Egyptian and Qatari mediators have been holding talks with Hamas in their latest effort to broker a ceasefire with Israel in the Gaza Strip.

Father Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza City, said Aug. 18 that an evacuation order was issued by Israeli forces for the al-Zaytun neighborhood.

Eight Palestinians were martyred and others injured, including five deaths caused by starvation and malnutrition, said medical sources.This brings the total number of victims

Cairo, SANA – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa reiterated his call for more effective international action to compel the Israeli occupation to halt its aggression on the Gaza Strip, immediately resume the entry of aid, and stop the use of starvation as a weapon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to order a full military occupation of the Gaza Strip to force Hamas to free the hostages, according to local reports.

Twenty years ago, Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip, dismantling 21 Jewish settlements and pulling out its forces

THE Palestinian Authority will soon announce the composition of a “temporary” committee to manage the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa announced today.He spoke as Amnesty International published a report accusing Israel of carrying out a “deliberate” campaign of starvation in the devastated coastal enclave.

At the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip, hundreds of aid trucks sat unmoving in the Egyptian desert, stuck for days with only a handful allowed through by Israel to relieve the humanitarian disaster across the border.