While the international community criticizes the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a middle east expert says the U.S.- and Israel-backed organization is taking the power away from Hamas.

Earlier this month, the ministry announced Saturday’s exam, which will be the first since Israel began its genocidal war on Gaza after the Hamas-led attack in southern Israel in October 2023.

A council has become the first in Britain to twin with a town in Gaza in solidarity with Palestinians. Hastings borough council, controlled by the Green Party, voted to twin with Al-Mawasi, near Rafah, after what was described as a “horrifically anti-Semitic” meeting.

An Israeli proposal to force much of Gaza’s population into a small enclave is now overshadowing negotiations over a truce.

Israeli strikes pounded the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, killing at least 34 Palestinians, according to local hospitals