Carmel Crimmins

In a post on X, Rodriguez says the decision is, quote, "...a step in the direction of normalizing and strengthening relations between our countries."

Tears of joy in Gaza as 11 toddlers reunite with their families after more than two years.

They were among 29 babies born prematurely in Gaza's al-Shifa hospital as Israeli forces approached in 2023.

Medics were allowed to escort them across the closed border into Egypt, but without their parents.

Bissan was one of them.

Now her mother, Sundas Al-Kurd, is holding her daughter for the first time in almost two and a half years and kissing her cheeks.

One of her daughters was killed in an Israeli strike the day Bissan was born.

It's a bittersweet moment for Sundas, who says Bissan's return will compensate for everyone she's lost.

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I would say that within two weeks, maybe, two weeks, maybe three, we're hitting them very hard.