With a ceasefire agreement pausing the war between Israel and Hamas, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza city centers.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 hit its first major complication when Israel said a female civilian hostage named Arbel Yahoud was supposed to be released but wasn't.

The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory.

Israeli occupation forces have continued their blockade of the entrances to the Jericho province, east of the occupied West Bank, for the sixth consecutive day, preventing residents from leaving the area.

Netanyahu is under pressure from right-wing members of his coalition government to resume bombardment of the Gaza Strip until Hamas is destroyed. Several have said they received assurances from Netanyahu that after the first phase of the truce ends, Israeli troops and fighter jets will once again launch in and over Gaza.

Hundreds of Palestinians have been forcibly displaced by the Israeli army amid a massive operation in Jenin and its refugee camp.

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian young, on Tuesday, after shooting him and abducting him in the village of Ti'inik, northwest of Jenin, in the north

After radio report reveals planned appointment, army halts 'temporary posting' for Lt. Col. 'Aleph,' who reportedly derided warnings ahead of Hamas onslaught as 'completely imaginary'

Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, plans to be a near-constant presence in the region in an attempt to prevent the deal from unraveling.

It begins with security, for Israelis living near Gaza and indeed throughout the country, and for Gazans subjected to bombardment and martial law.