Hundreds of UN staff at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk have asked him to explicitly describe the Gaza war as an unfolding genocide, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

Now, children do not have the strength to speak or even cry out in agony, says Inger Ashing

Israeli tanks pushed into a new area on the edge of Gaza City, destroying houses and prompting residents to flee, witnesses said, ahead of an expected meeting on the offensive chaired by US President Donald Trump yesterday.

Israel struck Nasser hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip yesterday, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and others.

Israeli planes and tanks pounded the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City overnight Saturday to Sunday, destroying buildings and homes, residents said, as Israeli leaders vowed to press on with a planned offensive on the city.

Israeli planes and tanks pounded the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City overnight Saturday to Sunday, destroying buildings and homes, residents said, as Israeli leaders vowed to press on with a planned offensive on the city.

Not long after US surgeon Mohammed Adeel Khaleel arrived at a Gaza City hospital in early August, a 17-year-old was brought in with gunshot wounds to both legs and one hand, sustained when he went to collect food at an aid site.

The United Nations officially declared a famine in Gaza yesterday, blaming “systematic obstruction” of aid by Israel during more than 22 months of war, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu swiftly dismissing the findings.

The Israeli statements signaled Israel was pressing ahead with its plan to seize Gaza's biggest urban centre

Israel’s defence minister yesterday approved a plan for the conquest of Gaza City and authorised the call-up of around 60,000 reservists, piling pressure on Hamas as mediators push for a ceasefire.

The survey was taken amid hopes that Israel and Hamas would agree on a ceasefire

Israel will call up around 60,000 reservists

Mediators were awaiting an Israeli response yesterday to a fresh Gaza ceasefire plan, a day after Hamas accepted the proposal and signalled its readiness for a new round of talks aimed at ending nearly two years of war.

Says Egyptian source; Ceasefire would include Palestinian prisoner release

A Hamas source told AFP yesterday that the Palestinian group had agreed to a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, devastated by more than 22 months of war between the group and Israel.

Efforts by mediators Egypt and Qatar, along with the United States, have so far failed to secure a lasting ceasefire in the ongoing war

A spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs expressed concern over Israel's plans to relocate people to southern Gaza saying it would only increase suffering.

The UN human rights office said that at least 1,760 Palestinians had been killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May, a jump of several hundred since its last published figure at the beginning of August.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Israeli authorities to immediately halt the advancement of plans of settlement construction in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank, said the UN chief’s spokesperson.

The Israeli military said yesterday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels claiming responsibility for the attack.