Turkey dispatched a team of specialists to help retrieve remains buried under the rubble, but the group was still waiting Friday for Israeli permission to enter the territory.

Prosecutors say cell phone location data places Lafayette, Louisiana, resident Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, 33, at the scene of the attacks.

The United Kingdom's media regulator found the BBC in "serious breach" of rules after the broadcaster featured the son of an Hamas official as the narrator in a documentary.

Hamas intends to maintain security control in Gaza during an interim period, a senior Hamas official told Reuters, adding he could not commit to the group disarming – positions that reflect the difficulties facing US plans to secure an end to the war.

A video this week captured Hamas fighters in Gaza executing Palestinian rivals as the militant group tries to assert that it is still the dominant force in the territory after two years of war with Israel.

President Trump got a standing ovation after addressing Israeli lawmakers following Hamas' release of all living hostages under the Gaza peace deal.

Hamas said on Tuesday it was ready to reach a deal to end the war in Gaza based on Donald Trump's plan but still has demands, as the Qatari Prime Minister and senior U.S. mediators headed to Egypt to join indirect negotiations there between the Palestinian group and Israel.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would consider allowing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resume military action in Gaza if Hamas refuses to uphold its end of the ceasefire deal,