Did Israel use the Lebanon ceasefire as a cover to solidify its military presence? A digital investigations unit, Sanad, uncovers Israeli violations despite an agreement that was supposed to end attacks.

Alon Liel, former director general of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, says the Arab world and the rest of the international community have yet to present an alternative to the Israeli-backed US plan for Gaza. “As long as you don’t have an alternative plan and the only plan is Trump’s, it is helping the government of Israel to act accordingly,” he told Al Jazeera from Tel Aviv. Liel said a plan from Arab leaders must clearly outline the roles of Palestinian and Arab countries, as well as the rest of the world, in the rebuilding and running of Gaza. “Opposition to the Trump plan is not enough in words. You have to agree on an alternative and back it in a way that you have the logistics and financing,” he said. He pointed out that Egypt is interested in moving quickly due to the potential damage it could suffer from the ramifications of Trump’s plan.

A team of Israeli negotiators is in Cairo to discuss the continued implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Israel is still blocking the entry of mobile shelters and heavy equipment into the strip, which was agreed under the deal. With more than 70 percent of buildings in Gaza destroyed, Palestinians need bulldozers to clear the rubble and recover thousands of bodies buried beneath the ruins. Convoys of trucks carrying mobile homes and tents are waiting at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza. Tess Ingram, a spokesperson for UNICEF, has just returned from a two-week visit to Gaza, where she spoke with many children about their experiences amid the rubble of their homes and deteriorating weather conditions.

After 15 months of war, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have returned to northern Gaza under the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Hani Mahmoud, a resident of northern Gaza, says their return is a defiant rejection of displacement, including Trump’s Gaza takeover "plan".

Megan Garcia says her teenage son, Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide after developing a harmful attachment to an AI companion chatbot. She has filed a lawsuit against Character.AI, accusing the company of negligence.  In this episode of Now You Know, Megan looks back on some of the warning signs other parents might find useful as they navigate this digital age. We also speak to one of her lawyers, Meetali Jain, about this unique case.

A decades-old dispute between India and Bangladesh revolves around the distribution of the waters of the transboundary Teesta River. Bangladesh wants a larger share than it currently has and is pushing for a billion-dollar megaproject to go ahead. But relations between Dhaka and New Delhi are at an all-time low since the ousting of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August. So what's holding up the project? Why is the Indian state of West Bengal opposed to it? And how is China involved?

Hamas has survived 500 days of relentless bombardment, defying Israel's repeated vows to destroy it. Despite its losses, including assassinations of prominent leaders, Hamas is intact, manning checkpoints, coordinating aid, and releasing Israeli captives. How does Hamas continue to endure?

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Yuri Ushakov, a foreign policy adviser to President Vladimir Putin, will participate in talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Saudi Arabia for the discussions, which are intended to pave the way for a potential meeting later this month between US President Donald Trump and Putin. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine will not take part in this week's US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia regarding the war in Ukraine.

There are less than two weeks left until the end of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Palestinians have had some respite from the Israeli military's relentless bombardment. But after 15 months of war destroyed 70% of the buildings in the strip, most families have nowhere to live. Convoys of trucks carrying mobile homes and tents are stuck on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, in the south of the strip. Under the ceasefire, Israel had agreed to allow 60,000 mobile homes and 200,000 tents into Gaza. But only a fraction of the number of tents have been allowed in and none of the mobile homes. Israel is also blocking the entry of bulldozers and heavy equipment needed to clear the rubble. It considers them “dual purpose” items which Hamas could weaponise. Meanwhile, an Israeli negotiating team is heading to Egypt for talks. There have been questions as to whether the ceasefire will hold, with Hamas accusing Israel of repeatedly violating its terms. A day ago, an Israeli drone strike killed three Palestinian policemen in Rafah. Yet the US envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff says he believes the deal will absolutely continue for a second stage.

More than a thousand Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been released as part of phase one of the ceasefire deal with Israel. On Saturday, over 300 people were returned to the occupied West Bank, Gaza, or deported to Egypt. Many have spoken about the months and years they spent in Israeli custody and stories continue to emerge of abuse, deprivation and torture. Palestinian prison groups have issued an urgent warning about the fate of thousands of prisoners in Ofer military Prison in the occupied West Bank after the Israeli Prisons Service said it had stormed detainee cells. An Israeli spokesperson said that prisoners began banging on doors during a military unit's tour of the prison. The Palestinian Prisoners' society says Israel is carrying out a "large-scale repression operation”, including beating prisoners and firing tear gas. There are more than 10,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Human rights groups have previously accused Israel of violent abuse in Ofer Prison.