Qatar announces temporary pause and exchange agreement

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...

The Security Council adopted Resolution 2712 by 12 votes, with Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States abstaining. It called for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors...

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...

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...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter in a letter warning the Security Council that the situation in Gaza threatened international peace and security and that...

The United States vetoed a Security Council draft resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. Thirteen members voted in favour; the United Kingdom abstained. The...