The Middle East began Ramadan amid one of its worst food ... with more than half a million people facing catastrophic hunger and starvation and the risk of famine increasing by the day”.

Tuesday marks 100 days since 68-year-old Laila Soueif started a hunger strike in a plea to the UK government to free her son from imprisonment in Egypt, according to her family.

Gazans are curbing their optimism, having experienced other times throughout the war when a cease-fire was thought to be ...

Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza have reportedly agreed a ceasefire after the death of a Palestinian hunger striker in an Israeli jail on Tuesday led to a flare-up in violence. More than ...

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