For the first time in months, there are signs that Hamas may be willing to entertain a longer-term ceasefire in Gaza.
Thousands of protestors gathered in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Saturday under the banner of 'March for Gaza', expressing solidarity with Palestine and slamming the United States for backing Israel.
At least 29 Palestinians were killed and more than 50 others injured on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike that hit a residential block in the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, Hamas said.
With displacements and civilian casualties continuing in Gaza, UN humanitarians pleaded for lifting of the aid blockade and access to the few remaining stocks of food supplies.
For years, public dissent against Hamas in Gaza has been subdued, often silenced before it could gain momentum.
Nearly 200 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) workers have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, the head of the UN agency said.
Labelling it as "unacceptable" and "genocidal", Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday called on "every government in the world" to condemn Israel's ongoing military offensive in Gaza.
A worrying aspect of some extremely costly and threatening conflicts in recent times has been that they seem to be getting prolonged.
Discovering the poliovirus in Gaza environmental samples is deeply concerning but it's a relief that no cases of the paralysing disease have been reported, UN humanitarians have said.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged a renewed emphasis on a political resolution to the persistent crisis in Gaza.
