BY AFP
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it has begun “a multi-phase operation” to oversee the release of some 20 Israeli captives and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
US President Donald Trump has declared the war in Gaza over as he flew to the Middle East, where he will address the Israeli Knesset and cochair a summit in Egypt on the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Palestinians continue to return to what is left of their homes in northern Gaza as desperately needed humanitarian aid begins trickling into the Strip. But officials say food, medicine and other essentials remain in critically short supply.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 67,806 people and wounded 170,066 since October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, attacks, and about 200 were taken captive.
