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.

At least twenty-five Palestinians were martyred and several others injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza today. Meanwhile, two persons were also killed and several others injured in an Israeli attack on Catholic church in Gaza.

At least 20 Palestinians have been killed at a food distribution centre run by an Israeli-backed American organisation in the Gaza Strip, mostly from being trampled, the group said.They were the first deaths reported at one of the group’s sites although hundreds have been killed by Israeli forces on the roads leading to them,

Saif Musallet was just weeks away from celebrating his 21st birthday when he was beaten to death by Israeli settlers when visiting his family in the West Bank. The Florida native’s family has called on the US government to investigate.

Under Gaza’s scorching summer heat, displaced families are enduring unbearable living conditions. (Production by Wafaa Shurafa)

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

There has been an increase in killings of and attacks against Palestinians by settlers and security forces in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday.

Gaza health officials say Israeli strikes overnight and into Tuesday killed more than 90 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, including several families.