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Sporadic clashes between the Israel Defense Forces and Gaza militants -- plus deadly IDF airstrikes -- continue despite the Gaza ceasefire.
The next steps for the president’s 20-point Gaza peace plan have been mired in uncertainty and a lack of detail, but that may be set to change. Here’s what to know.
Authorities in Gaza have warned that stormy weather could spur more war-damaged buildings to collapse and heavy rains are making it more difficult to recover bodies still under the rubble. Authorities sounded the alarm on Monday,
Israel’s military took journalists into Rafah this week. Troops seized the city at Gaza’s southernmost point last year and largely flattened it.
The rainstorm that battered the enclave this week has left many shivering in tent camps. Despite a cease-fire, rebuilding is still a long way off.
Yassin Marouf, 23, lies in a tent, his left foot amputated and his right leg severely wounded after being hit by Israeli shelling in May. His brother was killed in the same attack, and Marouf struggles with basic movements.
In al-Karama neighbourhood in northern Gaza City, 28-year-old Nesma Hassan lives with her four-year-old daughter in the remnants of her family’s destroyed home. Her husband, Ali, was killed in an Israeli air strike in 2024.
GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said at least 13 people had died in the last 24 hours, including three children who died from exposure to the cold, as a winter storm batters the territory.