Agencies prepare to bring aid to starving people in Gaza as ceasefire appears to hold Unicef says ‘humanitarian crisis continues’ and expects to scale up aid deliveries on Sunday The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2025
Drone footage above Gaza City shows the toll of 2 years of war New drone footage shows what remains of Gaza City after two years of war as a ceasefire holds in its second day The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2025
Analysis: Iran out in the cold as Mideast unites in support of Gaza ceasefire As the Middle East broadly welcomes a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, Iran finds itself at one of its weakest moments since its 1979 Islamic Revolution The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2025
NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani was left shocked by Colbert show request: ‘Genocide...distilled into a late-night game’ Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, is leading in the polls with Election Day less than a month away The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2025
US troops begin arriving in Israel to oversee ceasefire implementation in Gaza About 200 US troops have begun arriving in Israel to set up a coordination centre aimed at facilitating the flow of humanitarian aid, as well as logistical and security assistance into Gaza. They are not expected to enter the territory. Euronews · Oct 11, 2025
The Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shifting The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2025
Thousands gather in London in march for ‘lasting peace’ in Gaza Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign says ceasefire agreement says nothing about ‘system of apartheid’ in Palestine The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2025
‘Everything is wiped out – there is nothing to salvage’: The bleak reality for Palestinians returning home after the ceasefire IN FOCUS: Tens of thousands of Palestinians are taking the long march home to north Gaza, only to find ash and ruins, report Nedal Hamdouna and Bel Trew The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2025
US president Donald Trump to take part in summit of world leaders in Egypt to mark end of Gaza war On Saturday, Egyptian government sources said Trump will be received in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El Sheikh by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to participate in a signing ceremony along with the other guarantors of the Gaza peace deal. Euronews · Oct 11, 2025
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestine protesters march through London to mark two years of war in Gaza The demonstration comes after Hamas and Israel agreed a ceasefire and hostage release, expected to take place in the coming days The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2025
Palestinians return to ruins as aid groups push to scale up deliveries and US troops land in Israel Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are returning to their neighborhoods as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas enters its second day The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2025
Palestinians Return To Devastated Gaza City As Truce Holds Thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to a devastated Gaza City on Saturday, the second day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, with many stunned by the destruction even as others were relieved to find their homes still standing. International Business Times · Oct 11, 2025
Thousands gather for pro-Palestine march to mark two years since Gaza war Police have put measures in place to try to prevent a clash between pro-Palestine protesters and counter-protesters in London on Saturday. Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2025
Aid Groups Seize On Truce To Tackle Gaza Hunger International agencies were preparing Saturday to pour aid into Gaza, hopeful a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will allow them to put an end to the famine haunting parts of the territory. International Business Times · Oct 11, 2025
The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2025 Boycotting Israel has gone mainstream: ‘We’ve never seen such traction before’ After decades of being dismissed as fringe, the boycott call has been taken up by leading figures across arts, sports and politics
The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2025 Egypt confirms international leaders’ summit on Monday to discuss Gaza ceasefire - as it happened More than 500,000 Palestinians return to destruction in Gaza City as 20 world leaders, including Trump, prepare for talks. This blog is now closed.
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2025 Who will keep the peace in Gaza? Experts warn Trump’s ceasefire deal offers no guarantees of stability One of the key questions emerging from Donald Trump’s Gaza plan is where, if and how US troops will be deployed to help keep the ceasefire in place
Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2025 Countdown begins for Hamas to release remaining Israeli hostages - as group rejects ‘foreign guardianship’ of Gaza Hamas has 72 hours to release the 20 living Israeli hostages it is still holding once Israel’s military withdraws from roughly half of Gaza
The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2025 International journalists urge Israel to allow reporters into Gaza after ceasefire deal Foreign Press Association joins long list of global media agencies demanding press freedom in devastated territory
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2025 Israel rejects freeing from prison the most popular Palestinian leader The most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader — Marwan Barghouti — is not among the prisoners Israel intends to free in exchange for hostages held by Hamas under the new Gaza ceasefire deal
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2025 Who are the hostages Israel believes are still alive? The faces of the hostages being held in Gaza stare down from every street corner in Israel on posters now sun-faded and ripped
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2025 Who are the final 20 living hostages to have been freed from Gaza? Ceasefire deal ends more than 700 days of captivity for those taken during attacks of 7 October 2023
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2025 ‘Gateway to hell’: young reporter’s harrowing two years in besieged Gaza Malak A Tantesh’s grim experience of living with perpetual fear and uncertainty amid Israel’s war after 2023 Hamas attack
The Guardian - AU · Oct 10, 2025 Five Great Reads: a grand book heist, being outed as an IRA guy, and the desperate mishandling of the Israel-Gaza conflict Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey
The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025 Returning to ruins: photos of Palestinian families going home Palestinian families who have been displaced by Israel's two-year war on Hamas have started returning to their destroyed homes in Gaza after the Israeli military announced a ceasefire with Hamas.