The British-flagged yacht Madleen, which is operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), was aiming to deliver a symbolic amount of aid to Gaza later on Monday and raise international awareness of the humanitarian crisis there

The organisers of the Madleen's voyage said Saturday they had reached Egyptian waters and were nearing Gaza, where the war between Israel and Hamas has entered its 21st month

Troops had fired "warning shots" at individuals it said were "advancing in a way that endangered the troops"

The Israeli military on Saturday called for Gazans to evacuate from neighbourhoods in the north of the Gaza Strip, where it said rockets had been fired from.

There are 12 activists on board, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 10 people in the battered Palestinian territory on Thursday

The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation did not distribute any aid yesterday as it presses Israel to boost civilian safety beyond the perimeter of its distribution sites, a day after dozens of Palestinians seeking aid were killed.

Israel's military said it was ready to "protect" the country's maritime space on Tuesday, after a boat organised by an international activist coalition set sail for Gaza aiming to deliver aid.

At least 27 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded by Israeli fire near a food distribution site in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, local health authorities said, in the third day of chaos and bloodshed to affect the aid operation.

Gaza rescuers said Israeli gunfire killed at least 31 Palestinians near a US-backed aid distribution site yesterday, shortly after Washington rejected Hamas’s response to a ceasefire proposal as “totally unacceptable”.

Hamas said its response was positive while emphasising the need for a permanent ceasefire

Israeli strikes killed at least 60 people in Gaza yesterday as Tel Aviv warned of annihilating Hamas if it does not accept a hostage deal in Gaza.

"Gaza is the hungriest place on Earth," said a spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency OCHA

The White House said on Thursday that Israel has agreed to the US ceasefire proposal

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli attacks killed 44 people yesterday, including 23 in an attack on a home in the centre of the Palestinian territory.

The White House said Thursday that Israel had accepted US President Donald Trump's proposal for a Gaza ceasefire, while discussions were "continuing" with Hamas

The party published a map showing the 22 sites spread across the territory

Israel yesterday said its military killed Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas’s presumed Gaza leader as military offensive in the tiny Palestinian territory killed dozens more.

Mohammad Sinwar was elevated to the top ranks of Hamas last year

Hamas has agreed to a proposal by US special envoy Steve Witkoff for a Gaza ceasefire, a Palestinian official close to the group told Reuters yesterday, paving the way for a possible end to the war.