Two years of intense warfare in Gaza have left its people with a dismembered and disordered society. The destruction is vast and many Gazans have mental and physical wounds that could scar a generation.

The suffering of the people of Gaza — especially the children — is not a punch line. I’m deeply sorry it came across that way,” he said.

US President Donald Trump has urged everyone involved in efforts to end the Gaza war to "move fast" as mediators are set to meet in Egypt on Monday for indirect peace talks between Hamas and Israel.

Though significant issues remain to be hashed out between Israel and Hamas, some are saying that after two years of death and destruction, a breakthrough may be near.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio also said on NBC News' "Meet the Press" that creating a governing group in Gaza will take "some time."

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -When Tal Shoham walks through Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel where he and his family were abducted by Hamas militants on October 7, 2023, he says it feels like a graveyard filled with the horrors of the attack.

After almost two years of war in the Gaza Strip, hope among mothers for a sense of normalcy for their young ones has started to wear thin.

Twenty-five activists detained while trying to reach Gaza by sea arrived in the Spanish and Portuguese capitals Sunday, where they were greeted by hundreds of people holding banners and Palestinian flags.