Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were making their way home on Monday.

Pete Hegseth stresses that the US is 'fully committed' to ensure that Israel has the capabilities it needs to defend itself, says a defense official

Pete Hegseth, center, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be defense secretary, is joined by his wife Jennifer Rauchet, right, as they depart a meeting with Republican House members, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel began Jan. 19 after Hamas supplied a list of the hostages slated for return to Israel.

Destroyed buildings are seen inside the Gaza Strip from southern Israel, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 18 people overnight. Destroyed buildings are seen ...

Gaza Strip (AP) — Even before the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was fully in place on Sunday, Palestinians in the war-battered Gaza Strip began to return to the remains of the homes ...

Trump has ended his predecessor's hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, lifting a pressure point that had been meant to reduce civilian casualties during the U.S. ally's war with Hamas in Gaza that is now halted by a tenuous ceasefire.

President Donald Trump is pushing forward with his agenda in the busy opening days of his second term. Follow for live updates.

In a wide-ranging interview on Sunday, Vice President JD Vance defended a variety of plans set in motion by President Trump during the first week of his term, including the beginnings of a promised crackdown on migrants living in the United States and an effort to supercharge oil and gas production.

Secretary Blinken, during his last week in office, seems eager to impose his vision of post-war Gaza on Israel — and also on his ... President-elect Trump’s nominee or defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, had a different idea, though.

Democrats repeatedly called Pete Hegseth ... a drunken Mr. Hegseth had chanted “kill all Muslims” at a work event at a bar and on another occasion, took colleagues to a strip club where ...

A bishop asked Trump to 'have mercy' on LGBT people and immigrants - he later called her 'nasty' and a 'Trump hater'