President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan is set to enter a new phase within weeks, but crucial pieces of the agreement remain undefined as Israel tightens its military grip on the battered enclave.

EXCLUSIVE: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz recently returned from a Middle East swing, touting the "amazing progress" in the implementation of President Donald Trump’s Israel–Gaza peace deal.

Sitting in her wheelchair, Haneen al-Mabhouh dreams of rebuilding her family, of cradling a new baby. She dreams of walking again. But with her leg gone, her life in Gaza is on hold, she says, as she waits to go abroad for further treatment.

By Steve Holland and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - International troops could be deployed in the Gaza Strip as early as next month to form a U.N.-authorized stabilization force,

After two consecutive years of war that upended nearly every aspect of life in the Gaza Strip, universities are slowly beginning to reopen, restoring a path to education despite extraordinary levels of destruction.

Heavy rain has brought more destruction to the already vulnerable Gaza Strip, leaving over a dozen people dead in the past 24 hours. NBC News' Matt Bradley has more on how Palestinians are being impacted by the dangerous weather.

Hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans face flooding from heavy rains, and materials for shelters and sandbags are not being allowed to enter the enclave, the UN International Organization for Migration said on Friday.

Gaza has been hit by heavy rains and low temperatures, deepening the misery of most of its 2.2 million population, who are living in tents and makeshift shelters after two years of Israeli bombardment

A cease-fire after two years of war with Israel has allowed Hamas to tighten its grip on power again. “It’s still standing,” one Israeli official said.

Gazans in tents have been hit by heavy rain as failure to find last Israeli hostage risks derailing peace plan.

Aid deliveries into Gaza are falling far short of the amount called for under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, according to an Associated Press analysis of the Israeli military's figures as humanitarian groups say the shortfall is severely impacting the strip's two million people.

Heavy rain and strong winds collapse tents and damage buildings, leading to deaths and injuries amid plummeting temperatures.