Security Council adopts Resolution 2712 on pauses, corridors and hostages

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...

Israel announced an expansion of ground operations in Gaza, accompanied by intense bombardment and a near-total communications blackout. People in Gaza lost contact with relatives, ambulances and...

Israeli forces entered al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical complex, after days of siege and fighting nearby. WHO said it had lost contact with health workers at the hospital and stressed that...

A WHO-led mission evacuated 31 premature babies from al-Shifa Hospital to southern Gaza after the hospital’s neonatal unit could no longer safely care for them. The babies were transferred with...

Qatar announced an agreement between Israel and Hamas for a temporary pause in fighting and a phased exchange of hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons, with increased...

A temporary pause in fighting began, enabling the first exchange under the Israel-Hamas agreement. On the first day, 13 Israeli hostages were released from Gaza and 39 Palestinian women and children...

The temporary pause ended after extensions and additional exchanges. Israeli bombardment and ground operations resumed, while Israel said Hamas had violated the pause terms. Palestinians in Gaza faced...

Israeli authorities issued new evacuation instructions, including for parts of Khan Younis, as military operations expanded southward. UN reporting said the area marked for evacuation covered...