Video: Questions in Gaza over phase 2 of ceasefire
Palestinians are questioning Israel’s commitment to the second phase of the US-backed ceasefire deal for Gaza.

Palestinians are questioning Israel’s commitment to the second phase of the US-backed ceasefire deal for Gaza.

![Palestinian girls walk past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the war, in Gaza City on Jan. 16, 2026. [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1768596151.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)


![Displaced Palestinian mother, Yasmine Al-Aajouri, helps her seven-year-old daughter Toulin Al-Hindi with her homework inside their tent near the Israeli-designated "yellow line", in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip on Jan. 6, 2026. [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1768247697.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

![The body of 11-year-old Palestinian girl Hamsa Hosou, killed by Israeli fire in Jabalia, is brought to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Jan. 8, 2026. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1767897668.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

![Somaliland President Abdirahman Abdullahi Mohamed (R) poses for a photograph with Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar (L) at the Presidential Palace in Hargeisa. Israel's Foreign Minister arrived in Somaliland on Jan. 6, 2026 in the first high-profile visit by an Israeli official since the country recognised the breakaway region in the Horn of Africa, the Somaliland presidency said. [Somaliland Presidential Office/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1767727217.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
After his trip to the US, Israel’s prime minister returns home in an apparently strong position.

Trump says Israel has complied with the Gaza ceasefire as he urges Netanyahu to move to phase two.
US president and Israeli prime minister exchange flattery as Trump threatens Iran and stresses that Hamas must disarm.

President Trump said he wants to move to phase two of the Gaza ceasefire “quickly” if Hamas disarms soon.

Netanyahu is set to meet the US president again, with past meetings since the Gaza war followed by regional escalation.

Iran’s former foreign minister argues Israel, backed by the US, has killed every opportunity for peace.
Trump to host Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago amid Washington’s push for phase two of Gaza ceasefire as strategy gaps grow.
Somalia’s president calls for unity at emergency session of parliament, which declares the Israeli move ‘null and void’.

Several countries and regional blocs have condemned Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia.
Somalia’s state minister for foreign affairs tells Al Jazeera that Israeli move aims to displace Palestinians from Gaza.