As the Gaza ceasefire takes hold, aid workers caution that the toughest challenges are yet to come, describing the truce as only the first step on a long road to recovery.
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A long-awaited ceasefire has finally begun in Gaza. Here’s what we know
How will Israel-Hamas ceasefire, hostage release work?
A week after the Gaza ceasefire took effect, the second group of hostages has been exchanged for Palestinians held by Israel. After more than 15 months, Israel and Hamas have agreed on a multiphase plan.
Israelis cheer release of first three Gaza hostages; Hamas’ armed wing ‘will abide by ceasefire deal’
Hundreds of truckloads of food, fuel and other supplies have arrived in Gaza each day since the cease-fire took effect. But the need is vast after 15 months of war.
Hamas has announced the names of the next four hostages it will release this weekend as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel that has halted fighting in Gaza for at least six weeks.
Rifts with Hamas and a far-right minister’s threat to resign complicated progress toward the Israeli cabinet’s vote on the deal, which includes the release of hostages.
The freed hostages were taken to an Israeli army base, where they were reunited with their parents, and could be seen in pictures hugging them emotionally.
After being promised 'total victory' by Netanyahu, footage of the Palestinian group parading in Gaza's streets provokes fury
With a ceasefire agreement pausing the war between Israel and Hamas, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza city centers.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.
"I returned yesterday and stayed next to the rubble of the house, not knowing where to go," 19-year-old Mohamed Abu Ghaly told ABC News.
Two hundred Palestinian prisoners have also been released today by Israel in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal.
Azzam Al Shallalta dropped to his knees and wept at his mother's feet as he arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah with other Palestinian prisoners
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It is another test for the truce that is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and the militant group.
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