The sound of gunfire crackled over the phone as the teenage girl hid in the car and spoke. "They are shooting at us," 15-year-old Layan told paramedics.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion.
The future of more than 15,000 sheep and cattle remains in limbo after the federal regulator blocked a bid to send them to Israel via a lengthy journey around Africa.
A number of deaths have been recorded on board a live export ship carrying more than 15,000 animals, as it remains in limbo off Fremantle in Western Australia.
Israeli special forces dressed as civilians and medical staff infiltrated the Ibn Sina hospital and killed three Palestinian men, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials.
The International Court of Justice stopped short of ordering a ceasefire in Gaza but demanded Israel contain deaths after South Africa had accused Israel of violating international laws.
The agency, known by its acronym UNRWA, has been the main agency providing aid for Gaza's population amid the humanitarian disaster caused by Israel's offensive against Hamas.
Gaza’s Health Ministry and witnesses said Israeli troops opened fire as a crowd of Palestinians gathered for humanitarian aid in Gaza City on Thursday, killing at least 20 and wounding dozens.
Saudi Arabia's top diplomat says the kingdom will not normalise relations with Israel or contribute to Gaza's reconstruction without a credible path to a Palestinian state.
Divisions within the Israeli government are deepening after a war cabinet minister suggested the key war aim of defeating Hamas is unrealistic and called for elections within months.
Making Gaza a "slaughterhouse". "Erasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the earth". Such language is key to South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide, which the country denies.
The captured Israeli woman appeared in another hostage video, one day after a chilling message from Hamas which declared 'we will inform you of their fate'.
Every morning, before she's even out of her pyjamas, Rachel Goldberg-Polin tears a piece of masking tape and in thick black strokes writes down a number.
Israel described the allegations as hypocritical and said that one of the biggest cases ever to come before an international court reflected a world turned upside down.
South Africa has accused Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians and pleaded with the court to urgently order a halt to the country's military operation.
How many casualties would warrant a full-blown offensive? Each strike and counterstrike increases the risk of the already catastrophic war in Gaza spilling across the region.
Speaking to citizens rocked by a horrific day of attacks by Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a promise. But is Israel still trying to 'destroy' Hamas?