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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Our live blog is now closed until tomorrow morning.</p>
<p>Here are the day's key developments:</p>
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<p>More than 500,000 people have returned to Gaza City after a ceasefire was declared in the enclave, Gaza's civil defence agency said.</p>
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<p>Gaza health ministry said that 17,000 patients need to travel immediately outside the Gaza Strip for medical purposes. </p>
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<p>US special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said he visited Gaza “to verify Israel’s compliance with Phase I of the [Gaza ceasefire] agreement”.</p>
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<p>Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and US President Donald Trump will chair an international summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh, attended by "leaders from more than 20 countries." </p>
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<p>Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq said the group is working with “various friendly countries and parties” to ensure the entry of aid and relief into Gaza.</p>
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<p>Head of the Palestinian NGO Network in Gaza said that an estimated 1.5 million residents of the enclave have lost their homes.</p>
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<p>United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) said that it is ready to rehabilitate Gaza's health, water, and education systems. </p>
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