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17.05.2024 10:10 It marks the opening of a new route for humanitarian aid to reach the stricken Gaza Strip.

17.05.2024 10:10 Images shared online include Palestinian detainees draped in the Israeli flag and held in stress positions.

17.05.2024 00:50 An ambitious US maritime corridor is due to start operating off Gaza's coast in the coming days.

17.05.2024 00:50 The UN says it is now relying on figures from the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza.

17.05.2024 00:50 It says Israel must be forced to stop its operation in Rafah, in a fresh bid to the UN's top court.

17.05.2024 00:50 The ICJ ruling has come under intense scrutiny, centring on the word "plausible". What did the court mean?

16.05.2024 19:50 Its national broadcaster says it faced hostility simply because "we are Israelis and we were there".

16.05.2024 10:03 The reported friendly-fire incident in Jabalia is one of the deadliest since the war began.

15.05.2024 23:40 There are growing signs of divisions within Israel's war cabinet over who should gover Gaza after the war.

15.05.2024 23:40 Hundreds of tonnes of aid is in Cyprus, where it will be loaded on to ships for delivery to the pier.

15.05.2024 19:00 Israeli forces and Hamas fighters say they are engaged in fierce clashes in north and south Gaza.

15.05.2024 19:00 Israel's military has released footage it says shows gunmen at an Unrwa facility in southern Gaza.

15.05.2024 19:00 A UN security officer from India was killed and another injured after their vehicle was struck on Monday.

15.05.2024 09:00 The weapons transfer comes as Israeli tanks were spotted advancing deeper into residential areas of Rafah.

15.05.2024 09:00 At least seven aid trucks were blocked and vandalised at a West Bank border crossing on Monday.