As a ceasefire brought calm to Gaza’s ruined cities, Hamas was quick to emerge from hiding. The militant group has not only survived Israel’s 15-month military campaign — among the deadliest and most

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.

Palestinians begin search for those missing or buried under rubble in Gaza during ceasefire - Residents express shock at ’total destruction’ wrought by 15 months of war on coastal enclave

The WHO says only half of Gaza’s 36 hospitals remain partially operational after 15 months of Israeli attacks.

The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory.

Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari, three hostages who have been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, are released as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza Strip, in this still image taken from a video, January 19, 2025. Hamas Military Wing/Handout via REUTERS

Since the first moment of the war, I have been thinking about when it will end—whether it will be in two days, or in a week, or perhaps much longer. I was following the news closely from the start, and soon after the beginning,

Rarely seen in the open while the war raged, masked and armed fighters spread out publicly through Gaza’s cities in a show of force on Sunday.

Thousands of families have started walking or dragging carts from displacement camps in Gaza City toward the razed towns and cities of Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

During his Angelus address, the Holy Father also expressed his hope that all hostages “may finally return home and embrace their loved ones.”

Dozens of Palestinian prisoners have been freed by Israel after three hostages left Hamas captivity in an exchange that took place after 15 months of collective grief and anxiety.