An Israeli center-left opposition party leader and former general sparked an outcry this week when he made rare criticism of the toll of the war on Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.

CAIRO (Reuters) -Flour and other food aid will start reaching some of Gaza's most vulnerable people on Thursday after Israel let some trucks through, but nowhere near enough to make up for shortages caused by an 11-week blockade,

Palestinian residents of Maghayer al-Deir in the occupied West Bank told AFP on Thursday that they had begun packing their belonging and preparing to leave the village following repeated attacks by Israeli settlers.

Huckabee blamed Hamas entirely for what Israel has done and said Hamas' actions may be worse than the Holocaust.

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Israel has agreed to allow some food into Gaza before a newly approved mechanism for aid deliveries is up and running later this month, the head of the newly established Gaza Humanitarian Foundation told CNN.

More people who are tired of the hunger, sleeplessness and ever-present threat of Israeli airstrikes are demonstrating against the militant group

The Lebanese and Palestinian presidents have agreed that Palestinian factions won’t use Lebanon as a launchpad for any attacks against Israel