PUTRAJAYA, April 3 — Malaysia condemns Israel’s targeted air strike  which killed seven humanitarian workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity in Gaza.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — The World Bank and United Nations (UN), with support from the European Union, released a report on Tuesday estimating the damage to critical infrastructure in Gaza at approximately US$18.5 billion.

Washington, April 3 — US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he was "outraged and heartbroken" by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that killed seven people working for World Central Kitchen (WCK) and he called on Israel to do more to protect aid workers.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Malaysia welcomes the additional provisional measures granted by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday (March 28) in the case concerning the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in Gaza.

THE HAGUE, March 29 — In a landmark ruling, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have unanimously ordered Israel to take immediate and effective action to guarantee the delivery of basic food supplies to the beleaguered Palestinian population in Gaza.

THE HAGUE, March 29 — Judges at the International Court of Justice on Thursday unanimously ordered Israel to take all the necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies arrive without delay to the Palestinian population in Gaza.

WASHINGTON, March 26 — Relations between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sank to a wartime low on Monday with the US allowing passage of a Gaza ceasefire resolution at the United Nations and drawing a sharp rebuke from the Israeli leader.

ANKARA, March 26 — Hamas on Monday welcomed a United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reported.

PUTRAJAYA, March 26 — Malaysia welcomes the adoption of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2278 (2024) on Gaza, demanding for an immediate ceasefire, unconditional release of all hostages and the lifting of all barriers to the provision of humanitarian assistance.

AMMAN, March 24 — Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, demanded that Israeli occupation forces immediately lift their siege of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city.

RAFAH, March 24 — United Nations (UN) chief Antonio Guterres, who was on a visit to the doorstep of Gaza, said on Saturday that the world has seen enough of the war’s horrors and appealed for a ceasefire to allow in more aid, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

CAIRO/WASHINGTON, March 22 — Israel's spy chief is due to travel to Qatar on Friday for ceasefire negotiations while the US plans to put a resolution calling for an immediate truce in Gaza to a vote of the UN Security Council, intensifying pressure on its ally.

CAIRO, March 21 — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi called Thursday for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during a meeting with United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Anadolu Agency (AA) quoted the Egyptian presidency’s statement.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Malaysia is not ruling out the possibility of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza via airdrop.

SINGAPORE, March 21 — Singapore has successfully conducted its first humanitarian airdrop to Gaza on Wednesday, as part of the country’s third tranche of humanitarian aid assistance to the conflict area.

WASHINGTON, March 21 — Nearly 70 former US officials, diplomats and military officers on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to warn Israel of serious consequences if it denies civil rights and basic necessities to Palestinians and expands settlement activity in the occupied West Bank.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — The World Bank Group has called for urgent action to save lives as more than half the population of Gaza is on the brink of famine including children and the elderly.

WASHINGTON, March 19 — The secretary general of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Monday against Israeli plans to carry out a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Anadolu Agency reported.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM/LONDON, March 19 — Extreme food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already exceeded famine levels, and mass death is now imminent without an immediate ceasefire and surge of food to areas cut off by fighting, the global hunger monitor said on Monday.

GAZA CITY, March 18 — At least 81 Palestinians were killed and 116 others injured in the last 24 hours as Israel continues its onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip since October 7, the territory's Health Ministry said on Monday, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.