Mideast experts urge excluding UNRWA from Gaza reconstruction under President Trump's peace plan, citing the agency's alleged Hamas connections and incompetence.

Witkoff and Kusher are in Israel to work on any obstacles to the cease-fire, including Hamas releasing the remainig dead hostages. The militants said Israel is banning the equipment to find the bodies in rumble isn't allowed.

The Israeli government has halted humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza strip after the IDF struck targets in southern Gaza on Sunday

Israel strikes targets in Gaza and halts the arrival of aid after it said Hamas militants fired on Israeli troops.

It will take about $70 billion to rebuild Gaza, according to an operational damage and needs assessment conducted jointly by the United Nations, the European Union and the World Bank. European and Arab nations, Canada and the U.S. appear willing to contribute to the estimated $70 billion needed to rebuild Gaza, the UN official said on Tuesday.

Monday’s release of the last 20 living Israeli hostages and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees marks a pivotal moment in the war in Gaza , though it’s unclear whether it signals the end of conflict.

Trump said on Monday that the US would destroy Hamas if the militant group didn’t continue to honor the ceasefire with Israel.

Palestinians and aid workers are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, which is the Gaza Strip’s lifeline for food and other aid and its only gateway to the outside world that wasn’t controlled by Israel before the war.

Israeli bombing has damaged or destroyed an estimated 80% of Gaza’s structures since the war started two years ago.

WFP says food supplies remain well below daily target of 2,000 tonnes, calls for Israel to open more crossing points.