Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, describes it as a "blatant and glaring" failure.

Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN Photo: CCTV. The Hamas-Israel ceasefire that begins on January 19 must not lead to renewed hostilities; children mus

UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) 'must be enabled to carry out its mandate, as adopted by the General Assembly, in all its areas of operation,' says Khaled Khiari - Anadolu Ajansı

Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian militants who carried out a deadly attack on a bus in the West Bank earlier this month

John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., explains on “Elizabeth Vargas Reports" the potential problems he foresees in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. He tells NewsNation’s Hena Doba that “there is no peace for Israel as long as Hamas survives in the Gaza strip.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed support on Sunday for the implementation of a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza. "I welcome the start of the implementation of the ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza," Guterres stated in a post on X.

At least one million children in Gaza urgently need mental health and psycho-social support for depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts, the UN relief chief said Thursday. "The ceasefire has provided a vital reprieve from relentless hostilities for Palestinians," Tom Fletcher told a Security Council session on the plight of children in Gaza.

Israel's delay in implementing a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah is causing tensions. Despite positive movements by the Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers, Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon is not progressing quickly enough.

Noting that an estimated 150,000 pregnant women and new mothers are "in desperate need of health services," UN relief chief said some of the babies in Gaza "died before their first breath - perishing with their mothers in childbirth" due to Israel's relentless attacks.

All signs of life have disappeared from the bombed-out houses and empty streets of the Lebanese border town of Naqura, but despite a fragile Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire that has held since November, no one can return.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in coordination with partners in Jordan and Gaza, has dispatched its first convoy trucks carrying essential shelter material, and water, sanitation,