The Trump peace plan calls for an international security force in the Gaza Strip, but countries that might send troops are wary of danger, an unclear mission and being seen as occupiers.

An Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory is halted "until further notice," the first major test of the ceasefire.

President Trump’s top Middle East peace envoys categorically rejected accusations that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in an interview with CBS’s “60 minutes” broadcast on Sunday.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday to shore up the fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza that has teetered over the<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

It will take about $70 billion to rebuild Gaza, according to an operational damage and needs assessment conducted jointly by the United Nations, the European Union and the World Bank. European and Arab nations, Canada and the U.S. appear willing to contribute to the estimated $70 billion needed to rebuild Gaza, the UN official said on Tuesday.

Egypt’s powerful intelligence chief Hassan Rashad is in Israel to discuss the future of the Gaza Strip with top Israeli and US officials, a foreign diplomatic source tells The Times of Israel.

The Israeli government has halted humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza strip after the IDF struck targets in southern Gaza on Sunday

US President Donald Trump warned Hamas it will be wiped out if it breaches the Gaza ceasefire, as Vice President JD Vance travelled to Israel on Tuesday to shore up the fragile truce.Vance was due to land and Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner were already in Tel Aviv,

People are showing up in large numbers' at the distribution points, said the Middle East spokeswoman for the UN's World Food Programme Abeer Etefa.