The Biden administration contacts Israeli officials for clarification over comments Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu made stating that Israel will not agree to give up security control of Gaza, after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested that the Palestinian Authority should take over control of Gaza once the conflict is over. 2023-11-12
Médecins Sans Frontières says that Gaza hospitals "will become a morgue if action isn't taken right now" as "electricity in a hospital is a lifeline and we know without it patients die". They also called for the "bloodshed" to end "immediately with a ceasefire or at the bare minimum a medical evacuation of patients". 2023-11-12
Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UNRWA, calls on Arab countries to take stronger action to protect civilians in Gaza and to exercise pressure to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, including through the opening of additional border crossings. 2023-11-11
The International Labour Organization reports that job losses in Gaza and the West Bank are costing Palestinians US$16 million per day, with 182,000 jobs lost in Gaza, equivalent to 61 percent of the territory's total employment. A further 208,000 jobs were lost in the West Bank, equivalent to 24 percent of the territory's total employment. 2023-11-7
Honduras recalls its ambassador to Israel in response to Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip. 2023-11-3
Jordan recalls its ambassador to Israel in condemnation of the ongoing war. 2023-11-1
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and says that Hamas is "not a terrorist organization, it is a liberation group, mujahideen waging a battle to protect its lands and people". 2023-10-25
The China International Development Cooperation Agency announces that they will provide emergency humanitarian aid to the UN Palestine agency and the Palestinian Authority. 2023-10-16
During a CIS Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russia will offer to mediate a ceasefire. 2023-10-13