Gaza Strip

Türkiye has reiterated its call for a ceasefire in Gaza in line with the latest U.N. Security Council resolution, criticizing Israel for violating human conscience and law by continuing its barbaric acts against the Palestinians.

A food aid organisation said an Israeli strike killed several of its workers in the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday, with the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory reporting that four of them were foreigners.

"Today, World Central Kitchen lost several of its sisters and brothers in an Israeli army strike in Gaza," said the NGO's founder, chef Jose Andres.

Eyewitnesses report that the Israeli army is pulling back from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, as confirmed by an AFP journalist. Tanks are seen withdrawing from the premises, with the IDF allegedly firing shells to cover their exit before heading southwest of Gaza City.

Thr Israeli army announced the death of yet another soldier in the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip, bringing the somber tally to 600 lives lost since October 7, 2023. The 20-year-old fighter's sacrifice underscores the relentless toll exacted by the protracted hostilities in the region, as reported by AFP.

Talks aimed at brokering a truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will resume in Cairo on Sunday, Egyptian outlet Al-Qahera reported, days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the green light for fresh negotiations.

Israeli airstrikes have resulted in the deaths of thirty-eight individuals in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, with casualties including fighters affiliated with the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement. The strikes, which targeted multiple areas around Aleppo, have raised tensions in the region and sparked condemnation from Syrian authorities.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a meeting with the White House to discuss an upcoming ground operation in Rafah, situated in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. This move comes after Netanyahu scrapped a government delegation's trip to Washington following the U.S.'s decision to abstain from a UN Security Council vote urging an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

The southern Gaza Strip came under intense Israeli bombardment overnight, despite international pressure for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian territory where famine is looming.

Tensions between the United States and Israel have escalated following the UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Israel responded by canceling a delegation visit to Washington after the US abstained from voting yesterday. Meanwhile, fighting between the Israeli army and Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip continued unabated.

Amid escalating tensions in the Gaza Strip, US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to Israel, cautioning that its ongoing offensive risks eroding international support. Trump's remarks come in the wake of a renewed flare-up of violence following an attack by Hamas on October 7.