Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip 20 years ago, dismantling 21 Jewish settlements and pulling out its forces.

More than 100 aid organisations say they are increasingly being told they are "not authorised" to deliver supplies.

The Revere lawmaker is the highest-ranking congressional Democrat to use that historically significant term to refer to the worsening conflict.

Israel's ongoing war in Gaza is part of a decades-long pattern of oppression, author Norman Finkelstein told a Little Rock audience Saturday, urging them to demand an end to the bloodshed.

BBC Verify finds 10 occasions where aid was dropped into an area Israel has warned people not to enter, saying it would put their lives at risk.

Several aid seekers killed in southern Gaza and several others killed in attacks on Gaza City, medical sources say.

Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil kicked off the rally outside the New York Public Library near Bryant Park before those in attendance started marching across Manhattan. Protesters called for an end to the Israel-Hamas war and for the United States to stop sending aid to Israel. People from across the country attended.

An Italian hospital says a 20-year-old Palestinian woman has died after being transferred from Gaza for treatment