Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s "The Voice of Hind Rajab" will open the first edition of the Gaza International Festival for Women's Cinema, which will be held Oct. 26-31 amid rubble in the heart of the Gaza strip.

An Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory is halted "until further notice," the first major test of the ceasefire.

Mideast experts urge excluding UNRWA from Gaza reconstruction under President Trump's peace plan, citing the agency's alleged Hamas connections and incompetence.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted on Wednesday at his opposition to any role for Turkish security forces in the Gaza Strip as part of a mission to monitor a U.S.-backed ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Witkoff and Kusher are in Israel to work on any obstacles to the cease-fire, including Hamas releasing the remainig dead hostages. The militants said Israel is banning the equipment to find the bodies in rumble isn't allowed.

Ramadan asserted that the chamber was aware of the desires of the Palestinian people and wanted a role in communicating those wishes to Gaza’s new leadership. The Gaza Chamber of Commerce aspires to have a role in advising the future democratic government of Gaza and to be involved in the enclave’s reconstruction efforts,

The group still commands thousands of fighters, but the war has taken a toll on its weapons supplies, and its political future is uncertain.

President Trump’s top Middle East peace envoys categorically rejected accusations that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in an interview with CBS’s “60

The family of late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh denied on Wednesday reports that some of their relatives had been allowed to leave the Gaza Strip at Turkey ’s request. "Absolutely no one from the Haniyeh family has left," said Abdul Salam Haniyeh, the late leader’s eldest son, in a statement to Middle East Eye.