UN Women released a statement in response to the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, calling it news that “brings relief for the one million women and children” in Gaza who have been subjected to Israeli attacks over the last 15 months.

After 15 months of war, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect on Sunday morning.

Qatar’s prime minister said on Tuesday that a lasting peace in Gaza would depend on Israel and Hamas acting in “good faith,” days into a fragile truce

President Mahmoud Abbas received the Gaza Relief, Early Recovery and Emergency Response Plan, which was prepared by the Palestinian government to address the emergency situation in the Gaza Strip. The handover took place on Sunday during a meeting with Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates,

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — 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 Sunday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says his Cabinet won’t meet to approve the agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages until Hamas backs down,

The 90 Palestinian prisoners that were in Israeli custody have been released, an Israeli prison service spokesperson said in a statement early Monday morning local time – about 80 minutes past the conclusion of Day 1 of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage exchange deal.

At 17:07, Hamas had confirmed that 28-year-old Emily Damari, 23-year-old Romi Gonen, 23-year-old Romie Gonen and 31-year-old Doron Stanbar Hair had been released and handed over to the Red Cross in the central Gaza.

Tel Aviv — Israeli military strikes killed more than 600 people in the Gaza Strip in the first 10 days ... Abu Fkheida at Birzeit University in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

One of the Israeli hostages freed on the first day of the Gaza ceasefire said Monday in her first comments since being released that she has “returned to life.”

Dozens of Palestinian women and teenagers were released from Israeli prisons this week as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas to pause the war in Gaza.