Gaza checkpoint to be staffed by scores of armed American contractors
A small U.S. security firm is hiring nearly 100 U.S. special forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, according to a company spokesperson and a recruitment email seen by Reuters,
Palestinians return to Gaza City as mediators look ahead to next stage
Drone footage shows thousands of Palestinians returning to the ruins and rubble in Gaza City
Palestinians return to their destroyed homes in north Gaza: ‘The war has taken everything precious to us’
Middle East latest: Hostage releases begin in Gaza Strip
Three Israelis, five foreign nationals freed in Gaza as hostage releases begin
Hamas frees 8 more hostages; Israel begins prisoners releasing after delay
Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the chaotic handover of some of the captives, who were shuttled through a rowdy crowd of thousands by masked militants,
Orphaned child returns alone to Gaza City: 'There is no home to return to'
My mother, father, and brothers are all buried in one grave,” 12-year-old Alma Ja’arour said. "There is no home to return to, no one waiting for me.”
Palestinians make long trek back to their demolished homes in Gaza
After a ceasefire deal paused 15 months of war in Gaza, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians returned to the rubble of their homes.
I walked 11 hours to finally return to my home in Gaza – finding my town destroyed and my house without walls
Nedal Hamdouna, a Palestinian journalist, has been displaced seven times by the 15-month war in Gaza. Here, he describes the joy he felt in being able to return to Beit Lahia in the north of the strip
They thought it was safe to walk home. Instead, she was the last child killed before Gaza's truce.
Qudra, her father and her brother were killed by shrapnel from an Israeli airstrike shortly after the ceasefire was supposed to go into effect.
Palestinians in Gaza return to find their city in ruins after Israeli troops withdraw
With a ceasefire agreement pausing the war between Israel and Hamas, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza city centers. For the first time in eight months, NPR got a glimpse of Rafah this week.
Israel lets tens of thousands of Palestinians start returning to northern Gaza as ceasefire holds
Israel is letting thousands of Palestinians return to northern Gaza for the first time since the early weeks of the war with Hamas​, as a fragile ceasefire endures​.
Northern Gaza is shattered. The spirit of returning Palestinians is not
Crowds of Palestinians fill Gaza’s main coastal road as they stream north. With their belongings on their backs, they smile, hug and sing, overjoyed at the prospect of returning home after more than a year of war.
Gaza residents stream home to the north after hostage breakthrough
A mass of people, some holding infants in their arms or carrying bundles of belongings on their shoulders, headed north on foot.
Israel-Hamas ceasefire live updates: Netanyahu delays Palestinians' release after hostages freed in chaotic scenes
Follow NBC News live updates for the latest coverage of the ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas.