After a few minutes the guards tried to let a group of women join the front of the queue. The crowd surged forward and broke into the compound. When tear-gas grenades failed to stop the surge of desperate people, the guards stopped handing out boxes and closed the centre.

At least 20 Palestinians died in a stampede at a Gaza aid site amid Israel’s blockade and a deepening humanitarian crisis.

"His Holiness renews his call for an immediate ceasefire, and he expresses his profound hope for dialogue, reconciliation and enduring peace in the region."

The Israeli army has announced the establishment of a new corridor in Gaza — the third such axis Israel has carved across the war-torn strip as part of its strategy to tighten pressure on Hamas. In a new video it shows what this will mean. Newsweek has reached out to Hamas officials for comment.

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem said the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) struck Gaza’s sole Catholic Church in a raid on Thursday morning, according to Vatican News. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who serves as the Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem and main Catholic ecclesiastical authority over the Gaza parish,

The Israeli military says its forces killed several Hamas operatives during heavy overnight fighting in multiple areas of the Gaza Strip, including

During a field tour in northern Gaza, IDF Chief of Staff LTG Eyal Zamir vowed to dismantle Hamas and warned of intensified operations should hostage deal efforts fail.