The exchange is part of a deal between Israel and Hamas that will see a total of 33 hostages returned to Israel in exchange for around 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

With a ceasefire agreement pausing the war between Israel and Hamas, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza city centers.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.

The deal ushers in an initial six-week period of calm and raises hopes for the release of dozens of militant-held hostages and an end to the 15-month war.

I walked 11 hours to finally return to my home in Gaza – finding my town destroyed and my house without walls - FIRST PERSON: Nedal Hamdouna, a Palestinian journalist, has been displaced seven times by the 15-month war in Gaza.

Steve Witkoff helped negotiate the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. His visit to Gaza on Wednesday was the first by a senior U.S. official in more than a decade.

More than 375,000 Palestinians have made their way back to homes in northern Gaza after 15 months on the run because of war.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday he’d like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting from the Gaza Strip — potentially moving out enough of the population to “just clean out” the war-torn area to create a virtual clean slate.

Four female Israeli soldiers who had been held hostage by Hamas returned safely to Israel Saturday after the militants paraded them in front of thousands.

The day after militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, the two sides were engaged in all-out war, with at more than 1,100 dead — least 700 in Israel and 424 in Gaza ...

The fragile ceasefire deal has so far held, quieting airstrikes and rockets and allowing for increased aid into Gaza.

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