Gaza Strip, Palestinians

Palestinians return to Gaza City as mediators look ahead to next stage
Three more Israeli hostages are due to be handed over on Thursday by Hamas, in exchange for scores of Palestinian prisoners set for release from Israeli jails.
Northern Gaza is shattered. The spirit of returning Palestinians is not
Crowds of Palestinians fill Gaza’s main coastal road as they stream north. With their belongings on their backs, they smile, hug and sing, overjoyed at the prospect of returning home after more than a year of war.
Palestinians return to northern Gaza after months of displacement
They returned under a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, walking for hours to reach the bombed-out landscape.
Palestinians finally returning to devastated northern Gaza after ceasefire dispute delay
Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians began returning home to northern Gaza on Monday, bracing for what awaits them in a region that has been reduced to rubble by months of brutal bombardment and fighting.
Palestinians celebrate their return to northern Gaza after 15 months of war
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians streamed into Gaza’s most heavily destroyed area on Monday after Israel opened the north for the first time since the early weeks of the war with Hamas, a dramatic reversal of their exodus 15 months ago.
Israel lets tens of thousands of Palestinians start returning to northern Gaza as ceasefire holds
Israel let tens of thousands of Palestinians go back to northern Gaza for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas​, under terms of a fragile ceasefire​.
Israel, Hamas reach deal to release hostages and allow Palestinians to return to Gaza Strip
An agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas that involves the release of additional hostages and the return of Palestinians to the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Gaza Strip: Palestinian returns to Gaza halted as Israel, Hamas trade accusations over ceasefire breach
Gaza Strip - Recent The situation in Gaza remains tense as Hamas and Israel continue to accuse each other of violating the ceasefire agreement, with thousands of displaced Palestinians still waiting to return to their homes.
Israel’s war inflicted ‘life-threatening danger’ on pregnant women and girls in Gaza, Human Rights Watch says
Israel has inflicted “serious and sometimes life-threatening danger” on pregnant and postpartum women and girls in Gaza over ...
BBC travels with first Jordanian helicopter delivering aid inside Gaza
Jordanian helicopters have begun deliveries of aid to Gaza - the first since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was ...
Palestinian Militant Group Releases Video of Civilian Hostage in Gaza
The civilian, Arbel Yehud, should have been among the first two groups of hostages released on Jan. 19 and Jan. 25 under the ...
Trump's remarks on Gaza push Arab states to seek a 'united front,' editor says
Mohamad Ali Harisi, The National News foreign editor, discusses U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal for Egypt and Jordan ...
Crowds of Joyous Palestinians Stream Into Northern Gaza — Though Uncertainty Awaits Them
On their shoulders, men carried young children — or sacks of food and metal cannisters of cooking gas. Women balanced ...
Gaza and Lebanon Truces Are Fragile, but All Sides May Keep Them Going
Bloodshed over the weekend highlighted the brittleness of the cease-fires in both places. Still, Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah ...
'A long, long road ahead': Gaza rebuilds from zero
The full scale of the humanitarian challenge ahead is emerging as displaced Palestinians return home, writes the BBC's Paul ...