The two-year Gaza war and economic restrictions in the Israeli-occupied West Bank have triggered the worst collapse in the Palestinian economy on record, wiping out decades of growth, a United Nations report said on Tuesday.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas has been devastated by two years of fighting in Gaza. But is the organization now using a ceasefire to regroup?

A second former Israeli hostage has reported alleged sexual abuse in Hamas detention. This comes as numerous Palestinians have also spoken out on the alleged sexual abuse at Israeli prisons. NBC News’ Hala Gorani reports on his account of abuse.

Violence has repeatedly flared up in the weeks since a cease-fire was reached, killing hundreds of Palestinians and at least three Israeli soldiers.

As the first stage of the agreement nears its end, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his close confidant Ron Dermer in Jerusalem.

The Middle East Forum, a Philadelphia-based think tank that researches Middle East policy, is investigating nearly a dozen US financing networks with alleged “ties to dangerous foreign Islamist regimes,” including charities associated with the Amin family, which is linked to the Iranian government.

Israel Defense Forces released a video of one of the "largest and most complex" tunnels used by Hamas underneath the city of Rafah in Gaza.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in Gaza near the line demarcating areas of Israeli control on Monday, underlining the struggle to broaden a fragile ceasefire deal approved over six weeks ago to global acclaim.