Egypt's president has rejected a suggestion by U.S. President Donald Trump that his country take in displaced Palestinians from Gaza.

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.

The US Special Envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, has visited the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media reports on Wednesday. US President Donald Trump's envoy visited the Netzarim Corridor, which was created by the Israeli military and divides the Gaza Strip into two parts,

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.

President Donald Trump indicated Saturday that he had spoken with the king of Jordan about potentially building housing and moving more than 1 million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries,

Steve Witkoff visited the enclave to oversee the implementation of a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

Israel has begun allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas.

Hamas officials accused Israel on Wednesday of delaying aid deliveries to Gaza and jeopardising a truce and hostage release deal, an allegation Israel dismissed as "fake news."Since a ceasefire in the war in Gaza took effect on January 19,

An agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas that involves the release of additional hostages and the return of Palestinians to the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

In several areas throughout the Gaza Strip, IDF troops fired warning shots toward suspects who approached and posed a threat to them.

In the Shuafat refugee camp, a hardscrabble district in east Jerusalem surrounded by a concrete wall, cars inched their way toward an Israeli checkpoint.