Hamas has swiftly reestablished its hold over areas from which Israel withdrew, killing dozens of Palestinians it accused of collaborating with Israel.

The United States has stepped up calls for U.N. consensus on its plan for Gaza as Russia is circulating a rival proposal.

Israel’s economy significantly accelerated in the third quarter, recovering from a plunge triggered by the 12-day war with Iran in June and ahead of the ceasefire in Gaza reached in mid-October.

Bissan Younis looked dejected as she stood outside a cluster of tents surrounded by rubble and debris, a wasteland that is a common sight across the Gaza Strip. More than 600,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have missed the past two years of school because of the war between Israel and the militant Hamas group.

Doaa Musallem’s high school grades were so good that she got a call from the Palestinian Minister of Education calling her a hero.

Association takes Palestinians to distant countries, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, for $2,000, according to Haaretz newspaper - Anadolu Ajansı

Many Palestinians in Gaza want the militant group to leave power, but still welcome a crackdown on crime that followed last month’s cease-fire.

Yamen Al-Najjar recalls his past life – the days when he went to school and laughed regularly. Today, the 16-year-old lives with his mother in a cramped 6-square-meter room, just large enough to hold a hospital bed he seldom leaves.