Former Hamas hostage Noa Argamani spoke to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday about her time as a captive in Gaza. She also made a desperate plea for the release of the remaining hostages.

The U.N.'s annual report on children in conflict zones, which is set to be published in June, is already getting attention for its framing of Israeli victims and for omitting Hamas crimes.

In their zeal to join in the attacks on Israel, women's and feminist groups ignore the daily brutalization of women by Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.

Hamas described Israel’s actions as “a serious violation of international law and a blatant war crime committed in full view of the world.”

The report called on prosecutors at the ICC “to pursue investigations into and prosecutions of hostage-taking and torture” and for the creation of a UN fund to support hostages that would be “fu

The U.N. food agency says it only has enough food supplies in the Gaza Strip to keep public kitchens and bakeries open for less than two weeks, after Israel halted the entry of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies.

Israel's new military chief Eyal Zamir said his country's mission to defeat Hamas remained unfinished as he took office Wednesday, with uncertainty hanging over the fragile Gaza ceasefire.Speaking before Zamir at a ceremony at military headquarters in Tel Aviv,