Israeli politicians respond to country-wide protests for hostages in Gaza, saying that protesters are turning solidarity for our precious hostages into a political campaign and strengthening Hamas.

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

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

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.

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

We will agree to a deal on the condition that all the hostages are released in a single phase and in accordance with our terms for ending the war,” read a statement from Netanyahu’s

The move comes after Loomer, the right-wing provocateur, freaked out over a video of children from Gaza coming to the U.S. for medical care