When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House in February, Trump once again shared his vision for the war-torn location. “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip. We’ll do a job with it. We will own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous bombs and other weapons,” he said.

President Trump is visiting Qatar and the U.A.E. after inking big weapons and tech deals in Saudi Arabia. So far, his trip hasn't seemed to push forward chances for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Israel has threatened to escalate military campaign against Hamas, despite a U.S.-backed push to agree a new cease-fire.

The strikes reportedly hit homes and tents sheltering displaced families in the city of Khan Younis overnight.

A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis.

Ben Cohen, a co-founder of the ice cream brand, was among a group that interrupted a Senate hearing on Wednesday, protesting Congress’s funding of Israel’s military.

Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, was removed from a hearing in the US Senate during a protest over military aid to Israel and humanitarian conditions in Gaza. Protesters disrupted the hearing on Wednesday while Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, addressed the Security Council in New York and called for an end to Israel’s blockade on Gaza. A new UN-backed report warns that nearly one in five people in the Gaza Strip are facing famine.

The United Nations’ top humanitarian official blasted Israel for “deliberately and unashamedly” imposing inhumane conditions on Palestinians that include the risk of famine

We have rigorous mechanisms to ensure our aid gets to civilians and not to Hamas, but Israel denies us access, placing the objective of depopulating Gaza before the lives of civilians," said Fletcher.