The allegations came in one of the most extensive reports of its kind on the issue since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel ignited the war. Israel has refuted them.

United Nations-backed human rights experts have accused Israel of “the systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other gender-based violence” in its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip

A new report by the U.N. accuses Israel of the increasing use of sexual violence against Palestinians and genocidal acts through the deliberate destruction of their sexual and reproductive healthcare facilities.

Israeli and American officials have been in contact with Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland for possible resettling of Gazans there, the Associated Press reported. Sudan said it declined while Somalia and Somaliland said they're "unaware.

Somaliland has not received any proposal from the United States or Israel to resettle Palestinians from Gaza, the foreign minister of Somalia's breakaway region said on Friday. The Associated Press quoted U.