(Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend Monday's summit on ending the Gaza war in Egypt, his office said, after Cairo had earlier announced he would take part, a prospect that could have been awkward for some confirmed guests.

Some Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has for two years waged a brutal and systematic war against Hamas, are returning home and beginning to reckon with the destruction caused by the conflict.

With start of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and release of hostages and prisoners, here are some key figures related to the Gaza war and the Hamas-led attack on Israel that sparked it.

U.S. President Donald Trump embarked on a whirlwind trip to the Middle East on Monday to cement the end of the war between Israel and Hamas, and to reaffirm his ambitions to usher in peace between the two.

Protests swept campuses after the war began. But tough discipline, pushed by Republicans, curbed a student movement that was one of the largest since the Vietnam War.

New drone footage shows what remains of Gaza City after two years of war as a ceasefire holds in its second day.

Fox News contributor Kellyanne Conway joined 'Fox & Friends' to discuss how Democrats are reacting to President Donald Trump's Gaza peace deal and Obama's criticism of progressives.

Victoria Coates, Heritage Foundation’s Davis Institute vice president and former Trump administration Deputy National Security Advisor, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas,