saraya Square in Gaza City next to a car holding ...

With a ceasefire agreement pausing the war between Israel and Hamas, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza city centers. For the first time in eight months, NPR got a glimpse of Rafah this week.

Smotrich said he has received assurances that Israel will resume the war after the first phase, during which 33 hostages held in Gaza are to return home and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are to be freed. The second phase, which must still be negotiated, is to work out an end to the war and return of all remaining hostages.

Palestinian health authorities said an Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank killed at least 10 people late Wednesday, as Israeli forces have carried out a major crackdown in the

Four female Israeli soldiers held hostage by Hamas have returned safely to Israel after the militants paraded them in front of a crowd of thousands in Gaza City

The recent ceasefire in Gaza has provided a crucial opportunity for humanitarian efforts, significantly improving conditions for the aid organisations, said the chief of the UN’s World Food Programme.