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

Trump sent Witkoff to ensure the ceasefire agreement advances to the second phase, which will require hashing out more thorny questions about Gaza’s future.

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.

Once the details are received, a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sets off in vehicles marked with the humanitarian organisation's logo to pick up the hostages in Gaza. Israeli military and medical personnel are also assembled at several different locations,

The names of the Israeli hostages due to be released in Gaza on Thursday have been released by the Israeli Prime Minister’s office (PMO), which also confirmed that five Thai nationals will be released.

An Israeli official says that Hamas will release three Israelis, including two women and an 80-year-old man, and five Thai nationals in the next hostage release, slated for Thursday

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.

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians traveled along the coast of Gaza on Jan. 27 to the north of the enclave after Israel opened roadblocks.

Displaced Palestinians spoke to CNN about their return to northern Gaza after months in exile in the south of the enclave, amid the Israel-Hamas war. A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has halted fighting in Gaza in exchange for Israeli hostages.

More than 375,000 Palestinians have made their way back to homes in northern Gaza after 15 months on the run because of war.

Among those heading back to Gaza City was Umm Ali Muheisen, who reunited with her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren on Monday after 15 months of separation.

Palestinian woman Umm Ali hugs her daughter, Souad Atallah, who was displaced to the south at Israel's order during the war, upon her return to northern Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas,