Mughrabi, Alexander Cornwell, Maayan Lubell CAIRO/RAMALLAH/ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER (Reuters) -For more than a year, Israeli authorities prevented Ayed Ayoub from escaping Gaza's hunger and war with his family for an academic fellowship in France.

Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in recent days as Israel has intensified air strikes, the Hamas-run health ministry says.

The bloodshed followed the launch of a new Israeli military operation aimed at putting more pressure on Hamas to release hostages.

Israel pursued its military operation in Gaza after it agreed to lift a two-month-old blockade on aid deliveries that has left the enclave on the brink of famine.

Citing an unnamed source familiar with the talks, the Washington Post said that US officials have told Israel it could lose American backing if the co

A New York University (NYU) student who blasted Israel’s war in Gaza as a 'genocide' during a graduation speech has had his diploma suspended.

The UN's humanitarian chief welcomes the move but says it is only "a drop in the ocean of what is urgently needed".

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged that Israel will achieve "total victory" in Gaza, as its three key allies attacked his "egregious actions" and blockade on humanitarian aid in the Palestinian territory.