The two-year war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas eased with a ceasefire three months ago, but there has been neither peace nor reconstruction. Phase 2 promises progress, but the peace process itself is becoming increasingly controversial.

What's happening now is that we are still being settled silently, we are still being killed slowly, away from the world's cameras. That's the real meaning of the ceasefire.”

Palestinians in Gaza questioned what moving into phase two would actually change on the ground, pointing to ongoing bloodshed and challenges securing basic necessities.

Israeli forces drop leaflets ordering Palestinian families from Bani Suhaila tents in southern Gaza, first compulsory evacuation since October ceasefire.

Syria reaches fragile ceasefire with Kurdish forces as U.S. senator warns about reported crimes by government troops during military operation against SDF.

JERUSALEM (AP) — The White House says it is moving into the second phase of President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan – breathing new life into a proposal that aims to rebuild the war-ravaged area and reshape the wider Middle East.

Talks follow a truce that was to end days of fighting and that brought Syrian Democratic Forces under state control.

The United Kingdom has welcomed the ceasefire agreement and the full integration of SDF into the institutions of the Syrian state.