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The United Nations Security Council was expected to vote Friday on a resolution to boost aid to Gaza, as the world body warned the Israel-Hamas war was pushing the Palestinian territory towards famine.

Hamas leaders are demanding complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza Strip

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Israel has ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza's main city as diplomats pressed on with efforts to secure a pause in the war that Hamas says has claimed 20,000 lives.

More than half a million people in Gaza are starving due to insufficient food entering the territory since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, a UN report said Thursday. Earlier, the UN's human rights office said it has received reports that Israeli troops "summarily killed" at least 11 unarmed Palestinians…

The grim milestone comes as the UN’s top decision-making body postpones a key vote on Gaza aid for the third time.

UN security council resolution calling for ceasefire and more aid deliveries delayed again at the request of the US

Israel open to negotiations as Joe Biden says US is pushing for deal – but he doesn’t expect it soon

An Egyptian asylum seeker detained for more than a decade hoped a recent landmark High Court ruling would secure his freedom, but he remains behind bars.

The top leader of Hamas is in Egypt for talks on halting the war in Gaza and securing the release of at least some of the estimated 129 Israeli captives held there

Between a calamitous war next door and worsening economic conditions at home, the challenge before Egypt’s Abdel Fattah El-Sisiis to offer a stable rule