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Auschwitz survivors were being joined by world leaders Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops, one of the last such gatherings of those who suffered its horrors. The anniversary at the site of the camp, which Nazi Germany set up in occupied Poland during World War Two to murder European Jews, was being attended by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Britain's King Charles, French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish President Andrzej Duda and many other leaders. They were not due to make speeches, but rather to listen for perhaps the last time to those who suffered and witnessed at first hand one of humanity's greatest atrocities. Israel sent education minister Yoav Kisch.

Gaza's main roads going north on Monday after Hamas agreed to hand over three Israeli detainees later this week and Israeli forces began to withdraw from a key corridor across the enclave.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Thousands of Palestinians began returning to a ravaged northern Gaza and what was left of their homes and families, after Hamas agreed to release more hostages than expected this week to keep its cease-fire with Israel in place. Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave on Monday after Israeli forces refused their movement over the weekend, when the return of Palestinians was expected per the cease-fire deal.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump’s Saturday night proposal that Palestinians vacate a devastated Gaza marked a sharp break with his predecessor and introduced a contentious new initiative into his unfolding Middle East diplomatic plans. Trump said the resettling of the Palestinians from Gaza “could be temporary or long term." His statement could mark a dramatic shift in U.S.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Big shipping companies say they won’t send vessels back to the Red Sea despite a pledge by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen not to attack them as long as a cease-fire in Gaza holds. The world’s top three container shippers, MSC Mediterranean Shipping, A.P.

Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas, in accordance with a fragile ceasefire. Thousands of Palestinians headed north on Monday after waiting for days to cross.

Donald Trump's suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip is likely to be met with a hard «no» from the two U.S. allies and the Palestinians themselves who fear Israel would never allow them to return.

Gaza ceasefire deal. The women—Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag—were serving as observers at the Nahal Oz army base near Gaza when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, and captured them.

Gaza ceasefire deal. The release came hours after Hamas freed four young female Israeli soldiers from captivity in Gaza.

Houthi rebels unilaterally released 153 war detainees Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.

Hamas named on Friday four Israeli «women soldiers» held hostage since October 7 whom it plans to release from captivity in a second exchange under a ceasefire deal that has halted the Gaza war.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Hamas is expected on Friday to release the names of the next four Israeli hostages to be freed under the Gaza cease-fire deal, as mediators hope to build momentum that could lead to a lasting end to the war. The multiphase deal’s protocols call for female hostages—civilians and soldiers—to be released first, followed by elderly and wounded men, and then the bodies of the dead.

Gaza, the first hostages have been released and many Palestinians have returned to what remains of their homes in the first few days of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Two Iranian ships docked in China have been loaded with a critical ingredient to produce propellant for ballistic missiles, people familiar with the matter said—a demonstration of the challenge the Trump administration will have in pressing China to reduce cooperation with Iran. The two vessels are loaded with around 1,000 tons of sodium perchlorate, a material that Iran could turn into 960 tons of ammonium perchlorate, one of the main ingredients for producing solid propellant for ballistic missiles, the people said.

Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour through mountains of rubble looking for bodies of those killed by Israeli bombardments during the 15-month war.

Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat has visited Lebanon for the first time in a decade following years of strained relations between the oil-rich kingdom and the tiny Mediterranean country