Horrifying news from Gaza. Hamas has carried out a mass public execution. The victims – who showed signs of having been brutally beaten – were blindfolded, forced to kneel, and then shot dead. The footage is utterly chilling.

On Monday, Hamas released 20 Israeli hostages held in Gaza for over two years in exchange for the release of over 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.

Under the latest ceasefire, Israel has allowed thousands of Palestinians to begin returning to the north. Okal said the devastation of the past two years is only now coming into focus.

Trump is expected to arrive in Israel on Monday, where he will address the Israeli parliament and hopes to meet hostages.

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are returning to neighborhoods in Gaza as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is in its second day.

Forty-five bodies of Palestinians who were held by Israel for two years were returned to Gaza by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said Tuesday. The bodies were handed over to the Gaza Ministry of Health at Nasser Medical Complex.

Israel and Hamas agreed to an initial ceasefire intended to bring to an end two years of bloodshed and devastation in Gaza and surge humanitarian aid to its starving population. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won his government’s approval for the ceasefire and hostage release deal late last week, based on Trump’s peace plan.

Don’t create another generation of Palestinians who believe that somehow the resistance is the way to peace and security,” Rice said. Palestinians will need to change the way they educate their children,