The war in Gaza has brought a devastating and shattered picture of its civilian infrastructure, Israel, accused of killing 40 to 50 people daily, has reportedly killed nearly 45,000 people already. Is

Israel on Monday began allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas, in accordance with a fragile ceasefire.

Meanwhile, close to the Israeli border in southern Lebanon, Israeli troops opened fire on protesters, killing 22 and injuring 120, according to Lebanese officials.

For Palestinians, any attempt to move them from Gaza would evoke dark memories. Read more at straitstimes.com.

“We say to Trump and the whole world: we will not leave Palestine or Gaza, no matter what happens,” said displaced Gaza resident Rashad al-Naji. “You’re talking about probably a million and half people, and we just clean out that whole thing,” Trump told reporters on Saturday aboard Air Force One.

Israel has prevented thousands of Palestinians from returning to northern Gaza, accusing Hamas of changing the order of hostages it has released.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and militant group Hamas vowed to defy proposals to remove Palestinians from war-battered Gaza, after US President Donald Trump's idea to "clean out that whole thing".