Crowds of displaced Palestinians made the arduous journey back to heavily destroyed northern Gaza for a second day Tuesday, under a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. More than 375,000 Palestinians have crossed into northern Gaza since Israel allowed their return on Monday morning,

An Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire ... strip of territory that separates Gaza's border with Egypt, including the Rafah crossing. These were concessions Hamas refused to agree to previously.

Gazans were surveying the vast damage to their neighborhoods on Monday as anxious Israelis awaited news about the condition of the hostages.

Smotrich said he has received assurances that Israel will resume the war after the first phase, during which 33 hostages held in Gaza are to return home and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are to be freed. The second phase, which must still be negotiated, is to work out an end to the war and return of all remaining hostages.

Lebanon, however, saw the deadliest day since Israel’s truce with Hezbollah took effect ... carrying aid waiting to enter Gaza through the Rafah border. Follow continuing coverage of the ...

(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) Palestinian Rafah resident Ashraf Abo Taha ... "In the coming days, we will reveal how Iran funds Hezbollah's terrorism using civilian institutions ...

Hamas commander Rafa Salama and around a 100 Palestinian civilians were killed by an MK-84 bomb in Rafah's Al-Mawasi on July 13, 2024

Under the terms of the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal , fighting will be halted in Gaza for at least six weeks. Dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be freed, while more aid flows in .

Former President Joe Biden put on hold the delivery of such bombs due to concern over the impact they could have on the civilian population.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said Israeli tank fire killed two Palestinians near the southern border town of Rafah, days after a ceasefire in the war-battered territory took hold. The ministry said on Thursday that Israeli shelling hit the Tel al-Sultan district west of Rafah, killing two brothers near their home.

Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were making their way home on Monday.

Israeli warplanes struck Rafah, which adjoins the border ... IDF fighter jets struck a military site in which Hezbollah terrorists were operating in Maroun El Ras as well as three military ...