After a ceasefire deal paused 15 months of war in Gaza, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians returned to the rubble of their homes.

The return of fighters to Gaza streets highlights how Israeli bombardment has failed to achieve Netanyahu’s goal or eradicating Hamas as a political force.

As the first phase of a hard-won ceasefire between Israel and Hamas enters its second week, Gaza's war-ravaged health care sector faces a daunting path to recovery, with a severe shortage of critical supplies and extensive damage to medical infrastructure.

Hamas apparently does not insist on retaining control over the Gaza Strip and would not accept any power other than its own in the coastal strip,

An idea floated by US President Donald Trump to move Gazans to Egypt or Jordan faced a renewed backlash Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of Gazans displaced by the Israel-Hamas war returned to their devastated neighbourhoods.

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“Gaza, with its great people and its resilience, will rise again to rebuild what the occupation has destroyed and continue on the path of steadfastness until the occupation is defeated,” Hamas said in a statement after the cease-fire.

Israel has begun allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas.

"The concept of the "day after the war" and the removal of Hamas from the equation no longer exists, and the future of Gaza is purely a Palestinian matter," he added.

Israel says a Hamas list shows that eight of the 33 hostages to be released in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire are dead.