The Palestinian movement Hamas has stressed the US administration, especially President Joe Biden, is responsible for the Israeli crimes, massacres, and systematic destruction of civilian life in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli officials have agreed to take the United States’ “concerns” about a possible invasion of Rafah in the Gaza Strip into consideration after a virtual meeting, the White House has announced.
Seven members of a food aid charity have been killed in an Israeli attack in central Gaza, according to their organization. World Central Kitchen (WCK) announced in a statement on Tuesday morning that foreign nationals were among those killed in the raid.
In a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi underscored the imperative of bolstering political, economic, and cultural bonds between Tehran and Ankara.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian stressed the importance of unity among Palestinians in countering Israel's crimes amid its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all captives held by the Palestinian group Hamas as the United States abstained from the vote.
Israel could face “consequences” if it launches a ground assault on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, the US Vice President Kamala Harris has cautioned. Washington remains Israel's main supporter during its war on Gaza.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani has called for an international probe into the "war crimes" that Israeli soldiers have committed during their siege of and raid on al-Shifa Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.
The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has stated Israel informed the UN that it will no longer approve any aid convoys run by the agency.
Israel has agreed to release between 700 and 800 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 40 hostages still held by Hamas, officials familiar with the matter have claimed. If successful, the swap would be part of a potential US-brokered ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip that has so far killed more than 32,000 Palestinians.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society has reported that the Israeli Army stormed the Nasser Medical Complex and Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip amid heavy gunfire.
The Israeli delegation in Qatar refused to withdraw army forces from the Gaza Strip and repatriate displaced Palestinians to their homes in northern Gaza “without conditions”, an Israeli media outlet has reported.
The latest analysis from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization shows famine is imminent in northern Gaza between now and May, Rein Paulsen, the director of its Office of Emergencies and Resilience, has warned.
The Israeli Army has killed at least 560 and injured 1,523 other Palestinians in incidents involving aid trucks in the Gaza Strip, according to a report by the Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.
The line of blocked aid trucks stuck on Egypt’s side of the border with the Gaza Strip while Palestinians face starvation on the other side is a “moral outrage”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stated on a visit to the Rafah crossing.
Amnesty International has sharply criticized the European Council's call for a sustainable ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, saying it falls short given the dire situation faced by Palestinian civilians.
Nearly 600 relatives of the 81 Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip have signed a letter to US President Joe Biden expressing their frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of ongoing captive negotiations, urging him to press the Israeli premier and all other parties to reach an agreement to secure the hostages' release.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated that a looming Tel Aviv's ground offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah would risk “further isolating Israel around the world and jeopardizing its long-term security and standing".
Moscow and Beijing have vetoed a Washington-drafted resolution calling for, but not directly demanding, a ceasefire in the Israeli war in the besieged Gaza Strip.
More than 50 percent of Palestinians believe Hamas should govern the Gaza Strip when the current Israeli war ends, while just 11 percent want Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to administer the besieged enclave, a poll by a leading Palestinian polling institute shows.
The Yemen-based Houthi fighters have told Moscow and Beijing that their ships can sail freely through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without fear of being attacked, Bloomberg has reported, citing sources.
European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has stated that the situation in the Gaza Strip is "not (just) a humanitarian crisis," but "the failure of humanity".
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked the European Union leaders to show the same concern for civilians in the Gaza Strip as in Ukraine. While the EU has funnelled tens of billions of euros into repelling Russian forces in Ukraine, it is only now preparing to formally ask Israel not to invade Rafah in Gaza.