GAZA - The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) will ban foreign passport holders from leaving the Gaza Strip if injured Palestinians from the northern part of the enclave are not allowed to reach Egyptian hospitals for treatment via the Rafah border crossing, a Palestinian security source said on Saturday.

GAZA -- Palestinian sources said that Israeli tanks advanced on the southern outskirts of Gaza City on Thursday amid intense gunfire, preceded by violent air strikes.

China assumed on Wednesday the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for November with a focus on the Palestine-Israel conflict.

JERUSALEM/GAZA -- The death toll has exceeded 10,000 since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on Oct 7, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources.

JERUSALEM/GAZA -- Despite international calls for a humanitarian ceasefire, Israel continued heavy bombings on the densely populated Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing a senior Hamas commander in an airstrike, while the first group of evacuees entered Egypt since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on Oct 7.

"We are advancing in the stages of the war and operating on the ground inside the enemy's territory," the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi wrote in a letter sent to commanders and soldiers, vowing "it will be long, and we will fight until the end".

France, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands are formulating plans to ship humanitarian aid to Gaza in an effort to ease Palestinian civilian hardships and relieve strain on the overburdened Egypt-Gaza border crossing.

RAFAH, Egypt - Some foreign passport holders are crossing into Egypt on Wednesday from the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing, the only linking point between Egypt and the besieged enclave, local sources told Xinhua.

LA PAZ - Bolivia on Tuesday severed diplomatic ties with Israel, accusing it of committing crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.

"Bolivia decided to break diplomatic relations with the state of Israel in repudiation and condemnation of the aggressive and disproportionate Israeli military offensive taking place in the Gaza Strip," Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Freddy Mamani said at a news conference.

JERUSALEM/GAZA - Israel intensified its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, sending troops deep into the Palestinian territory and clashing with Hamas militants in fierce battles.

SANTIAGO - Chile has decided to recall its ambassador to Israel for consultations over Israel's violation of international humanitarian law in the Gaza Strip, the country's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

"Chile strongly condemns and observes with great concern that these military operations, which at this point in their development involve collective punishment of the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza, do not respect fundamental norms of International Law, as demonstrated by the more than eight thousand civilian victims, mostly women and children," the ministry said in a statement.

UNITED NATIONS - The killing of thousands of children in Gaza cannot be "collateral damage", said Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), on Monday.

China's top envoy to the United Nations on Monday urged all parties of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to cease the hostilities, lift Gaza's full siege, restore supplies, release detainees and promote diplomatic dialogue for a political resolution.

UNITED NATIONS - UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen on Monday warned that spillover of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into Syria has already begun.

JERUSALEM/GAZA/CAIRO - Israeli troops continued ground operations in the Gaza Strip on Monday, as the death toll in the coastal enclave exceeds 8,300.

JERUSALEM - Israeli troops were continuing ground operations in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Monday morning.

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Sunday highlighted the necessity to take regional and international action to immediately stop Israel's attacks against civilians in Gaza.

In a phone call, the two sides discussed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip, calling on the international community to prepare the ground for the constant delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza and prevent the forced displacement of its citizens, according to a statement released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

Southeast Asian regions urge for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Palestine despite diverse views on root causes, as some members sharply criticize Israeli excessive attacks and the US blind support.

JERUSALEM/GAZA -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that the country's war cabinet and political cabinet "unanimously decided to expand the ground operation" in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, regional countries warned Israel against further ground operations.