"We're at the last stretch, and we have to be strong, for Rani, for us, and for Israel. Without Rani, our country can't heal," Talik Gvili told Reuters.

Death toll from Israeli attacks rises as leaders say chaos will reign in Gaza without next phase of ceasefire.

They are expected to discuss the next steps of the Gaza ceasefire. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Hamas and the Red Cross have failed to find the remains of the last hostage, Police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, in the eastern part of Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood, Al Jazeera reports.

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Israel and Hamas are “very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said ...

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The sides, which agreed to the ceasefire in October, are preparing to move into a second and more complicated phase of the agreement.

Samar Abu Elouf, a forty-one-year-old Palestinian photojournalist, has documented Israel’s military campaign against Gaza for Reuters and the New York Times. One of her best-known shots, taken on ...