Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end in sight to the 15-month conflict

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has authorized a delegation to continue talks in Qatar on a ceasefire and hostage release deal, his office said Thursday.

Gaza’s health ministry said that 88 people had been killed over the past day. Israeli and Hamas officials have been holding indirect cease-fire talks via mediators in Qatar.

As horrors unfold in the 'city of angels', many are highlighting budget cuts to the state's fire department and US's increase in financial support for Israel

Air strikes in Shejaia, a suburb of Gaza City, killed at least eight Palestinians ... it struck a militant operating in an area from which rockets had been fired into Israel the previous day. Its Arabic spokesman had ordered people to leave the area ...

Hundreds of activists gathered outside Tisch Hospital on Monday, accusing Israel of abducting over 450 medical personnel amid the ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.

Haxhiaj faulted the argument that the issue “isn't within the council’s purview” by reaching back to a Oct. 17, 2023, resolution in which the council voted to condemn the taking of hostages from Israel in the attack by Hamas.

US and Arab mediators made some progress in their efforts to reach a ceasefire accord between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, but not enough to seal a deal, said Palestinian sources close to the talks on Thursday.

Al Zayadani was abducted with three of his children. Two of them, Bilal and Aisha, were under 18, and among the 100 hostages freed during a weeklong Israel-Hamas ceasefire in November 2023. Yosef’s 22-year-old son, Hamza, is probably either also dead, or in terrible danger.

On October 7, 2023, the decades-long conflict in the region experienced an unprecedented escalation when Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups launched a deadly attack on Israel. The attack killed 1,200 people. Over 200 hostages were seized and over 100 are still unaccounted for.