A generation has been traumatized in Gaza, with one million children requiring mental health and psychosocial support, says a UN official.

More than 630 trucks with basic supplies entered the Strip on Sunday and 915 on Monday, although agencies warn that the enormous needs of the population require greater speed

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the start of the ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza, expressing the UN's readiness to support the implementation

Unrwa's Gaza director says rebuilding homes, infrastructure and people's lives will "take an awful lot of time".

The first three Israeli hostages released from Gaza have been handed over in a test of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

The ceasefire was due to begin at 8:30 a.m. local ... UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher said at least 630 trucks with humanitarian aid entered Gaza on Sunday ...

Floor mattresses, make-shift water containers, and remaining contents of tents were quickly packed, piled and hurled on top of cars, trucks and donkey pulled carts in Gaza as thousands of Palestinians made their way back to their homes after 15 months of displacement.

The Israeli military said Thursday that the two men barricaded themselves in a structure in the West Bank village of Burqin and exchanged fire with Israeli troops before they were killed overnight. The army said a soldier was moderately wounded.

Gazan brothers are killed days after the ceasefire was announced, as a tense Middle East awaits more hostages releases this weekend and more violence in Israel's bloody West Bank operation

These developments do not bode well for the success of the next phases of the ceasefire, let alone a lasting peace. Palestinians consider Gaza, the West Bank and the Golan as part of what should be a Palestinian state, which Netanyahu rejects. The situation in Gaza also offers encouraging signs and cause for concern.

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The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour through mountains of rubble looking for bodies of those killed by Israeli bombardments during the 15-month war.