Rescue teams and medical staff are meanwhile facing severe shortages of essential supplies, fuel and spare parts

Israel and Hamas may be able to reach a Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal within one or two weeks but such an agreement is not likely to be secured in just a day's time, a senior Israeli official said on Wednesday.

The European Union and Israel have reached an agreement to allow more aid to Gaza, with a substantial increase of daily supplies to happen in the coming days, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Video captured by an NBC News crew in Gaza shows mourners gathering at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after a mother, father their and 5-month-old daughter were killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit their apartment.

Trump administration sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese over criticism of Israel’s war on Gaza - Move against independent human rights abuses investigator represents latest US effort to punish cri

Dr. Victoria Rose spent 21 days in the territory, treating people who were shot trying to get food and children with life-changing injuries from Israeli bombs.

A senior Israeli official predicts Israel and Hamas will come to a ceasefire in the "next week or two," a longer timeframe than previously expected. Until a ceasefire can be reached, fighting goes on and Israel continues its airstrikes.

Francesca Albanese told The World with Yalda Hakim that "many" of the young people fighting in Gaza are "haunted by what they have seen, what they have done".