US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammunition as Palestinians seek food in #Gaza. The AP has obtained videos of a food-distribution site in Gaza and interviewed two American contractors working there.

Since Israel ‘s war with Hamas began more than two years ago, Israel has erected nearly 1,000 barriers in cities and towns in the occupied West Bank, further stifling movement for Palestinians and hindering daily lives, a local government body says. https://t.co/XwIiIl9fyF

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds even as questions arose about when Hamas will return the bodies of the rest of the hostages believed dead.

Families of hostages have expressed dismay that so few of the dead hostages have been released by Hamas. Ruby Chen's Israeli-American son, Itay, was kidnapped and taken to Gaza and later pronounced dead. Chen spoke of the agony of waiting for the return of his son's body.

Trump lands in Israel to mark US-brokered ceasefire as Hamas begins releasing Israeli hostages after two years of war. AP’s @sammednick is at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv reporting live for @NewsNation

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Officials say food sites run by controversial US-Israeli-backed group in Gaza are being shut down under the terms of the ceasefire deal

Hope builds in Tel Aviv ahead of expected hostage release on Monday, AP's @sammednick explains

Israel and Hamas agree to phase one of Trump’s plan. https://t.co/vnqjqXmeh5

Israeli and Hamas officials began indirect talks Monday at an Egyptian coastal resort on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary.

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Experts say the city's in famine and warned Israel’s offensive will exacerbate the humanitarian crisis. Israel has warned Palestinians to evacuate and while hundreds of thousands have left, many have remained, some unable to afford to move, others too weak to leave.

The city is the focus of a new offensive to root out Hamas. The drive into the city was littered with destroyed buildings & mounds of concrete. Much of Gaza City has been reduced to rubble.

International journalists visited #GazaCity under the supervision of Israel’s army. Israel has for two years banned international journalists from entering Gaza, except for rare, brief visits supervised by the military.

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Aid groups blame Israel’s offensive and blockade for the humanitarian crisis and say the war has made documenting exploitation cases difficult. As hunger and desperation grow across the enclave, women in particular say they’ve been pushed to make impossible decisions.

Women in #Gaza say men sexually exploited them as they sought aid. As Gaza’s humanitarian crisis grows, women say they have been exploited by local men — some associated with aid groups — promising food, money, water, supplies or work in exchange for sexual interactions.

Israeli soldiers, and their mothers, increasingly reject calls to return to Gaza. https://t.co/KodnRzZBl7

The evidence calls into question why Israeli forces went through with the strike. Witnesses say Israel frequently observed the position by drone, including about 40 minutes before the attack, giving an opportunity to correctly identify al-Masri. https://t.co/okXLPEyZ4M

AP has gathered new evidence indicating the camera in question actually belonged to a Reuters video journalist who routinely covered his equipment with a white cloth to protect it from the scorching sun and dust. The journalist, Hussam al-Masri, was killed in the initial strike.

The official cited “suspicious behavior” and unspecified intelligence, but the only detail given was that there was a towel on the camera and the person with it — which the army interpreted as an effort to avoid identification.