"It is striking that Israel was not mentioned in the president's inauguration speech," a senior Hamas official told Newsweek.

A leader of an Israeli activist organization that was accused of disrupting the flow of aid into Gaza and subsequently sanctioned by the Biden Administration expressed her relief Tuesday that President Donald Trump had rescinded the policy.

US President Trump attributes the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to his efforts and expresses intentions to visit the Middle East eventually. Trump's Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff, plans to travel to Gaza to monitor the implementation of the hostage deal.

Israel has confirmed that it will maintain control over the Rafah border crossing, the key passage between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.

On Monday evening, just hours after Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Senate passed the Laken Riley Act, an extreme bill that would allow for the deportation and detention of any undocumented immigrant merely suspected of a nonviolent crime. And they did it with the help of 12 Democrats.

The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is a big step. Now it’s the Trump administration’s turn.

Fighters from the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, control the crowd while Red Cross vehicles come to collect Israeli hostages to be released under a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abed Hajjar, File)

U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy said on Wednesday he would be part of a team of "outside overseers" deployed in and along the Gaza Strip to ensure safety following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants.

Israel's deadly West Bank raids come as Qatari and Egyptian Prime Ministers could start talks over the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire

Qatar’s prime minister said on Tuesday that a lasting peace in Gaza would depend on Israel and Hamas acting in “good faith,” days into a fragile truce