Palestinians have expressed their shock at the devastation wrought on Gaza by 15 months of war on the second day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.Displaced Gazan Mohamed Gomaa, who lost his brother and nephew in the conflict,

Hunger has gripped the enclave, besieged by Israel, and the surge is a step toward alleviating it. But with Hamas asserting its grip on Gaza, questions remain about how aid is distributed.

Thousands of Gazans have begun to travel back to the homes they evacuated earlier in the war. View on euronews

Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners early on Monday as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, just hours after three Israeli hostages were returned to Israel. The ceasefire, which began at 11:15 a.

Unrwa's Gaza director says rebuilding homes, infrastructure and people's lives will "take an awful lot of time".

The first three released hostages, Emily Damari, Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbrecher, returned home to Israel after Hamas fighters handed them over to the Red Cross in a bustling square in Gaza City, surrounded by gunmen in fatigues and balaclavas.

After 15 months of collective grief and anxiety, three Israeli hostages left Hamas captivity and returned to Israel, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners walked free from Israeli jail, leaving both Israelis and Palestinians torn between celebration and trepidation as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold

The second batch of Israeli hostages will be released from Gaza on Saturday as planned, Hamas has said in a statement.

The Israeli military said Thursday that the two men barricaded themselves in a structure in the West Bank village of Burqin and exchanged fire with Israeli troops before they were killed overnight. The army said a soldier was moderately wounded.

A last-minute delay by Hamas put off the truce’s start by ... “This is a moment of tremendous hope,” humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said. Across Gaza, there was relief and grief.

The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour through mountains of rubble looking for bodies of those killed by Israeli bombardments during the 15-month war.