Hundreds of Palestinians stormed sites where aid was being distributed by a foundation backed by the U.S. and Israel on Tuesday, with desperation for food overcoming concern about biometric and other checks Israel said it would employ.

The Palestinian delegation won the right to fly their flag at the WHO after a symbolic victory that its envoy hopes will lead to greater recognition.

Scores of people rushed over fencing and through barricades in southern Gaza on the first day a US-Israeli-backed aid site was opened. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond explains the desperate humanitarian situation that remains in the region.

The Palestinian delegation won the right to fly their flag at the World Health Organization after a symbolic victory in a vote on Monday that its envoy hopes will lead to greater recognition within the United Nations and beyond.

Israeli army has pursued a devastating offensive against Gaza since October 2023, killing over 54,000 Palestinians - Anadolu Ajansı

A group of UN human rights experts is raising alarm over a recently-passed Israeli law that allows children as young as 12 years old to be sentenced to life in prison, saying that the legislation is likely a violation of international human rights law.

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in the West Bank on Wednesday, the local health ministry said, the third reported killed by Israeli forces in 24 hours in the occupied territory where there has also been a new spate of settler attacks on Palestinian villages.