Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that the State Department suspended visitor visas for people from Gaza because it received “evidence” that some organizations facilitating the visas to the US “have strong links to terrorist groups like Hamas,

Conservative activist Laura Loomer complained on social media about children from Gaza arriving in the U.S. for medical treatment and questioned how they got visas.

Israeli actress Gal Gadot embraces hostage families at Tel Aviv square, meeting with wives and mothers of those abducted during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

The group said Israel's plan constitutes a "new wave of genocide and displacement" for hundreds of thousands of residents.

Families of hostages held in Gaza are stepping up their campaign to secure their release by holding a strike across Israel.

As Israel expands operations in the enclave, Gazans increasingly voice defiance against Hamas, with dissenters risking their lives to demand freedom from the group’s grip.

In a joint letter, politicians have called on the prime minister to put pressure on Israel to end the war in Gaza.

Over the past two years, tens of thousands of children in the territory have been killed, wounded or orphaned. Childhood as they once knew it has ceased to exist.