Steven Witkoff, who played an important role in brokering the truce between Israel and Hamas, was expected to meet with Israel’s prime minister and to visit Gaza.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk in the midst of a joint news conference in the White House in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb.

U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is expected for talks Wednesday in Israel focused on implementation of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza and negotiations for the next phase of the agreement. Witkoff stressed ahead of his visit the need for proper implementation of the deal,

The joy of thousands of Palestinian families who made it back home in north Gaza after a ceasefire with Israel is turning to despair as the cold reality of uninhabitable, bombed-out homes and dire shortages of basic supplies sets in.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians streamed into Gaza’s most heavily destroyed area on Monday after Israel opened the

Scrambling over sand banks and craters, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian families describe the long trek back home to Nedal Hamdouna inside Gaza and Bel Trew