Officers and civilians from 20 nations work to push ceasefire to second phase, while another Hamas attack on IDF troops in Strip leads to a major Israeli response The post Optimism abounds at Gaza coordination center,

Most Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have no homes to return back to and many are living in tents. Joseph Belliveau, director of the aid group MedGlobal, speaks with The World's Host Carolyn Beeler about the current situation in Gaza,

Hamas has seen its popularity soar inside the Gaza Strip amid the cease-fire with Israel, with Palestinians supporting its crackdown on rampant crime — even if it results in brutal, daylight

The chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace told OSV News he was heartened by a United Nations move to approve President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip by installing international transitional governance and military forces there.

The U.N. Security Council has approved a U.S. plan for Gaza that authorizes an international stabilization force to provide security in the devastated territory and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state.

Netanyahu reiterated his intention to block future Palestinian statehood ahead of a planned United Nations Security Council vote on the U.S. plan for post-war Gaza.

NPR Mideast correspondent Daniel Estrin has entered the Gaza Strip for the first time since the war began, but Israel still requires a military escort.

For now, training for the force’s deployment to Gaza has not yet begun, and efforts are still underway to secure the extensive funding required for ISF operations in the Strip.