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Palestinians journey back home as aid convoys enter Gaza and truce holds

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A ceasefire in the war in Gaza was holding for the third day on Sunday as aid agencies worked to rush in more desperately needed aid to the besieged territory under the truce deal. Preparations were also underway for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners held in Israel

People gather to greet freed Palestinian prisoners arriving on buses in the Gaza Strip
People gather to greet freed Palestinian prisoners arriving on buses in the Gaza StripAP

U.N. officials said that real progress was being made Sunday with the aid being allowed into Gaza

Eri Kaneko, a spokesperson for the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said supplies of cooking gas had entered Gaza for the first time since March. Other aid moving through include flour, fruit and meat.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who pushed to clinch the ceasefire deal, is expected to arrive in Israel Monday morning. He will meet with families of hostages and speak at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, according to a schedule released by the White House.

Trump will then continue on to Egypt, where the office of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has said he will co-chair a "peace summit" on Monday with attendance by regional and international leaders.

Gaza's Hamas-run Interior Ministry has deployed thousands of police in areas the Israeli military withdrew from after the ceasefire took effect.