DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip—Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the war in Gaza has passed 42,000. The ministry does not differentiate between fighters and civilians in its count, but has said women and children make up more than half of those killed. It said Wednesday that 42,010…

Israel ordered the wholesale evacuation of northern Gaza to the south, but officials say there are no safe places to flee in the territory. The northern part of the country has been largely isolated by Israeli forces and has suffered extensive destruction due to large-scale airstrikes.

Leaders from Islamist group Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement discussed plans for cooperation after the war in Gaza in a new round of talks in Cairo on Wednesday, a Hamas official told Reuters.

A Hamas official, quoted by Reuters, highlighted that the meetings will focus on plans for collaboration post the Gaza war, which commenced on October 7, 2023

Israel's onslaught of Gaza has reached 42,000 dead and nearly 100,000 wounded in a year of attacks, as another airstrike hit a refugee camp, with the deaths of women and children