It will take about $70 billion to rebuild Gaza, according to an operational damage and needs assessment conducted jointly by the United Nations, the European Union and the World Bank. European and Arab nations, Canada and the U.S. appear willing to contribute to the estimated $70 billion needed to rebuild Gaza, the UN official said on Tuesday.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Two of U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys traveled to Israel Monday to shore up the tenuous ceasefire that’s holding in Gaza, a day after the fragile deal faced its first major flareup as Israel threatened to halt aid transfers and killed dozens in strikes after it accused Hamas of killing two soldiers.

Trump said on Monday that the US would destroy Hamas if the militant group didn’t continue to honor the ceasefire with Israel.

Another 158 people were taken to hospitals in Gaza with injuries, the Ministry of Health said.Oct 20, 6:38 AMWitkoff and Kushner arrive in Israel, sources sayUnited States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Senior Advisor to the U.

The Israeli government has halted humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza strip after the IDF struck targets in southern Gaza on Sunday

Netanyahu claims Israelis would have died 'in nuclear smoke' if he had given in to demands to end war * Trump: Hamas violating ceasefire, will be 'taken care of' if it doesn't stop

President Trump’s top Middle East peace envoys categorically rejected accusations that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in an interview with CBS’s “60

The hard-won ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appeared threatened on Sunday as Israel accused the Palestinian Islamist group of attacking its troops in the Gaza Strip, before launching fresh strikes in response.

Israeli planes have attacked targets near Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Sunday. The attacks were in response to a breach of the current ceasefire by Palestinians, with Israeli troops in the region being fired on,

For Palestinians returning to Gaza, rebuilding their lives feels at best like a faraway goal and at worst, like an impossible one.

Israel strikes targets in Gaza and halts the arrival of aid after it said Hamas militants fired on Israeli troops.

Shadi Abu Sido said his world shattered in Israeli detention when guards told him his wife and two children had been killed in the Gaza war. “I got hysterical,” the Gaza Palestinian photographer said.