Tens of thousands of Palestinians were starting to walk north to return to their homes Friday, after the Israeli military said the ceasefire agreement with Hamas came into effect at noon local time and that troops were withdrawing to the agreed-upon deployment lines.

A ceasefire is holding in Gaza between Israel and Hamas after two years of war. The deal’s first phase is meant to free remaining hostages from Gaza within days in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.

Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect at noon local time Friday following agreement of Trump's Gaza peace plan.

As a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas begins to take hold in Gaza, members of Manitoba's Palestinian community are hopeful that displaced families can be reunited with loved ones who fled to Canada to escape the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn strip.

As the Middle East broadly welcomes a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Iran finds itself at one of its weakest moments since its 1979 Islamic Revolution. Tehran has operated its self-described “Axis of Resistance” over several decades,

A ceasefire in Gaza went into effect at 12 p.m. local time (5 a.m. ET), the Israeli military said, after its government approved the first phase of a