Israeli officials say around 1,200 people were killed in the surprise Palestinian assault and 251 taken hostages, 58 of are believed to still be in Gaza. The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has estimated that more than 54,600 people have been killed amid the Israeli operations that ensued.

The almost 20 months of war has torn Gaza apart, often displacing residents multiple times and killing more than 54,000 people, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry. A U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreed in January collapsed in March as Israel enforced a blockade on all humanitarian aid into the strip.

The ship, named after Gaza's first and only fisherwoman, left Catania, Sicily, earlier this week and is expected to reach by June 7.

A flotilla carrying climate activist Greta Thunberg is currently sailing past the Greek island of Crete on a weeklong journey to Gaza to break Israel’s naval blockade, a tracker has shown. The Madleen ship and its crew of 12 volunteers set off from Catania,

New distribution point opens in Tel Sultan area of Rafah after over 24 hours of closures; videos, eyewitnesses said to bolster claims IDF behind recent deadly fire near aid centers

Shootings have erupted nearly daily this week in the Gaza Strip in the vicinity of new hubs where desperate Palestinians are being directed to collect food

Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A U.S.- and Israeli-backed organisation distributing aid in Gaza said on Thursday it was reopening two distribution sites a day after shutting them following a series of deadly shootings close to its operations.