In neighbourhoods levelled by 15 months of war with Israel, Hamas officials are overseeing the clearance of rubble in the wake of Sunday's ceasefire. The group's gunmen are guarding aid convoys on Gaza's dusty roads,
For all the military might Israel deployed in Gaza, it failed to remove Hamas from power, one of its central war aims.
"It is striking that Israel was not mentioned in the president's inauguration speech," a senior Hamas official told Newsweek.
As the long-awaited ceasefire comes into effect, here’s a look – in 6 graphics – at what Gaza is like after 15 months of war.
The Palestinian Health Ministry says an Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin has killed at least six people and wounded 35 others.
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Celebrations erupted across the war-ravaged territory and some Palestinians began returning to their homes despite the delay.
The city of Jenin in the northern West Bank has been a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for decades.
When Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, released its propaganda video of three Israeli hostages being released Sunday night, there was a striking detail.
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Rarely seen in the open while the war raged, masked and armed fighters spread out publicly through Gaza’s cities in a show of force on Sunday.