The U.N. secretary-general is slated to meet with the Israeli president on Monday, when the latter keynotes a Holocaust remembrance event

Over 630 humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza Strip as a ceasefire began between Israel and Hamas, according to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. About 300 trucks moved into the enclave's north,

On the first full day of peace in Gaza on Monday, rescue workers and civilians began to reckon with the sheer scale of the destruction to the Strip. Gaza's Civil Defence agency – the strip's main emergency response service – said it feared there were more than 10,

After 15 months of war in Gaza, and ensuing global protests, reflected on UNC’s campus, Israel and Hamas entered a ceasefire on Jan. 19, 2025. Since Oct. 7, 2023, over 46,600 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes.

The United Nations says it’s ready to ramp up the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza after a ceasefire agreement and urged the removal of major security and political obstacles so it can reach all those in need.

Qatar’s foreign ministry said the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will go into effect at 0630 GMT on Sunday.

After more than a year hiding in tunnels and dodging air strikes, uniformed Hamas fighters returned to the ruined streets of Gaza hours into a ceasefire, defying Israel's vow to crush them. - 'Game of whack-a-mole' - The ceasefire is in its infancy and many questions remain about the future of the Gaza Strip and Hamas.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A short-term surge of aid deliveries into Gaza after a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas will be difficult if the deal does not cover security arrangements in the enclave, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday.

Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the start on Sunday of the ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza, as UN humanitarian convoys brought in urgently needed food aid to begin pulling the war-ravaged territory back from starvation.

He said the IRC in Gaza is focused particularly on water and sanitation, child protection and other healthcare.

Speaking at a news conference in Lebanon, Guterres said that while there would not be any "impediments by Israel for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza", that getting the aid into the hands of those in need would not be "easy".