Updates: Hamas-Israel ceasefire holds

US President Donald Trump said "you got to let the UN continue" when asked about his plans for a so-called "Board of Peace" that has alarmed international experts.

Governments around the world have reacted cautiously to Trump's invitation to join that initiative that the US president says aims to resolve conflicts globally, a plan that diplomats said could harm the work of the United Nations.

"Might," Trump said when asked by a reporter if he wanted the "Board of Peace to replace the UN."

"The UN just hasn't been very helpful. I am a big fan of the UN potential but it has never lived up to its potential," Trump said in a briefing.

"I believe you got to let the UN continue because the potential is so great," he added.

A Palestinian girl reunited with her father, Anas Jallamneh, after his year-long detention in the West Bank.

Despite devastation, Gaza’s medical students continue to achieve professional acumen through ACLS training led by Dr Anas Ali at Al-Shifa Hospital, keeping healthcare alive in the occupied territory.

Palestinian youths clashed with occupation forces in Ni'lin, west of Ramallah, sparking fresh unrest in Central West Bank, according to the Quds News Network.

Bahrain has officially joined Donald Trump’s proposed Gaza Board of Peace as a founding member, according to the Kuwait Times.

The initiative aims to oversee Gaza’s transition from Hamas rule and manage reconstruction efforts.

Several nations, including Armenia, UAE, and Morocco, have already accepted invitations to join.

Israeli rights group B’Tselem has published a new report titled Living Hell.

It accuses Israel of systemic torture and abuse of Palestinian prisoners.

Reports detail sexual violence, starvation, beatings, and denial of medical care.

Download the report from here for further reading. 

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has joined US President Donald Trump’s proposed Gaza Board of Peace.

The initiative aims to oversee Gaza’s transition from Hamas rule and manage reconstruction of the occupied territory.

Trump hailed it as a “historic effort” to build lasting peace in the Middle East.

Several nations have already signed on, while others remain undecided.

Saudi Arabia condemned Israel’s demolition of buildings at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem, expressing its support for the body in Israel’s crosshairs.

The kingdom expressed its "strongest condemnation of the demolition of buildings belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees by the Israeli occupation forces", its foreign ministry said in a statement.

The kingdom also expressed its "support for Unrwa in its humanitarian mission to help the brotherly Palestinian people".

The UAE’s president has accepted an invitation to join US President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace", the foreign ministry said, the body meant to oversee post-war reconstruction in Gaza.

"Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, has accepted the invitation from the United States to join the Board of Peace," the ministry said in a statement.

The board’s charter, seen by AFP, says that member countries will serve no longer than three years, subject to renewal by the chairman.

However, the three-year restriction does not apply if they "contribute more than $1,000,000,000 in cash funds to the Board of Peace within the first year of the Charter´s entry into force".

Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed said "the UAE’s decision reflects the importance of fully implementing President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza, which is critical for the realization of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people".

Israeli forces have ordered dozens of Palestinian families in the southern Gaza Strip to leave their homes in the first forced evacuation since October's ceasefire, as residents and Hamas said on Tuesday the military was expanding the area under its control.

“Urgent message. The area is under IDF control. You must evacuate immediately,” said the leaflets, written in Arabic, Hebrew, and English, which the army dropped over the Al‑Reqeb neighbourhood in the town of Bani Suhaila.

"Each time they move it around 120 to 150 metres (yards) inside the Palestinian-controlled territory, swallowing more land," the father-of-three said.

Ismail Al-Thawabta, director of the Hamas-run Gaza government media office, said the Israeli military had expanded the area under its control in eastern Khan Younis five times since the ceasefire, forcing the displacement of at least 9,000 people.