The UN estimates that reconstruction work in the Gaza Strip will cost $80 billion, 25 times more than after Operation Protective Edge in 2014. The particularly high cost stems from the fact that about 69% of the buildings in the Gaza Strip (more than 170,000) have been destroyed, including about 90% of the housing units.

One of the most prominent Palestinian prisoners that will be released on the first day of the truce include Khalida Jarrar, a senior member of the Popular Front for

ALBAWABA - Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone strike on Khirbet al-Adas, north of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera's corr

Netanyahu’s office accused Hamas of reneging on parts of the agreement in an attempt “to extort last minute concessions.”

A medical surce informed Al-Jazeera that approximately 5,000 Palestinians have been killed or are missing in northern Gaza.

Israel has delayed a Cabinet vote on the long-awaited ceasefire deal that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages.

Steve Witkoff, President-elect Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, may visit the Gaza Strip in an effort to keep the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas on track, a Trump transition official says.

Netanyahu’s office accused Hamas of reneging on parts of the agreement in an attempt “to extort last minute concessions.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a last-minute dispute with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of a long-awaited ceasefire.

Israeli officials say that if the PA returns to Gaza and Hamas remains in any capacity, there’s a risk of a repeat of the situation in Lebanon — where another Iran-backed militia, Hezbollah, became a powerful armed force behind a toothless government unable to stop its attacks.

The ceasefire came into effect Sunday after an initial three-hour delay, during which almost 20 more Palestinians were killed, according to medics in the decimated Palestinian territory. Under the terms of the deal,