Israel says Hamas has freed two American hostages who had been held in Gaza since the war began on October 7th.
Aid deliveries have begun moving into the besieged Gaza Strip, two weeks after the militant group Hamas rampaged through southern Israel and Israel responded with airstrikes.
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He added that the definition of what constitutes a "legitimate target" has changed, because the use of civilian infrastructure by Hamas "turns a private home into a legitimate target. And anyone who supports that home is a legitimate target." Men carried a body on a stretcher to an ambulance, and another man ran, carrying the limp body of a small child. Others helped lead away shocked-looking people covered in dust, including a boy with a bloody face. The house was some 200m from the Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.
An Israeli army spokesman said a group of gunmen fired a shell into Israel adding that an Israeli drone then targeted them. He added that another group of gunmen fired toward the Israeli town of Margaliot and a drone attacked them shortly afterward. "We urge all parties to keep the Rafah crossing open to enable the continued movement of aid that is imperative to the welfare of the people of Gaza" he added, stressing that Hamas must not steal the aid or prevent it getting to civilians who need it.
The agency said it has supplies for up to 250,000 people at the Rafah crossing that can be brought into Gaza in a matter of hours. He added: "By dehumanizing Palestinian lives, Israel aims to normalize Palestinian suffering. We say: never. Never for Palestinians, never for anybody else." He called for an immediate cease-fire and an exchange of prisoners to end the current conflict. Al-Sudani said that the situation would not have reached this point had U.N. Security Council resolutions been respected, an apparent reference to Israel's settlement policies in the West Bank.
Speaking at a summit Egypt is hosting on the Israel-Gaza war, Guterres pointed to "the wider context" of war, saying that the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is "the only realistic foundation for a true peace and stability." CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has reiterated his government's rejection of forcing Palestinians in Gaza to flee into his country's Sinai Peninsula.
CAIRO - The United Nations' food chief has called for more aid to flow into Gaza, saying a catastrophic humanitarian situation is unfolding in the besieged territory. She appealed for world leaders to put pressure on the warring sides to get aid into Gaza and avoid a "humanitarian catastrophe waiting to really spread around the region."
It also increased its warning for Morocco, telling Israelis to avoid all nonessential travel to the North African country. That advice has already been issued for a slew of other Muslim countries in the region.RAFAH, Gaza Strip - The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let desperately needed aid flow to Palestinians running short of food, medicine and water in the territory that is under an Israeli siege.
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