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Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem, the city where three major religions meet, to celebrate Christmas after two years of war in Gaza. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, said the celebrations were needed to bring “light” to the region.

Despite threats to the fragile Gaza ceasefire agreement, it has mostly held up since it was signed earlier this year. Candice Cole reports on U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the second phase of the ceasefire, and what it will take for the peace plan to move ahead.

Canada is joining several allies in calling for a boost to the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, but Israel may soon further restrict who can go in the region. Mike Armstrong explains what Israel is planning to do, and why aid organizations aren’t on board.

In the Middle East, Palestinians in war-torn Gaza are facing an additional threat this week: the weather. High winds and heavy rains have caused chaos in the makeshift camps where thousands of people, who have lost their homes, are seeking shelter. This situation is worsening Gaza’s already dire humanitarian crisis. Vincent McAviney reports on the...

The United Nations says famine has been pushed back in Gaza, but warns the humanitarian situation remains fragile and severe. A new food security assessment estimates 1.6 million people, more than 75 per cent of the population, still face extreme food insecurity. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said conditions remain dire for civilians across the enclave....

Palestinians inspected on Thursday the scene where an Israeli airstrike hit a tent camp in Gaza, leaving parts of the site in ruins. A fire broke out after the strike that took place late on Wednesday, leaving several people dead, according to medics.

Torrential rains swept through the Gaza strip on Thursday, flooding tents and destroying buildings already damaged by two years of war. At least 13 buildings collapsed in the deluge and 27,000 tents were flooded, the media office of the Hamas-run Gaza government said Friday. It said 12 people are either dead or missing as a...

A senior Hamas delegation was in Egypt Sunday to discuss the ceasefire agreement in Gaza as both Israel and Hamas continue to trade accusations of truce violations. Meanwhile, Israel claims it killed a senior Hezbollah leader in an airstrike on Beirut.

The United Nations has voted to approve a ceasefire agreement brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump. The vote means countries can start dedicating funding for reconstruction. Member states can also assign troops to an international stabilization force. Global’s Nathaniel Dove reports.

The fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire is now on even shakier ground as both sides accuse each other of violating their agreement again. Mike Armstrong reports on why Israel launched more attacks on Gaza, what Hamas is being accused of, and how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under immense pressure.

What’s being blamed for a spike in Toronto’s opioid overdoses. The search for two armed suspects in Saskatchewan after a deadly shooting at a First Nation. Canada warns of a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, as Israel prepares to ban dozens of aid organizations. Plus, the significant people who the world said goodbye to in...

The International Court of Justice has ruled against Israel’s ban of a United Nations aid agency. Nathaniel Dove looks at how the decision could affect the situation on the ground and for those who desperately need aid.

Asked if he believes Benjamin Netanyahu should be pardoned during a bilateral meeting with the Israeli president Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested it was in the works with Israeli President Isaac Herzog. “He’s a wartime prime minister who’s a hero,” Trump said of his counterpart. Netanyahu has been part of a five-year corruption trial...

Strong winds and rain battered makeshift tent camps in Khan Younis on Sunday, leaving displaced Palestinians scrambling to secure torn tarpaulins and soaked fabric. Families say the harsh winter weather is worsening already dire living conditions in the war-ravaged enclave, with water flooding tents and wooden supports weakening. Palestinian Wael al-Shiekh Khalil said, “The wind...

It has been a week since U.S. President Donald Trump jetted to the Middle East to celebrate the American-led ceasefire in Gaza. There are now signs that the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas is under threat of crumbling. Sunday, Israel launched a new series of strikes into Gaza, blaming Hamas for violating the truce...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday during a visit to Israel aimed at stabilizing the first, shaky, phase of the Gaza ceasefire and pushing Israel and Hamas towards the harder concessions asked of each side in coming talks.

Mediators are trying to shore up Hamas and Israel’s fragile peace deal, which appears to be hanging by a thread. Redmond Shannon looks at how Israel and Hamas are testing the limits of their ceasefire agreement, and how U.S. President Donald Trump is confident that peace in the Middle East will hold.

Canada is among several countries formally recognizing Palestinian statehood to put pressure on Israel to keep the two-state solution alive. As Israel’s war on Hamas now appears to be ending, Jillian Piper looks at Canada’s potential role in Gaza’s future, and the moment between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump caught on...

Despite the ceasefire agreement, significant obstacles remain in delivering and distributing aid in Gaza. Nabil Ali, Chief Operating Officer at the International Development and Relief Foundation, gives Miranda Anthistle a look at the teams currently operating in the region.

During Wednesday’s House of Commons question period, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre questioned the necessity of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent $800,000 privately-chartered trip to October’s Gaza peace summit in Egypt.