During her first official White House briefing as President Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt announced that Trump had prevented a “preposterous waste of taxpayer money.” Trump’s team,

Donald Trump’s 27-year-old press secretary announced the US was halting shipments of condoms to Gaza during her first new-look White House briefing.

Steven Witkoff, who played an important role in brokering the truce between Israel and Hamas, met with Israel’s prime minister. He was also expected to visit Gaza.

Once the details are received, a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sets off in vehicles marked with the humanitarian organisation's logo to pick up the hostages in Gaza. Israeli military and medical personnel are also assembled at several different locations,

The names of the Israeli hostages due to be released in Gaza on Thursday have been released by the Israeli Prime Minister’s office (PMO), which also confirmed that five Thai nationals will be released.

Israel has received a list of hostages who will be released on Thursday from Gaza, the Prime Minister's office said on Wednesday. The office did not provide further details. Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.

More than 375,000 Palestinians have made their way back to homes in northern Gaza after 15 months on the run because of war.

Among those heading back to Gaza City was Umm Ali Muheisen, who reunited with her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren on Monday after 15 months of separation.

Palestinian woman Umm Ali hugs her daughter, Souad Atallah, who was displaced to the south at Israel's order during the war, upon her return to northern Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas,