Middle East

Pope Francis had a close relationship with Gaza’s tiny Christian community and used his last address to call for a ceasefire.

It is not clear how the ban will affect the Brotherhood’s political arm, which is the largest opposition group in parliament.

Palestinian Authority president says that Hamas has given Israel “excuses” to continue the Gaza war.

Gazan civilians are losing their fear of Hamas, openly criticising the group on the streets and online.

Twenty-one people are reportedly killed in two separate strikes in the northern town of Jabalia.

Israel had previously denied its troops were responsible for the killing of a UN worker with tank fire on 19 March.

The mineral, once widely-used, releases toxic fibres into the air when disturbed that can cling to the lungs and cause cancer.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has sent condolences four days after the Pope’s death.

The UN agency has delivered its last supplies to meals kitchens, which it warns will run out of food in the coming days.

Three thousand names were removed from an official list of those killed in Israel’s offensive.