The Palestinian militant group Hamas signalled on Thursday that a crisis threatening to unravel the Gaza ceasefire deal could be avoided despite uncertainty over the number of hostages due to be released on Saturday and disagreements over aid supplies.

President Donald Trump's assertion that the U.S. can relocate "1.7 or 1.8 million" Palestinians has raised questions about the death toll in Gaza. Trump made the comments last week while announcing a surprise plan to take over the region that has been devastated by the Israel-Hamas war that began in October 2023.

A new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday that 2024 saw a record number of journalists killed around the globe — marking a sharp rise over the years in the killings of reporters and media workers in conflict zones.

Israel's military has called up reservists in preparation for a possible resumption of fighting in Gaza if Hamas fails to meet a Saturday deadline to release more Israeli hostages and a nearly month-old ceasefire breaks down.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Tuesday the ceasefire in Gaza would end and the military would resume fighting Hamas until it was defeated if the Palestinian militant group did not release hostages by midday Saturday.

Under Trump's plan, Gaza's roughly 2.2 million Palestinians would be resettled and the United States would take control and ownership of the devastated coastal enclave, redeveloping it into what Trump has called the "Riviera of the Middle East."

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas should release all hostages it is holding in Gaza by midday Saturday or he would propose cancelling the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and "let hell break out."

Israeli forces withdrew from a key corridor in Gaza on Sunday, Israeli officials and Hamas said, the latest commitment under a tenuous ceasefire that faces a major test over whether the sides can negotiate its planned extension.

As part of the first phase of a ceasefire deal, Israel has withdrawn troops from the crucial Netzarim corridor that divides Gaza, allowing more Palestinians to return home. But the next phase of the ceasefire has been further complicated by President Donald Trump insisting the U.S. should take over Gaza.

Five Thai nationals held captive by Hamas for over a year returned to Thailand on Sunday, reuniting with their tearful families at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.

Hamas on Friday announced the names of three Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners after a delay that underlined the obstacles hanging over a fragile deal meant to end the war in Gaza.

Israel's defence minister has ordered the army to prepare a plan to allow the "voluntary departure" of residents from Gaza, Israeli media said, after President Trump drew widespread condemnation over U.S. plans to take over the strip.

Satellite images in Beit Hanoun, a city on the northeast of the Gaza Strip, show the Star of David etched into the ground of what previously looked like vibrant green fields and farmland in the now war-torn territory.

Shireen Talaba and her brother, Khaled, were displaced from their Gaza City home to Khan Younis when the war began. When Khaled and two of their cousins were killed, Shireen vowed that when the war ended, she would find a way to bring their bodies home.

President Donald Trump's plan for the U.S. to take over war-torn Gaza and create a "Riviera of the Middle East" after resettling Palestinians elsewhere has shattered U.S. policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and sparked widespread criticism.

U.S. President Donald Trump's pitch to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after permanently displacing its residents was met with unified anger and concern from Palestinians in Gaza Wednesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants his country to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are displaced elsewhere.

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak spoke to CBC News about some of the considerations in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations.

The UN Palestinian relief agency said its humanitarian work across the occupied territories and Gaza was still ongoing on Friday despite an Israeli ban that took effect a day before and what it described as hostility towards its staff.

Hamas freed three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza on Thursday, and Israel began releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process in anger at the swarming crowds at one of the hostage handover points.

The leader of Syria's rebels who toppled President Bashar al-Assad last month was named the country's interim president on Wednesday as former insurgents cancelled the existing constitution, saying a new charter would be drafted soon.

The joy of thousands of Palestinian families who made it back home to north Gaza after a ceasefire with Israel is turning to despair as the cold reality of uninhabitable, bombed-out homes and dire shortages of basic supplies sets in.