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.

Palestinians in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after more than 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas.

The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory.

Israel said it will maintain control of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip during the first phase of the ceasefire with Hamas. A statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Wednesday denied reports that the Palestinian Authority would control the crossing.

Israel has confirmed that it will maintain control over the Rafah border crossing, the key passage between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.

The IDF recently completed a major raid at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, arresting some 240 terrorists. Fox News Digital has learned that hostages were reportedly held there.

Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, plans to be a near-constant presence in the region in an attempt to prevent the deal from unraveling.

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian said the Gaza Strip was part of the “State of Palestine” in a speech at the United Nations Security Council on Monday. “We reaffirm in this context that the Gaza Strip is an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territory and that the State of Palestine holds the legal and political jurisdiction over the Strip and all occupied Palestinian territories since 1967,

The Israeli army has killed nearly 20,000 fighters from Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, reported General Herzi Halevi, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.

In neighbourhoods levelled by 15 months of war with Israel, Hamas officials are overseeing the clearance of rubble in the wake of Sunday's ceasefire. The group's gunmen are guarding aid convoys on Gaza's dusty roads,