Gaza, Israel and ceasefire
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Israel’s Cabinet early Friday approved President Donald Trump’s plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of all the remaining hostages held by Hamas, a key step toward ending the war.
Thousands of Palestinians began returning to their homes across Gaza on Saturday amid a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
Israeli forces have completed a pullback of troops from Gaza on Friday after Israel's Cabinet approved a plan for a ceasefire aimed at ending the devastating two-year war.
The troops will stay in Israel, where they will support logistics, transportation, engineering and planning, two U.S. officials said.
After months of delays and disappointments, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza on Friday.
Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to their Gaza neighborhoods Saturday, weaving through dust-shrouded streets as bulldozers clawed through the wreckage of two years of war and a ceasefire held in its second day.
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Most Democrats left President Trump conspicuously unmentioned as they cheered a potential end to the conflict, reflecting the tricky politics around the war and their party’s deep hostility to Mr. Trump.