Donald Trump has said he is “not confident” that the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will hold.On his first day in office yesterday, the newly-inaugurated US President told reporters the militant group is weakened,

After 15 months of collective grief and anxiety, three Israeli hostages left Hamas captivity and returned to Israel.

Three Israeli hostages have been reunited with their families, while 90 Palestinian detainees have been released from prison

Unrwa's Gaza director says rebuilding homes, infrastructure and people's lives will "take an awful lot of time".

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 set to begin early Sunday. Follow for live updates.

At least 12 people were treated for injuries after Israeli settlers attacked two occupied West Bank villages north of Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.The attacks came after newly-inaugurated US president Donald Trump rescinded Biden-era executive orders that sanctioned far-right Israeli settlers for undermining peace in the territory.

The Gaza ceasefire deal calls for the entry into Gaza of 600 trucks carrying humanitarian relief daily. Over the course of the deal’s first stage, 33 Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity in Gaza will also be released in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

Around 220 aid trucks were sent from Egypt towards the Gaza Strip on Monday, the second day of the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. An Egyptian Red Crescent official in North Sinai said the trucks include 10 carrying fuel.

U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said aid agencies have been mobilizing supplies in preparation for a ceasefire to scale up deliveries of food, medical supplies and other key items.

In the first phase of the three-phased agreement, fighting will pause for the first 42 days, with Israeli forces withdrawing to a buffer zone from "all" populated areas of Gaza, displaced Palestinians returning home, and increased aid deliveries.

UN reports significant aid influx in Gaza, with 915 trucks entering territory, as humanitarian needs remain staggering.