Mahmoud Abbas urges Trump to allow UN agencies to deliver aid, calls mass displacement and starvation of Palestinians a ‘stain on humanity’ - Anadolu Ajansı

While France wins wide support in announcing a plan to recognize the State of Palestine, the United States is said to be dragging its feet by cutting short talks with the Hamas group aimed at reaching a truce in Gaza and covering Israel's interests, according to analysts.

The leaders of Britain, France and Germany said Friday the "humanitarian catastrophe" in the Gaza Strip "must end now", as the war-ravaged Palestinian territory faces a deepening crisis.

Observers around the world have grown weary of the images of starving children and desperate people gunned down while trying to collect bags of flour or boxes of food.

The damaged facade of the Holy Family Church a day after it was hit in an Israeli strike in Gaza City last week which killed three in the besieged Palestinian territory's only Catholic church. Photo: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Media reports that a kilo of rice is costing as much as $40,

The collapse in the ceasefire negotiations comes as Israel faces increasing global pressure over reports of mass starvation in Gaza and the shooting deaths of civilians trying to get aid.

an 11-month-old Palestinian girl, Seela Barbakh, lies on her back, her fragile body a stark illustration of the devastating impact of malnutrition in the Gaza Strip. Seela's mother, Najah Barbakh, cradles her daughter's head in her hands, supporting it as ...