New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- A fragile pause survives a violent weekend as aid lanes, remains transfers and mapped pullbacks become the only metrics that matter

GAZA CITY - The ceasefire that promised a narrow corridor out of a two-year war met its first real test of the ceasefire over the weekend, as airstrikes and a deadly clash near Rafah shook a US-brokered pause that went into effect days ago. By Monday, officials on all sides said the agreement would hold and humanitarian shipments would resume, even as families buried their dead and negotiators returned to Cairo to keep the deal from unraveling.

Israel's military said the escalation followed an attack that killed two soldiers along an agreed line near Rafah; Hamas denied directing any s...