President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan is set to enter a new phase within weeks, but crucial pieces of the agreement remain undefined as Israel tightens its military grip on the battered enclave.

EXCLUSIVE: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz recently returned from a Middle East swing, touting the "amazing progress" in the implementation of President Donald Trump’s Israel–Gaza peace deal.

Heavy rain and strong winds collapse tents and damage buildings, leading to deaths and injuries amid plummeting temperatures.

By Steve Holland and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - International troops could be deployed in the Gaza Strip as early as next month to form a U.N.-authorized stabilization force,

"Our buildings were destroyed, but our will was not."

A cease-fire after two years of war with Israel has allowed Hamas to tighten its grip on power again. “It’s still standing,” one Israeli official said.

Gaza has been hit by heavy rains and low temperatures, deepening the misery of most of its 2.2 million population, who are living in tents and makeshift shelters after two years of Israeli bombardment

Only university-age students on scholarships are currently given assistance to get visas to study in the UK. Hayat said her daughter's case was further complicated by her need to leave Gaza to get a biometric visa at a British embassy in a neighbouring country such as Jordan or Egypt.

UN member states endorsed the ICJ’s findings and pressed Israel to meet its legal obligations as an occupying power.