Herald section
The latest reporting from across the Belfast Herald news desks.
Prime Minister Netanyahu stated the Israel Defense Forces will maintain control of the Gaza Strip after the war, rejecting proposals for an international peacekeeping force. He made the declaration during a meeting with mayors of border towns affected by the October 7 attacks.
More than 500 former Biden campaign staff members have called on the US president to advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza and implement measures to address systemic issues in the region.
The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project reports 4,200 demonstrations linked to the Israel-Hamas war across nearly 100 countries and territories during the first three weeks of hostilities.
Human Rights Watch says that an Israeli airstrike on an ambulance outside the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City should be investigated as a possible war crime, adding that it did not find evidence that the ambulance was being used for military purposes.
Israeli missile strikes hit the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza City, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens. The attacks targeted multiple hospitals within the complex, including the Al-Nasser Children's Hospital.
At least two Palestinians are killed and several others are injured in separate Israeli airstrikes near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Hanoun and near the Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City.
The International Labour Organization reports daily economic losses of US$16 million due to job losses in Gaza and the West Bank, with 182,000 jobs lost in Gaza and 208,000 in the West Bank.
Paul Kessler, a Jewish man participating in a pro-Israel protest dies after being struck in the head with a megaphone by a pro-Palestinian protester in Thousand Oaks, California, United States.