Israel's military gave CBS News a rare look deep inside Gaza, where many questions still hang over the ruins of war and the future of 2 million Palestinians.

Avishay Edri wants to move back to the kibbutz he evacuated in southern Israel after it was attacked by Palestinian gunmen two years ago, but is hesitating as fears persist that the war in nearby Gaza will resume and it will not be safe.

With endless rubble and destroyed streets as far as the eye can see, any plans for Gaza's future are a far cry from where it is today, writes .

Israel’s ruling coalition wants next year’s budget to take the country “from conflict to growth” and estimates the deficit will shrink now that a ceasefire with Hamas has been secured, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said.

About six-in-ten now say they have an unfavorable view of the Israeli government, with a rising share saying Israel is "going too far."

Palestinian militants have so far released 13 bodies of hostages held in Gaza for the past two years as part of the ceasefire agreement in... U.S. Vice President JD Vance and other envoys projected optimism about Gaza’s fragile ceasefire agreement during a visit to Israel even as they acknowledged significant... Israel’s military says Palestinian militants in Gaza have handed over another body of a hostage. The body of a Nepali student who was taken as hostage in Gaza has been repatriated after being released by Hamas. At least nine people were killed, including four children, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense emergency service, which is part of the Hamas-run Interior Ministry. Israel says Hamas has handed over “two coffins of deceased hostages” from Gaza. Palestinians and aid workers are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, which is the Gaza Strip’s lifeline for food and other aid... The FBI is accusing a Louisiana resident of participating in the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, then lying on his application... Britain's media regulator has sanctioned the BBC for a misleading documentary on children in Gaza. A new AP-NORC poll finds that more U.S. adults support President Donald Trump’s handling of the conflict in Israel after he brokered a ceasefire deal... Israel has received the coffin of a missing hostage handed over to the Red Cross from Hamas. Hamas freed the last 20 living hostages taken in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack earlier this week in exchange for the release of hundreds of... President Donald Trump is warning Hamas that “we will have no choice but to go in and kill them” if internal bloodshed persists in Gaza. Israel’s National Institute of Forensic Medicine has identified the remains of two more hostages returned from Gaza, as officials and families warned Hamas to hand... Israel received the remains of two more hostages Wednesday, hours after the Israeli military said that one of the bodies previously turned over was not...

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday they’ve agreed to a plan to end the war in Gaza. It’s unclear whether Hamas will accept.

Since a 2024 ceasefire with Hezbollah, Israel has attacked Lebanon almost daily. Now, the pattern is repeating in Gaza.