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Israeli military deploys undertrained forces to Gaza amid troop shortage: KAN

The Israeli army has deployed insufficiently trained soldiers from its elite Golani and Givati brigades to the Gaza Strip amid a critical shortage of troops, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN has reported.

Israeli military finds ‘professional failures’ in killing of Gaza aid workers

The Israeli army has released details of an investigation into its own killing of 15 Palestinian paramedics and aid workers in the Gaza Strip last month, claiming its code of ethics was not violated and only one soldier is dismissed, in an attack that sparked outrage in the international community.

Pope Francis calls for Gaza ceasefire

During a fleeting appearance before thousands of Catholic pilgrims gathered in St Peter’s Square for the Vatican’s open-air Easter Sunday mass, Pope Francis urged a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Thousands rally in Tel Aviv to demand return of Hamas-held hostages

Thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday in central Tel Aviv to demand the return of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, even at the cost of ending the war in the besieged enclave.

Gaza doctor’s ‘inhumane conditions’ in Israeli detention worsening: Lawyer

Hussam Abu Safiya and other Palestinian prisoners in Israeli-run detention centres are facing increasingly "inhumane conditions" and torture, his lawyer announced.

Aid groups warn Gaza Children survive on ‘less than a meal a day’

Israel’s total siege and bombardment of the Gaza Strip have left Palestinian children surviving on less than one meal a day, according to a warning by the leaders of 12 major aid groups in the besieged enclave.

Hamas says Israel is “weaponising” Gaza aid

Palestinian group Hamas says Israel is openly using starvation as a weapon of war with Palestinians, a day after Israel’s defence minister pledged to maintain a blockade on aid entering the Gaza Stip.

Gaza war would ‘end immediately’ if Israeli captives released: US envoy

Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip will end if Hamas releases all remaining captives, US President Donald Trump’s top hostage envoy said in an interview with Al Jazeera.

Israel says to continue blocking aid to Gaza and soldiers to remain ‘indefinitely’

Israel's Defence Minister, Israel Katz, has stated Tel Aviv will continue blocking lifesaving supplies, such as food, medicine, fuel, and cooking oil, from entering the war-battered Gaza Strip despite stark warnings from international medical charity groups.

Gaza has become ‘mass grave’ for Palestinians: MSF

As Israel resumes and expands its onslaught on Gaza by land, air, and sea, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Wednesday denounced the mounting toll on Palestinian civilians and aid workers, saying the enclave has become a "mass grave" for Palestinians.

At least 1,400 medical personnel killed in Gaza war: Health Ministry

At least 1,400 medical personnel have been killed during Israel's onslaught on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Health in the besieged enclave has announced.

Gaza death toll surges past 51,000 as Israel continues onslaught

Israeli air attacks on the Gaza Strip killed at least 17 more Palestinians in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll from the war since October 2023 to 51,000, the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday.

Over 70% of Gaza schools directly hit by Israel: UN

More than 70% of schools in the Gaza Strip have been directly hit by Israel since October 2023, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has announced.

Thousands of Israeli academics, teachers, medics sign petitions to release hostages in Gaza

More than 9,500 Israeli academics, teachers, and medical professionals, as well as approximately 1,000 parents, signed petitions urging the government in Tel Aviv to secure the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, even if it meant ending the war in the besieged enclave.

Gaza facing ‘worst’ humanitarian crisis since Israel’s attacks began: UN

The United Nations has warned that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is now "likely to be the worst it has been" since Israel's relentless attacks began 18 months ago.

Hamas says studying Israeli ceasefire proposal

Negotiations for a renewed ceasefire and an end to the war in the Gaza Strip appear to be at an impasse after Israel issued new demands for Hamas to disarm in its latest proposal that offers only a temporary halt to attacks on the Palestinian enclave, where the death toll is quickly approaching at least 51,000.

Full-blown famine grips Gaza amid war: NGO

The Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) has warned that the Gaza Strip has entered a full-blown famine as 91% of the population faces extreme food insecurity following Israel’s war against the Palestinians there.

Israel threatens to further shrink, isolate Gaza, around 51k Gazans slaughtered

As the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli army's genocide in Gaza has reached 51,000, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has threatened to further shrink and isolate the Gaza Strip, where intensifying military operations continue.

Israel bombs Gaza hospital, forcing patients to flee

Israel's military bombed al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, the largest remaining functioning hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, leaving critically ill patients on the street in the early hours of Sunday.

Israeli military cuts off Gaza’s Rafah

The Israeli army says it has completed the construction of "the Morag Corridor", which cuts off the city of Rafah from the rest of Gaza, as it is expanding attacks on the southern part of the Strip.

At least 500 children killed since Israel broke Gaza ceasefire: Palestinian official

At least 500 Palestinian children have been killed by sustained Israeli air raids and bombardments in the Gaza Strip since Israel broke the ceasefire with Hamas last month, according to Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson of the Gaza Civil Defence.

Israeli evacuation orders leaving civilians with shrinking space to live in Gaza: UN

The United Nations has warned that Israel's latest evacuation orders are leaving Palestinians with shrinking space to live in the Gaza Strip, further worsening the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave.

Red Cross chief warns Gaza ‘hell on earth’

The president of the Red Cross has described the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip as "hell on earth" and warned that its field hospital will run out of supplies within two weeks.

Israel denies nearly 70% of UN aid access attempts into Gaza: UN

The United Nations has reported that Israeli authorities have denied at least 68% of its efforts to coordinate humanitarian access into the Gaza Strip since March 18.

Hundreds of Israeli Air Force reservists demand halt to Gaza war, return of captives

A group of 1,000 current and former Israeli Air Force reservists called for the return of all captives held in the Gaza Strip, "even if it means ending the war" in the enclave.

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