Mohammed al-Emadi will oversee payouts to poor families in the coastal enclave, source in Qatar's Gaza Reconstruction Committee says

Mohammed al-Emadi will oversee payouts to poor families in the coastal enclave, source in Qatar's Gaza Reconstruction Committee says

Khaled al-Batsh says his group can 'obligate' Israel to fulfill its side of a truce agreement brokered by Russia, Egypt and Qatar

Ahead of weekly clashes, UN envoy speaks with Hamas chief on implementing understandings with Israel to prevent renewed violence; 3 Palestinians said wounded in riots

Kohavi says military hit 'ostensibly civilian' buildings that were in fact 'terrorist dens,' will continue to attack if necessary

No comment from Israel; no rockets fired for several hours; previous reports of truce breached by rocket fire, Israeli air strikes

As rocket sirens blare in towns bordering coastal enclave, Western diplomat says sides close to agreeing to ceasefire; Hamas and PIJ officials say they'll hold fire if Israel does

UN chief Guterres urges all parties to 'exercise maximum restraint'; Irish FM Coveney says 'unjust treatment of Gaza' won't be solved by violence or terrorist attacks

Nikolay Mladenov calls for de-escalation on both sides, end to violence; Danon calls on UN to condemn rocket fire and designate Hamas as terrorist organization

Report by international body charges that despite recent period of relative calm, stability of West Bank is under threat; calls for 'bold policy decisions' on Gaza