President Isaac Herzog issued his support for the plan, saying that he had received inquiries from leaders and figures worldwide on the matter of Gaza aid. Israeli officials and leaders reacted to the political echelon's and the IDF's decision to allow for localized humanitarian pauses in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.

For months, the U.N. and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of famine, with reports of increasing numbers of people dying from causes related to malnutrition.

Facing growing international condemnation over Palestinians starving to death in Gaza, Israel’s military is making a series of moves that it says will allow more aid into the enclave. Follow for live updates.

A soldier and an officer from the Golani Brigade were killed in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, the military said on Sunday. The soldiers, Captain Amir Saad, age 22, from Yanuh-Jat, and Sergeant Inon Nuriel Vana,

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Jehad Alshrafi is a 23-year-old freelance photojournalist working with The Associated Press since May 2024 in the Gaza Strip. He documents the humanitarian crisis and the impact of the Israel-Hamas war on Gaza.

Israel will coordinate airdrops of aid into Gaza from foreign countries in the coming days, an Israeli security official confirmed to ABC News.

This highlights the significance of this for these countries and other Arab states. The UAE is a member of the Abraham Accords. Some have assumed that Saudi Arabia might join in the future.

Britain will evacuate critically ill children from the Gaza Strip, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as aid groups warned that around a third of Palestinians in the war-torn enclave have gone without food for days.