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A spokesperson for Qatar, a key mediator in the ceasefire, told reporters Tuesday that talks still haven't started for phase two of the ceasefire, which came into effect three months ago.
Meanwhile, Hamas fighters resumed the search of the last Israeli body in eastern Gaza City Wednesday.
President Trump had been pushing to move to the next phase of the deal, but has yet to announce members of a so-called Board of Peace that will oversee Gaza in the near term.
Key to this next phase is the presence of an international stabilization force over the ground to maintain the ceasefire and separate Palestinians from Israeli troops, who still occupy more than half of Gaza.
Azerbaijan's president recently appeared to rule out of his country's participation in the force, calling it a, quote, Arab affair.
Anas Baba and Pura News, Gaza City.
For the past two years, Christians here in Gaza hunkered down behind the walls of this church, the only one left standing in Gaza.
They lived here, prayed here, and survived the Israeli military's bombardments of Gaza City.
More than 20 Christians were killed in the Israeli attacks at this church and another that was destroyed.
Today, though, this community of just 500 or so Christians in Gaza is singing again.
And with the fragile ceasefire in place now, the Palestinian children at the Holy Family Church in Gaza marked Christmas this year with new clothes, as the community gathered to both celebrate the birth of Jesus and mourn the many Palestinians killed in the war.
Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
For the past two years, Christians here in Gaza hunkered down behind the walls of this church, the only one left standing in Gaza.
They lived here, prayed here, and survived the Israeli military's bombardments of Gaza City.
More than 20 Christians were killed in the Israeli attacks at this church and another that was destroyed.
Today, though, this community of just 500 or so Christians in Gaza is singing again.
And with the fragile ceasefire in place now, the Palestinian children at the Holy Family Church in Gaza marked Christmas this year with new clothes, as the community gathered to both celebrate the birth of Jesus and mourn the many Palestinians killed in the war.
Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
The funeral of five Hamas fighters and senior commander Raed Saed was held in a makeshift prayer space, beside a rubble of one of Gaza's many destroyed mosques.