Aid to the devastated territory has increased since the cease-fire took effect and prices have fallen. But many trucks going into Gaza are bringing food and commercial goods to sell that most people cannot afford.

Gaza authorities buried the bodies of Palestinian prisoners returned by Israel, many showing signs of torture and execution.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Bassil Naggar can finally sleep without getting jolted awake by the sounds of Israeli airstrikes. For Naggar and his displaced family, and for many in Gaza facing similar challenges, the ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war ...

Under the terms of a cease-fire deal, Israel and Hamas have been exchanging remains, but Gaza’s medical authorities have not been able to identify many of them.

Israel targeted eastern Deir Al-Balah even as the ceasefire held, while WHO carried out the first medical evacuations since the truce began.

A bakery in the Gazan city of Deir al Balah has come back to life, making some 300,000 pita loaves a day after aid reaches the bomb-ravaged area. Footage from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Friday (October 17) showed a steady production line of pita at this World Food Program Bakery.

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Israel has received the remains of what Hamas earlier said were two deceased hostages held in Gaza. The remains were transferred to Israel via the Red Cross and will be taken to the country’s national forensics laboratory for identification.