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Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst has the latest developments from Gaza Israel and Egypt's foreign ministers on Friday discussed solidifying the tenuous cease-fire agreed upon by Israel and Hamas after 11 days of deadly fighting.  Fast Facts Egypt brokered the cease-fire that began at 2 a.m. Friday The cease-fire, brokered by Egypt, went into effect at 2 a.m. Friday local time and has held in the hours since.  A statement from Egypt's foreign ministry said Egypt's Minister Sameh Shukry and Israel's Minister Gabi Ashkenazi discussed Gaza's recovery as well as the importance of coord...

Khalil Hamra / The Associated Press May 22, 2021 - 5:07 AM GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The United Nations says approximately 800,000 people in Gaza do not have regular access to clean piped water, as nearly 50% of the water network was damaged in the recent fighting. Quoting Gaza’s public works and housing ministry, the U.N. ’s office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said nearly 17,000 residential and commercial units have been damaged or destroyed in the 11-day campaign. These include 769 housing and commercial units that have been rendered uninhabitab...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A Palestinian official says an initial assessment shows at least 2,000 housing units were destroyed in the fighting between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in Gaza. Naji Sarhan, deputy of Gaza's works and housing ministry, tells The Associated Press on Saturday that more than 15,000 other units were partly destroyed in the 11-day war. Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes on the overcrowded strip, targeting residential, commercial and government buildings. It said it was going after locations where Hamas had offices and resources. Sarhan says four mosques ...

The U.N. Security Council is welcoming the cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers and calls for full adherence to the cessation of hostilities.

The Latest: Protesters in Yemen denounce Israeli attacks The Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 17 1of17Palestinians walk amid the rubble of a house that was hit by early morning Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City, Monday, May 17, 2021.Khalil hamra/APShow MoreShow Less 2of17Palestinian rescue workers carry the remains of a man found next to a beachside cafe after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Monday, May 17, 2021.Khalil Hamra/APShow MoreShow Less 3of17 4of17Palestinian children sit among belongings salvaged from the rubble of their destroyed house following ea...