A Gaza firm has been contracted to build an Emirati-funded compound for displaced Palestinians in a part of the territory under Israeli military control, reported Reuters. Spanning 74 acres near Rafa, it will be able to house tens of thousands of people in pre-fabricated trailer-style units stacked multiple storeys high.
US President Donald Trump declared "peace in the Middle East" during his speech to a gathering of world leaders in Egypt to inaugurate his plan to end the war in Gaza.
Hamas has released all 20 of the living captives it had been holding in the Gaza Strip, while Israel has begun freeing about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under the conditions of the ceasefire deal.
