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Hundreds of truckloads of food, fuel and other supplies have arrived in Gaza each day since the cease-fire took effect. But the need is vast after 15 months of war.

As the long-awaited ceasefire comes into effect, here’s a look – in 6 graphics – at what Gaza is like after 15 months of war.

Hamas has named 4 female Israeli soldiers it says will be freed as part of the second hostage-prisoner swap, as the Gaza ceasefire endures.

Israel says it has killed thousands of the armed group’s members and destroyed much of its infrastructure, but since the cease-fire started Hamas has shown it still holds power in the enclave.

The owner of the house, where Israeli forces purportedly killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar last year, says his apartment in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah has become a macabre tourist attraction for admirers of the militant leader.

Since a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect, Palestinians have been finding bodies of loved ones in the rubble

For all the military might Israel deployed in Gaza, it failed to remove Hamas from power, one of its central war aims.

Hamas gunmen are guarding aid convoys in Gaza, and its police patrol city streets, sending a clear message: Hamas remains in charge.

Hamas announced on Friday that it would release four female soldiers held hostage for 15 months in Gaza, as part of an exchange for Palestinian prisoners laid out in its ceasefire agreement with Israel.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees must end operations and leave all its "premises" in Jerusalem by January 30, Israel's UN ambassador said Friday, affirming timelines set out in controversial Israeli legislation.