The command center, which is tasked with coordinating security, aid and rebuilding efforts inside Gaza, will be led by a U.S. three-star general, at least initially, who has not been identified publicly.

With a ceasefire in place, Palestinians have been returning to what remains of their homes and communities.

Many Palestinians said they found their old neighborhoods unrecognizable from the relentless fighting that reduced most of the buildings to rubble.

Returning to Gaza City after a cease-fire, Palestinians will face an immense challenge to rebuild their lives in the city that’s been left in ruins after two years of war.

Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has left large swathes of the Strip in ruins, including parts of Gaza City which was the focus of Israel’s offensive before the ceasefire.

Thousands of Palestinians have begun returning from southern Gaza to Gaza City, weeks after fleeing the Israeli offensive that turned much of the city into rubble. Footage showed large numbers walking north up damaged narrow coastal roads towards the collapsed towers and ruined buildings of the territory's biggest city.

Israel has launched a new ground offensive into Gaza City designed to dismantle Hamas infrastructure and warned residents to leave and head south.

New drone footage shows what remains of Gaza City after two years of war and as a ceasefire holds in its second day. Gaza City was the focus of Israel’s military offensive in the weeks before the ceasefire.

Around 400,000 Palestinians have fled famine-stricken Gaza City since Israel launched a major offensive last month aimed at occupying it.

President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a stern warning to Hamas if the terrorists don't stop the bloodshed in Gaza.

Zohran Mamdani has, throughout his time representing New York City in the state assembly and now running for its mayor, treated Israel, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank as the sixth, seventh, and eighth boroughs of NYC,