World leaders seal Gaza agreement after Israel-Hamas hostage swap

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The Eurovision Song Contest's organisers said Monday they had put back taking a decision on Israel's participation in next year's event, given the Gaza ceasefire.

The European Broadcasting Union's members were due to hold a vote next month, after a growing number of countries threatened to boycott the 2026 TV extravaganza in Vienna unless Israel was excluded over the war in Gaza.

The annual Eurovision Song Contest is world's biggest live music television event. Some 166 million viewers in 37 countries watching the 2025 competition, held in Basel, Switzerland.

The EBU, the world's biggest public service media alliance, said Monday that instead of the special meeting in November announced last month, Israel's participation would be dealt with at its regular gathering in December.

"In the light of recent developments in the Middle East, the EBU's executive board (meeting on October 13) agreed there was a clear need to organise an open and in-person discussion among its members on the issue of participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026," the EBU said in a statement.

"Consequently, the board agreed to put the issue on the agenda of its ordinary winter general assembly, which will be taking place in December, rather than organising an extraordinary session in advance."

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, expressed his satisfaction with “the positive results of the Sharm el-Sheikh Peace Summit,” describing it as a potential starting point for further agreements.

He added that he hopes future accords will “meet the aspirations of our brothers in the Gaza Strip and contribute to reaching a comprehensive, just, and sustainable solution to the Palestinian issue.”

In a post on his X account, the Emir also called on all parties to honour “the joint understanding achieved for the good of all.”

سعداء بما أسفرت عنه قمة شرم الشيخ للسلام من نتائج إيجابية، ونأمل أن تكون منطلقاً لمزيد من التوافقات المستقبلية التي تلبي آمال الأشقاء في قطاع غزة، وتُسهم في التوصل إلى حل شامل وعادل ومستدام للقضية الفلسطينية، متطلعين إلى التزام كافة الأطراف بما تحقق من تفاهم مشترك لما فيه الخير… pic.twitter.com/TEKtt5e18R

— تميم بن حمد (@TamimBinHamad) October 13, 2025

Former US President Bill Clinton congratulated Donald Trump, Qatar, and other international leaders on Monday for their roles in securing the ceasefire agreement.

“President Trump and his administration, Qatar, and other regional actors deserve great credit for keeping everyone engaged until the agreement was reached,” Clinton wrote on X.

“The horrors of the October 7 attack on Israel and the conflict it reignited have resulted in unbearable human loss,” he said.

My statement on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas: pic.twitter.com/lN0xQxGHfT

— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) October 13, 2025

US Senator Bernie Sanders has welcomed the recent ceasefire and the exchange of hostages and prisoners between Israel and Hamas, expressing hope that the truce will hold.

“The immediate priority now, amidst widespread malnutrition and starvation, must be to ensure that desperately needed humanitarian aid quickly reaches the people of Gaza,” Sanders said.

He added that global reconstruction efforts for Gaza should begin immediately but stressed that Palestinians must “guide this process and determine their future.”

Sanders also said the United States must confront its “role in this extremely dark chapter,” pointing to the supply of weapons used by Israel in the “horrendous destruction” of Gaza.

My statement on the release of hostages and prisoners in Gaza: pic.twitter.com/YSwYlDjqsW

— Sen. Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) October 13, 2025

1. Origins of the War – Israel launched its military campaign after Hamas’s unprecedented attack on 7 October 2023, which killed 1,219 people in Israel and saw 251 hostages taken into Gaza.

2. Hostage Releases – Over two years, 141 hostages were freed during truces. The latest ceasefire, brokered by US President Donald Trump, secured the release of the final 20 living captives and the return of several bodies, in exchange for 1,968 Palestinian prisoners.

3. Humanitarian Devastation – The war has killed more than 67,800 Palestinians, mostly civilians. UN reports describe Gaza’s destruction as “unprecedented,” with 83% of buildings damaged. The ICC has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former defence minister Gallant over alleged war crimes.

4. Regional Escalation – Fighting has spread beyond Gaza, with Hezbollah clashing with Israel in Lebanon, Houthi rebels targeting shipping, and direct drone and missile exchanges between Israel and Iran.

5. Ceasefire and Peace Efforts – Following indirect talks in Egypt, a ceasefire took effect on 9 October. Trump’s 20-point plan includes a staged Israeli withdrawal, Hamas’s disarmament, and a transitional Gaza authority. World leaders gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh to endorse the agreement.

A United Nations official said vital humanitarian aid is now entering Gaza during the first stage of the 60-day ceasefire.

Israel has authorised "our pipeline to 190,000 metric tonnes [of aid] as of yesterday," said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

"These supplies are across the region – in Jordan, Egypt, Israel, Cyprus and the West Bank – and are ready to move. Some was already on the way yesterday for the first time since March," he added.

"More tents for displaced families, frozen meat, fresh fruit, flour and medicines also crossed into Gaza throughout the day in many areas. So our teams are reaching people in places that have been cut off for up to several months."

US President Donald Trump had some choice words for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the only female leader on stage at a Gaza summit in Egypt on Monday: "She's beautiful."

The three-times-married 79-year-old admitted that he risked being accused of sexism with the comments about hard-right leader Meloni, who was standing behind him on the podium.

"I'm not allowed to say it because usually it's the end of your political career if you say it -- she's a beautiful young woman," Trump said in the middle of a speech about his peace efforts for the Middle East.

"If you use the word 'beautiful' in the United States about a woman, that's the end of your political career, but I'll take my chances."

Turning round to address the 48-year-old, Trump said: "You don't mind being called beautiful, right? Because you are."

Meloni's immediate reaction could not be seen, as Trump's back was between her and the cameras.

Trump went on to call Meloni, an ideological ally when it comes to immigration and cultural issues, "incredible".

"And they really respect her in Italy. She's a very successful politician," he added.

Meloni was the only woman among around 30 leaders gathered on the stage behind Trump for the summit, where they signed a declaration pledging to help push through peace for Gaza.

Trump has previously been criticised for sexist remarks.

In September, a US appeals court upheld a jury's $83.3-million penalty against Trump for defaming author E. Jean Carroll, whom he was found to have sexually assaulted.

The Israeli army confirmed that the bodies of four captives released by Hamas have been transferred from Gaza into Israel.

The remains are being taken to the National Center for Forensic Medicine, where identification procedures will be conducted, according to a brief military statement.

Earlier, the Israeli forces said they were bringing four coffins containing the captives’ bodies into the country after their handover by Hamas to Red Cross officials.

US President Donald Trump headed back to Washington Monday after a lightning trip to Egypt and Israel to seek a long-term Gaza peace settlement.

Air Force One left the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh after a Gaza summit with more than two dozen world leaders, according to AFP news agency.

Dozens of top officials from Middle East and European nations huddled Monday with leading global financial institutions for talks in the UK on rebuilding the devastated Gaza Strip.

Far from a high-profile Gaza summit in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, the UK's foreign ministry quietly brought together Middle East and European officials at an isolated mansion deep in the southern English countryside.

The aim of the three-day conference was to start the "crucial planning and coordination efforts for postwar Gaza" which would be Palestinian-led, the UK prime minister's office said in a statement.

"We must be ready to act -- to clear rubble, rebuild homes and set up infrastructure, restoring access to education and healthcare," junior foreign minister Hamish Falconer added in a statement.

"We know the scale of the task. We know how urgent it is, and how complex it will be," he added, highlighting it "will take years and cost billions".

The UK government said the talks in Wilton Park, West Sussex, which is managed by the Foreign Office, brought together "representatives from businesses, civil society and governments, to convene crucial planning and coordination efforts for postwar Gaza".

The Palestinian Authority was represented along with officials from countries such as Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Germany and Italy, the UK prime minister's office said.

Officials from the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development were also attending to support what Falconer called an Arab Reconstruction Plan.

"We must also lay the groundwork for long-term economic development," Falconer said, insisting that "Gaza and Palestine more broadly, has real economic potential".

The talks aimed to examine how to "unlock the vast resources needed, not just through traditional donor finance, but by thinking creatively to bring in private capital", he said.

The UK was well-placed to help, with "deep expertise in private investment and strong links to the City of London", he added.

US President Donald Trump declared "peace in the Middle East" Monday after world leaders at a summit in Egypt signed a declaration as the guarantors of a Gaza deal aimed at ending two years of war.

"Together we have achieved what everybody said was impossible. At long last, we have peace in the Middle East," Trump said in a speech to fellow leaders.

The bodies of four Israeli hostages who died in captivity in Gaza were handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas on Monday.

"The Red Cross has received two coffins of deceased hostages and are on their way to IDF and ISA forces in the Gaza Strip, where the two additional coffins of deceased hostages, that were received earlier, are located," the military said.

Earlier on Monday, Hamas freed all 20 surviving hostages it had been holding since October 7, 2023, as part of a ceasefire agreement brokered by US President Donald Trump.

In return, Israel released 1,968 prisoners and detainees, mostly Palestinians, the prison service said.

Hamas still holds the remains of 24 deceased hostages, which it has agreed to return to Israel as part of the ceasefire deal.

"Hamas is required to uphold the agreement and take the necessary steps to return all the deceased hostages," the military said.

Mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkey signed on Monday with US President Donald Trump a document on the Gaza ceasefire deal.

The document was signed during the international summit hosted by Egypt in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the deal. 

Hamas on Monday hailed the release of nearly 2,000 prisoners and detainees from Israeli jails as a "national milestone" in the Palestinian struggle.

"Hamas congratulates our freed prisoners, their steadfast families, and the masses of our proud Palestinian people on their liberation from the occupation's prisons -- an achievement that marks a bright national milestone in our ongoing struggle for freedom and liberation," the Palestinian said in a statement.

Israel on Monday released 1,968 prisoners, mostly Palestinians, under a Gaza ceasefire agreement brokered by US President Donald Trump.

US President Donald Trump met Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas at a summit on Gaza in Egypt on Monday, with the pair shaking hands in their first encounter in eight years.

Trump and Abbas spoke for several seconds, before the US leader held his hand and then gave a thumbs up to the cameras at the summit in Sharm El-Sheikh.

French President Emmanuel Macron escorted Abbas to the podium to meet Trump.

The Israeli prison service said Monday it had freed nearly 2,000 mostly Palestinian detainees as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal.

It said in a statement that "1,968 terrorists were transferred from several prisons across the country to the Ofer and Ktziot prisons".

"After the conclusion of the necessary activities in the prisons and the approval of political authorities, all the terrorists were released from the Ofer prison to (the West Bank) and East Jerusalem, and from the Ktziot prison to Kerem Shalom," it added, referring to one of the crossings into the Gaza Strip.

US President Donald Trump hailed his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as they began a summit on Gaza Monday, saying he played a key role in negotiations with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

As they met in the resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, Trump told reporters that Sisi "had a very important role with Hamas. In fact the general right here was very instrumental because Hamas respects this country, and they respect the leadership of Egypt."

"So, he played a very important role, I appreciate it very much."

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told his US counterpart Donald Trump on Monday that he was the "only one" who could bring peace to the Middle East.

"I was sure you were the only one, Mr. President, who can end this war... the only one capable of bringing peace to our region," Sisi said of Trump in a joint appearance as more than two dozen world leaders waited for them to start a Gaza summit.

The opposition of Turkey and Iraq to the presence of Benjamin Netanyahu at Monday's Gaza summit in Egypt prompted him to cancel at the last minute, two diplomatic sources told AFP.

"At the initiative of President (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan and through Turkey's diplomatic efforts -- with the support of other leaders -- Netanyahu did not attend the meeting in Egypt," a Turkish diplomatic source told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the press.

Earlier, the Egyptian presidency confirmed Netanyahu's presence at the summit, but some 40 minutes later, the Israeli leader's office issued a statement saying he would be unable to attend.

Although he was "invited" to attend by Trump, Netanyahu would not be attending "due to the timing" which coincides with the start at sundown of the Jewish holiday of Simhat Torah, it said.

According to Turkish media reports, Erdogan learned of Netanyahu's expected attendance while en route to Sharm El-Sheikh, with his plane circling over the Red Sea and refusing to touch down until it was confirmed he would not be attending.

Separately, an advisor to Iraqi Prime Minister Shia al-Sudani told AFP the Iraqi delegation would boycott the summit if Netanyahu was there.

"The Iraqi delegation informed the Egyptian side that it was not prepared to participate in the regional summit if Netanyahu attended," presidential adviser Ali al-Mousawi told AFP.

"Iraq has taken a clear position on this matter and has informed the Egyptians of its rejection, and a number of other delegations have announced their intention to withdraw if Netanyahu participates," he said.

The Israeli army said on Monday that the Red Cross was on its way to collect the remains of a number of dead captives held in Gaza.

"According to information received, the Red Cross is on its way to the meeting point in the southern Gaza Strip, where several coffins of deceased hostages will be transferred into their custody," the army said in a joint statement with the Shin Bet security agency.

The armed wing of Hamas had said earlier that it would only hand over four bodies out of the 28 that are held in Gaza on Monday.

US President Donald Trump lands in Sharm El-Sheikh for Gaza summit, at least three to fours hours behind schedule.

Two Spanish basketball teams decided they will face Israeli clubs behind closed doors this week for safety reasons.

La Laguna Tenerife and Baxi Manresa put out a joint statement late on Sunday explaining the decision regarding matches against Bnei Herzliya and Hapoel Jerusalem respectively.

Tenerife are set to host Herzliya on Tuesday in the Champions League, while Manresa's match is in the Euro Cup on Wednesday.

Pro-Palestinian protestors had called for matches against Israeli opposition to be cancelled.

The clubs said they "cannot unilaterally decide not to play" the matches without "risk of disciplinary and financial sanctions, as well as expulsion from said competitions."

US President Trump departs Israel, heads to Sharm el-Sheikh summit in Egypt.

Hamas' armed wing said it will hand over the bodies of four captives on Monday. 

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The Health Ministry in Gaza says it has commenced medical checks and care for released Palestinian detainees, who are currently being welcomed back in their hundreds in Khan Younis.

"Medical procedures are being carried out in accordance with arrangements made by the Ministry to provide them with appropriate care," the ministry said in a statement, as cited by Al Jazeera.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday hailed the "extraordinary" Gaza ceasefire as bringing hope that US President Donald Trump could broker an end to the Russian invasion of his country.

"When peace is achieved for one part of the world, it brings more hope for peace in other regions," Zelensky said on social media.

He added: "If a ceasefire and peace have been achieved for the Middle East, the leadership and determination of global actors can certainly work for us too, in Ukraine."

Egyptian official says 154 Palestinian prisoners who were released and deported by Israel arrive have arrived in Egypt.

Trump used his speech at the Knesset to urge Israeli president Isaac Herzog to pardon PM Netanyahu on corruption charges.

US President Donald Trump on Monday said he wanted a peace deal with Iran, after the United States joined Israel in striking the Islamic republic's nuclear sites during a brief war earlier this year.

"They got it from one side, from the other, and you know it would be great if we could make a peace deal with them," Trump said of Iran during a speech to Israel's parliament.

"Would you be happy with that? Wouldn't it be nice, I think. Because I think they want to."

US President Donald Trump told the Israeli parliament on Monday that the ceasefire he helped broker in the Gaza war had ushered in the "historic dawn of a new Middle East".

"And after so many years of unceasing war and endless danger, today the skies are calm, the guns are silent, the sirens are still, and the sun rises on a holy land that is finally at peace, a land and a region that will live, God willing, in peace for all eternity," he said.

"This is not only the end of a war... This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East."

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called for negotiations with Israel on Monday, after US President Donald Trump brokered a ceasefire in Gaza.

"The Lebanese state has previously negotiated with Israel under American and United Nations auspices, resulting in an agreement to demarcate the maritime border... so what prevents the same thing from happening again to find solutions to the outstanding issues," Aoun said according to a presidency statement.

"Today, the general atmosphere is one of compromise, and it is necessary to negotiate."

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said the country is ready to help monitor the ceasefire in Gaza and to decommission the weaponry and capability of Hamas in the enclave.

"We the United Kingdom, stand ready to play our full part," Starmer said from the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. "In particular, we stand ready in relation to monitoring the ceasefire and decommissioning Hamas capability and weaponry."

US President Donald Trump gets heckled by left-wing Israeli politician Ofer Cassif, who is then escorted out of the Knesset.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a speech to parliament welcoming US President Donald Trump on Monday, said Israel could pursue new "peace treaties" with Arab and Muslim countries in the Middle East and beyond.

"Under your leadership, we can forge new peace treaties with Arab countries in the region and Muslim countries beyond the region," Netanyahu said, adding that "no one wants peace more than the people of Israel".

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described US President Donald Trump on Monday as the "greatest friend" Israel has ever had in the White House.

"Donald Trump is the greatest friend that the state of Israel has ever had in the White House. No American president has ever done more for Israel," Netanyahu said in parliament ahead of Trump's address to lawmakers.

Netanyahu, in his speech to parliament, also praised Israel's soldiers, saying the country had "achieved amazing victories over Hamas".

The health ministry in Gaza said on Monday that the death toll from the Israel's war on the enclave has reached 67,869.

"The total toll of the Israeli aggression since October 7, 2023, has risen to 67,869 martyrs," the ministry said, as it continued recovering the bodies of those killed during the war.

US President Donald Trump declared the war in Gaza over after a ceasefire he brokered came into effect Friday at 0900 GMT.

US President Donald Trump received a standing ovation from Israeli lawmakers ahead of his address to parliament during a brief visit to Israel after brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

The applause lasted several minutes as lawmakers clapped and cheered Trump, who was accompanied by his special envoy Steve Witkoff, son-in-law Jared Kushner, and daughter Ivanka.

Israel's Netanyahu says he will be unable to attend Gaza summit in Egypt, his office says.

We reported earlier that the Egyptian presidency confirmed that the Israeli premier was attending.

"The prime minister thanked President Trump for the invitation but said he would be unable to attend due to the timing coinciding with the start of the holiday" of Simhat Torah, which begins Monday evening and continues until sunset Tuesday.

Hamas on Monday urged US President Donald Trump and the mediators of the Gaza ceasefire deal to ensure that Israel does not resume military operations in the territory.

"We welcome the statement by US President Trump, who clearly affirmed the end of Israel's war on the Gaza Strip," Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told AFP.

"We call on all mediators and international parties to continue monitoring Israel's conduct and to ensure it does not resume its aggression against our people in Gaza," he added.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that the release of hostages provides momentum that must be used to end the war between Palestinian militants and Israel in the Gaza Strip.

"I urge all parties to build on this momentum and to honor their commitments under the ceasefire to end the nightmare in Gaza," he said on X. 

I very much welcome the release of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

I am profoundly relieved that they have regained their freedom & will soon be reunited with their loved ones after the immense suffering they have endured.

I reiterate my call for the release of the remains… pic.twitter.com/jKbUAkvyjY

— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) October 13, 2025

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict only addresses the Gaza Strip, while it is "too vague" on Palestinian statehood.

Trump's plan should specify what will happen with the West Bank, Lavrov said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to attend Monday's summit on ending the Gaza war in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported.

Kan also said Netanyahu spoke by phone with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Israel will deport 154 released Palestinian detainees outside Israel and the Palestinian territories, an official involved in the operation told Reuters on Monday.

US President Donald Trump said Hamas would comply with a plan to disarm, as he arrived at Israel's parliament to deliver an address on Monday.

Speaking to reporters before beginning his speech, Trump replied "yes" when asked whether the war was over.

US President Donald Trump arrived on Monday at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, where he was to address lawmakers on his plans for Middle East peace.

Greeted by speaker Amir Ohana and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump, who smiled on his arrival, said the visit was a "great honour".

“This is my great honour, a great and beautiful day. A new beginning,” the US president wrote in a guest book as he arrived in the Knesset, with PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara by his side.

Buses transporting Palestinian detainees have been seen exiting a southern Israeli prison and the Ofer Prison in the West Bank. 

A second group of 13 Israeli captives have been released to the Red Cross, Israel's public radio says.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will attend the summit on Gaza that will take place in Egypt later Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said.

The summit, co-chaired by US President Donald Trump and Egypt's Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, will see more than 20 leaders gather to mark the Gaza ceasefire and the return of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

Palestinian MK Ayman Odeh said he felt "joy mixed with pain" concerning the current ceasefire in the devastated Gaza Strip, which is seeing the release of Palestinian detainees and Israeli captives, he said in a statement as cited by The Times of Israel.

"We have fought for two years for this moment, for the end of the war and a comprehensive deal. We are happy, but our joy is mixed with pain, because of the terrible crimes that were committed and the tunnels of blood our land has absorbed," in reference to Israel's deadly onslaught on Gaza, which has killed over 67,000 Palestinians.

Odeh said that Israel and the Palestinians "must continue to struggle to achieve a peaceful resolution" to the decades-long conflict, as well as to the end of Israel's occupation of the West Bank.

The European Union will resume its monitoring mission at the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday.

"Securing peace in Gaza will be extraordinarily complex," Kallas said in a post on X.

"The EU stands ready to do its part. On Wednesday, it will restart a civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt."

A Red Cross convoy is on its way to pick up a second group of Israeli captives to be freed by Hamas as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal Monday, the Israeli military said.

An army statement said the handover would take place at "an additional meeting point in the southern Gaza Strip, where several hostages will be handed over to the Red Cross".

The Israeli military received on Monday seven released captives who were earlier handed to the Red Cross in Gaza, the army and security service said.

"We've been waiting 738 days to say this: Welcome home," the Israeli foreign ministry posted on X, identifying the released captives as Guy Gilboa Dalal, Eitan Mor, Matan Angrest, Alon Ohel, Gali and Ziv Berman and Omri Miran.

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US President Donald Trump has arrived in Israel, where he will address the Knesset later today and visit a summit on Gaza in Egypt later.

Footage showed Air Force One touching down at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv on Monday morning, the beginning of a historic trip that marks to end of the war on Gaza.

The exchange of Palestinian and Israeli captives has already started, with around 2,000 Palestinians and 20 Israelis set to be released.

Hamas on Monday claimed victory with the release of around 2,000 Palestinian detainees set to begin, but will honour a truce with Israel, according to a statement by the group.

The armed movement said it had secured the release of hundreds of Palestinian detainees, and that Israel had failed in its military objectives in Gaza, with a deal being reached last week similar to one Hamas offered Israel at the start of the war.

It said it was always keen on ending the genocide, but Israel had thwarted several attempts to bring peace.

Gaza has been utterly destroyed in two years of bombing, with tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians killed by Israeli forces.

Palestinians have started to gather outside hospitals in Gaza, where Palestinian detainees are due to head to for medical treatment after their detention by Israel.

A medical facility in Nasser Hospital, Khan Younis, has been established to deal with the huge number of detainees who will be freed as part of a deal with Israel.

Family members are eagerly awaiting their release with many gathering outside the hospital for a glimpse of their loved ones. 

Clashes have reportedly broken out between Hamas and tribes in northern Gaza, as Israeli troops withdraw.

According to reports, Hamas security forces and fighters from the Doghmush tribe started in Gaza City shortly after Israeli troops pulled out.

Hamas has accused the tribe of collaborating with Israeli forces and killing detainees returning to their homes in norther Gaza.

Among those killed in Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi, who was reportedly shot dead by the tribal group in the Sabra district of the city.