Israel announces a “complete siege” of Gaza

Palestinian armed groups led by Hamas launched coordinated attacks from Gaza into southern Israel, alongside rocket fire. A UN Commission of Inquiry later found war crimes including intentionally...

Israel began airstrikes in Gaza after the 7 October attacks. OCHA reported strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, casualties and damage to water and sanitation services. The Israeli...

Israeli authorities directed the population north of Wadi Gaza to relocate south within 24 hours. The UN said the order affected about 1.1 million people and applied to UN personnel and people...

An explosion in the grounds of al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City killed and injured civilians sheltering there. Palestinian officials initially reported a high death toll; estimates and attribution...

The United States vetoed a Brazilian-drafted Security Council resolution that called for humanitarian pauses and condemned violence against civilians. The vote was 12 in favour, one against and two...

Twenty trucks carrying humanitarian supplies entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing from Egypt, the first such convoy since the escalation began. UN agencies described the shipment as a beginning,...

The UN General Assembly adopted Resolution ES-10/21 by 120 votes to 14, with 45 abstentions. It called for an immediate and sustained humanitarian truce leading to cessation of hostilities, demanded...