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Here are the day’s key developments:
More than 500,000 people have returned to Gaza City after a ceasefire was declared in the enclave, Gaza’s civil defence agency said.
Gaza health ministry said that 17,000 patients need to travel immediately outside the Gaza Strip for medical purposes.
US special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said he visited Gaza “to verify Israel’s compliance with Phase I of the [Gaza ceasefire] agreement”.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and US President Donald Trump will chair an international summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh, attended by “leaders from more than 20 countries.”
Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq said the group is working with “various friendly countries and parties” to ensure the entry of aid and relief into Gaza.
Head of the Palestinian NGO Network in Gaza said that an estimated 1.5 million residents of the enclave have lost their homes.
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) said that it is ready to rehabilitate Gaza’s health, water, and education systems.
