Over 630 humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza Strip as a ceasefire began between Israel and Hamas, according to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. About 300 trucks moved into the enclave's north,

Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the start on Sunday of the ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza, as UN humanitarian convoys brought in urgently needed food aid to begin pulling the war-ravaged territory back from starvation.

He said the IRC in Gaza is focused particularly on water and sanitation, child protection and other healthcare.

Speaking at a news conference in Lebanon, Guterres said that while there would not be any "impediments by Israel for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza", that getting the aid into the hands of those in need would not be "easy".

On the first full day of peace in Gaza on Monday, rescue workers and civilians began to reckon with the sheer scale of the destruction to the Strip. Gaza's Civil Defence agency – the strip's main emergency response service – said it feared there were more than 10,

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 915 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Monday, the second day of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas after 15 months of war.

Representatives of many countries to the United States have expressed the hope for a full implementation of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement. The agreement, brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States,

Qatar’s foreign ministry said the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will go into effect at 0630 GMT on Sunday.

United Nations chief, Antonio Guterres has lauded President Donald Trump’s diplomatic efforts to help secure a ceasefire deal in Gaza

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After 15 months of war in Gaza, and ensuing global protests, reflected on UNC’s campus, Israel and Hamas entered a ceasefire on Jan. 19, 2025. Since Oct. 7, 2023, over 46,600 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes.