Israel denying food to Gaza is 'weapon of war', UN Palestinian refugee agency head tells BBC

How do you measure misery? For journalists the usual way is to see it, to feel it, to smell it.

Beleaguered Palestinian colleagues in Gaza are doing that, still doing invaluable reporting at great risk to themselves. More than 200 have been killed doing their jobs.

Israel does not allow international journalists into Gaza.

Denied the chance of eyewitness reporting – one of the best tools of the job – we can study, from a distance, the assessments of aid organisations operating in Gaza.

Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander handed to Red Cross in Gaza

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An Israeli official has confirmed that the handover of Edan Alexander from Hamas to the Red Cross has begun.

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With Hamas reporting the handover of hostage Edan Alexander to the Red Cross - here's a quick look at how the Israeli side say today's release will unfold:

  • It will follow the same procedure as previous hostage returns: Alexander will be handed from Hamas, to the Red Cross, to a special Israeli military unit...

Americans used to be steadfast in their support for Israel. Those days are gone

I ran from the White House briefing room, past the portico entrance of the West Wing to our camera position on the lawn, and flung on an ear piece connecting me to the studio.

A moment later the presenter asked me about the comments we had just heard live from US President Donald Trump.

I said we were seeing a fundamental shift in a United States' policy position after decades of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Yemen's Houthis announce campaign targeting Israeli airports

Yemen's Houthi rebels said late on Sunday they would impose a "comprehensive" aerial blockade on Israel by repeatedly targeting its airports, in response to Israel expanding its operations in Gaza.

The Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile strike on Sunday that hit near Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, the latest in a string of attacks, saying they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Hunger and malnutrition are rising across Gaza as Israel's blockade leaves mothers with few options

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The little boy is in tears and, understandably, irritable. Diarrhea has plagued him for half of his brief life. He is dehydrated and so weak. Attached to his tiny left hand is a yellow tube that carries liquid food to his frail little system. At 9 months old, Khaled is barely 11 pounds (5 kilos) — half of what a healthy baby his age should be. And in Gaza’s main pediatric hospital ward, as doctors try to save her son, Wedad Abdelaal can only...

Trump: I told Netanyahu ‘get your victory quickly’ because ‘the killing has to stop’

Former US president Donald Trump said Thursday that he counseled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when they met last month to swiftly “get your victory” because the “killing has to stop” in Gaza.

The Republican presidential nominee was asked at a New Jersey press conference whether he encouraged Netanyahu not to agree to a ceasefire deal with Hamas.

Trump denied doing that, asserting that Netanyahu “knows what he’s doing...