A lawyer representing Palestinian Dr Hussam Abu Safiya has raised concerns over his deteriorating health and routine torture in Israeli detention, where inmates are given only two spoonfuls of rice a day.

Pope Leo XIV spoke to Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, about the situation in the Gaza Strip, where on Thursday the area’s only Catholic church was hit by Israel.

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.

In his first video appearance in more than four months, Abu Obaida criticises Arab leaders for their silence and for abandoning Palestinians

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has surpassed 76 million meals distributed and Joe Truzman says Hamas is noticing.

There were conflicting accounts from Palestinian and aid officials over what happened at the food distribution hub run by the Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

A planned “humanitarian city” inside Gaza intended to hold hundreds of thousands of Palestinians would be a “concentration camp,” former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned.

Hamas and Israel might sign a ceasefire deal very soon. According to Axios report, U.S. and Qatar mediators have shared an updated ceasefire proposal with both the Israeli government and Hamas. Watch out for more details.

Israeli moves reveal Netanyahu’s strategy to weaken global pressure while exposing Washington’s inability to restrain its ally

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.

In the Middle East, calls are growing for more critical aid in Gaza to help starving Palestinians as the death toll across the region continues to rise.