‘I expect to find a ghost city’: Gaza residents on the long, arduous journey back home Returnees anxious if the homes they left behind will still be standing after Hamas-Israel ceasefire takes effect The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025
Trump’s strong-arming of Netanyahu led to a deal. He must sustain that pressure The US president long refused to use his influence over the prime minister. Last month, that appeared to change The Guardian - US · Oct 10, 2025
‘Your body shivers from the scale of the destruction’: Thousands of Palestinians head back to their shattered lives after ceasefire SPECIAL REPORT: As the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire holds for now, Bel Trew in Tel Aviv and Nedal Hamdouna in Gaza report on the Palestinians walking back to the rubble of their homes while Israelis dare to hope for the release of all the hostages taken on October 7 2023 The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025
Thousands of Palestinians return north as Israel-Hamas ceasefire starts in Gaza The Israeli military has said it will continue to operate defensively from the roughly 50% of Gaza it still controls after pulling back to agreed-upon lines. Euronews · Oct 10, 2025
Some Palestinians pack up and move north toward their homes in Gaza after ceasefire goes into effect Tens of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza have started moving north toward their homes, or what remains of them, after a ceasefire agreement came into effect The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025
Scoop: Trump plans leaders summit on Gaza during Egypt visit next week Germany, France, the U.K., Italy, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are expected to participate. Axios · Oct 10, 2025
Hamas at a crossroads as the Gaza ceasefire deal comes into force After two years of war, Israel and Hamas have agreed on the “first phase” of a US-backed peace plan for Gaza. The deal, if it holds, will involve the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza and the entry of aid into the… The Conversation · Oct 10, 2025
Thousands of displaced Gazans return home as Israel-Hamas ceasefire takes effect As the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel came into force in Gaza at midday local time on Friday, Palestinians are torn between cautious hope and disbelief – while medical charities stress the need for urgent humanitarian aid. Radio France Internationale · Oct 10, 2025
Hopes local tensions will ease after Gaza ceasefire Reverberations of a ceasefire in Gaza may be felt in Australia, but there are calls for more to be done to combat the nation's issues with racism. AAP · Oct 10, 2025
A plea for compassion to counter blind hatred over Israel and Gaza Letter: A reader is heartened by Sharone Lifschitz’s article about the second anniversary of 7 October and her parents’ kidnapping by Hamas The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025
Blair, Kushner, Trump: who are the key people behind the Gaza ceasefire? Eight political figures who played parts in the agreement The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025
Trump wants a prize for the Gaza deal. But the real question is, why didn’t he do it earlier? The ceasefire in Gaza happened when the US president lost patience, but how much horror occurred, how many people were killed because he delayed, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025
Tel Aviv gathers in prayer as Israel takes step toward Gaza truce Jewish worshippers gathered for morning prayers at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Friday as Israel prepared to implement the first phase of a long-awaited peace plan. Euronews · Oct 10, 2025
French Gaza flotilla activists plan legal complaint over detention in Israel Thirty-one French nationals who joined an aid flotilla to Gaza plan to file a criminal complaint in France over what they describe as arbitrary detention and mistreatment in Israel. The Global Sumud Flotilla was stopped by the Israeli navy before reaching the Palestinian territory. One of the French participants told… Radio France Internationale · Oct 10, 2025
Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2025 Police brace for huge Gaza protest and counter-demo in central London The Met Police has imposed conditions as hundreds of thousands could attend the demonstration
The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025 Hamas will be disarmed, Netanyahu vows after ceasefire begins In combative speech, Israeli prime minister says Gaza will be demilitarised ‘the easy way or the hard way’
The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025 200 US troops are heading to Israel to help the ceasefire hold. Here’s what they will be doing American troops will join soldiers from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and UAE in establishing a coordination center in Israel
The Guardian - US · Oct 10, 2025 White House slams Trump’s perceived Nobel peace prize snub as ‘politics over peace’ President has ‘heart of humanitarian’, spokesperson says after unsuccessful bid for prize amid Gaza ceasefire deal
The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025 Israel’s Knesset has declared Trump the Middle East’s peacemaker-in-chief – but it’s not quite so simple ANALYSIS: Donald Trump has been cheered in Israel’s Knesset and feted for his diplomatic role in the Gaza peace plan, but does the evidence stack up, asks world affairs editor Sam Kiley
The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025 Beware Netanyahu: he is a master of self-interest – and that’s why he signed the Hamas ceasefire deal The Israeli PM wants to bolster his position and ward off global pariah status. But he has shifted gears before and may do so again, says Israeli journalist Ben Reiff
Reason · Oct 10, 2025 Ceasefire Working Plus: Letitia James' legal trouble, everything's TV (and that's bad), millionaire explosion, and more...
The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025 Ceasefire prompts mass departure from Gaza camps as families load vehicles to return home Footage shows thousands of Palestinians heading home towards northern Gaza after a US-brokered ceasefire deal came into effect on Friday (10 October).
Euronews · Oct 10, 2025 What would Palestinians' most popular leader do if freed? No one knows Israel and Hamas agreed to implement the first phase of Trump's Gaza peace plan, but Israel did not release high-profile prisoner Marwan Barghouti.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025 Palestinians displaced to southern Gaza begin journey home as ceasefire comes into effect Thousands walk north along coastal road after Israel-Hamas agreement puts stop to fighting for first time in six months
The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025 No family, no stability, no social fabric: the anguish of Gaza’s wounded orphans As the number of WCNSFs – wounded child no surviving family – grows, charities struggle to find adults to look after them