Major Pakistani charities intensified efforts to provide sacrificial meat to Palestinians in Gaza, where hunger has reached catastrophic levels due to ongoing Israeli military operations and stringent aid restrictions.

DUBAI (Reuters) -The U.S backed-Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said on Friday that all its aid distribution sites in the enclave were closed and a reopening date would be announced later, urging residents to stay away from these sites "for their safety".

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it was working to improve operations, a day after health workers said at least 27 Palestinians were killed near a distribution center.

A U.S. and Israeli-backed humanitarian aid effort for Gaza says it's started distributing desperately needed food. The U.N. calls it a "distraction from what is actually needed."

Palestinian health officials and witnesses say Israeli forces fired on people as they headed toward an aid distribution site on Tuesday, killing at least 27, in the third such shooting in three days.

U.K. Foreign Office Minister Hamish Falconer on Wednesday condemned Israel’s restrictions on aid to Gaza as “inhumane,” prompting cross-party

Those groups say Israeli restrictions, the breakdown of law and order, and widespread looting make it extremely difficult to deliver aid to Gaza's roughly 2 million Palestinians. Experts have ...

The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent” ceasefire between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza.