#peace-summit

#peace-summit

Hamas released the remaining 20 living hostages in Gaza on Monday as part of a swap deal for nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees in a rare moment of joy among Israelis and Palestinians. World leaders from more than 20 countries later met in Egypt at a summit co-chaired by Donald Trump and Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to try to ensure the limited truce is extended into a durable peace.

As well as giving an immediate €6m in 'humanitarian aid', Government will commit to funding for reconstruction of war-torn enclave

Israel said it plans to destroy all remaining underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip used by fighters from the Palestinian militant group Hamas during the conflict. Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the move on the social media platform X. "Israel's great challenge after the phase of returning the hostages will be the destruction of all of Hamas' terror tunnels in Gaza," Katz wrote, adding that the operation would be carried out directly by the Israeli military under US supervision. During the two-year Gaza war, the Israeli military repeatedly reported destroying Hamas tunnels, but the extent and the degree of functionality of the remaining underground network is unclear.

We will continue to strengthen sanctions and wider economic measures to put pressure on Russia's war economy until there is a just and lasting peace.

The highly anticipated summit could see the beginnings of a peace deal but will likely not end the war, experts say. Both leaders will meet at the US military's Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.