PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas's office responds to Trump's comments, stresses it strongly opposes any plan aiming to deport Palestinian Arabs from the Gaza Strip.

Only the Palestinian Authority is legitimately placed to assume governance ... Trump said on Monday he will declare illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border a national emergency, send troops there and ramp up deportations of criminal offenders ...

The PA’s President, Mahmoud Abbas, has remained adamant that Hamas should not play a role in the governance of post-war Gaza.

Salfit District Governor Abdallah Kmeil: "The prisoners (i.e., terrorists) are a model of nobility, honor and purity. They are the most noble among us all, after the Martyrs. We feel all the love and appreciation for them."

Rantawi, Jordanian writer and political analyst, writes in the Al-Jazeera Arabic website about the urgent need for new approaches to Palestinian internal reconciliation and the liberation of the PLO

The three female hostages were released as part of the phased ceasefire agreement Israel and Hamas reached last week.

Under the terms of the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal , fighting will be halted in Gaza for at least six weeks. Dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be freed, while more aid flows in .

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday proposed international security forces and temporary UN leadership to stabilize post-war Gaza where he warned that Hamas has recruited as many fighters

As a ceasefire brought calm to Gaza’s ruined cities, Hamas was quick to emerge from hiding.

The Israeli government appears to be “repositioning” itself following the resignation of its far-right members, namely Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky said.

Amit has issued rulings striking down key legislation and upholding Palestinian rights, but has deferred to government on some national security issues despite harm to civil rights

Gaza Four Israeli women hostages held captive by Hamas for more than 15 months returned home on Saturday, as 200 Palestinian detainees held in Israel were released under the truce deal aimed at ending the Gaza war.