Gaza Crisis

Francis famously rejected the more secure, enclosed Popemobiles used by his predecessors, calling them 'sardine cans' that created distance between the Pope and the people.

Israel is bearing the financial brunt of its seven-month bombardment of the Gaza Strip, which has killed at least 37,300 people.

FINOMENA has pledged to continue its online workshops, reaching and empowering more than 250 women across the territories.

The constant wearing of the Muslim prayer robes is a powerful testament to the resilience and unwavering faith of Palestinian women.

Labour's chance of winning the next general election has been threatened by its inability to call for a permanent ceasefire in the Palestinian territory.

Palestinian children are more at risk of being killed by bomb blasts and famine that adults in the Gaza Strip.

It took Rania Abu Anza ten years to conceive her twins, but it took seconds for her babies to be killed in an Israeli airstrike.

Ahmad al Ghuferi lost his wife, daughters and 103 relatives in an Israeli airstrike on his family home in Gaza City.

The World Food Programme said that it was forced to pause deliveries after its aid convoys had endured "complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order".

Gaza children and pregnant and breastfeeding women are surviving on less than two meals a day of the lowest nutritional value because of the Israel-Hamas war, resulting in acute malnutrition.

After comparing and analysing post and pre-war images of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Tami Elashvili has declared that the leader is "terribly emotionally and mentally scattered".

The UK has pledged more than £4 million to tackle the severe period poverty and humanitarian crisis for pregnant women and girls in Gaza.

The OHNCR said that they have received information that accuses Israel of detaining, raping and executing Palestinian women and girls in Gaza.

While delivering a statement at the British Red Cross in London, Prince William urged other world leaders to recognise the "desperate need for increased humanitarian support to Gaza".

Since the Labour Party overturned majorities in Kingswood and Wellingborough, Tory MPs have threatened a vote of no confidence and urged Sunak to knuckle down on immigration.

Starmer is facing his biggest leadership test yet as a parliamentary motion that calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel looms.

The IDF attacked Rafah early Monday despite calls for restraint from allies as people in Gaza recounted a terrifying ordeal; 2 Israeli hostages were recovered.

Israel is in talks with the Palestine Authority to ease tensions in Gaza as the Ramadan month nears including a £59 million Gaza tax revenue issue that funds services in the region while it took over the last unoccupied town Rafah.

The UNRWA and media outlets continue to refute Israel's controversial allegations against aid workers being affiliated with Hamas.

As Israel vows to move towards Rafah, UNICEF says that more than 17,000 children have been left unaccompanied or separated from their parents in the Gaza Strip.

"Does #MeToo not include Jewish or Israeli women?", asks Beverly, an Israeli woman who spoke to International Business Times UK about how her faith in modern-day feminism is fading and what Hamas really did on October 7.

This news comes as UN officials criticise countries, including the UK and the US, for refusing to fund its top aid agency operating in the besieged enclave.

A Palestinian Human Rights Activist was criticised by pro-Palestinian protestors for refusing to support the 'from the river to the sea' chant.

UNFPA responded to the situation of menstruating females in Gaza and spoke to International Business Times UK about what they are doing to tackle the period of poverty.

UK Home Secretary James Cleverly spoke of harnessing the intellectual skills of India in handling global conflicts like the Gaza crisis at an event celebrating the UK-India partnership.

A Jordanian restaurant was forced to change its name after it was accused of commemorating Hamas' massacre and capture of Israeli civilians on October 7.

The UK and its partners are mounting pressure on Israel for a two-state solution during the UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron's visit to Israel as the UK partnered with Qatar to send humanitarian aid to Gaza.

An estimated 425,000 internally displaced Palestinians remain trapped as Israel says that it "encircled" the southern city of Khan Younis.

International relations expert warns of intensified conflict and reveals all about the alliances between the Iran-backed groups in Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen and Gaza.

With blocks on humanitarian aid deliveries, women and girls in Gaza are witnessing the most severe cases of period poverty.