The allegations came in one of the most extensive reports of its kind on the issue since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel ignited the war. Israel has refuted them.

United Nations-backed human rights experts have accused Israel of “the systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other gender-based violence” in its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip

Israeli and American officials are condemning a report from the United Nations Human Rights Council that accuses Israel of carrying out systemic acts of sexual violence against Palestinians.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he takes full responsibility for his administration's "war on drugs", in a video message posted on his Facebook account, as he braces for a legal battle at the International Criminal Court.

At least nine people have been killed and several others injured in an Israeli attack in northern Gaza, the enclave’s ministry of health said Saturday, making it the deadliest incident since the ceasefire went into effect in January.

An NGO says six volunteers were "deliberately targeted" and killed while on their way to deliver aid. The Israeli military says it struck two individuals who it identified as "terrorists" and later struck several other suspects.

As Hamas on Friday offered to release American Israeli soldier Edan Alexander and the remains of four other hostages held in Gaza, Israel's prime minister called it psychological manipulation.

The militant group did not immediately specify when the release of soldier Edan Alexander and the four bodies would take place.

Two Israeli airstrikes in the northern town of Beit Lahiya near the border killed at least eight people, including a local reporter.