The announcement came one day after another aid agency, World Central Kitchen, said three of its workers were killed in an Israeli strike.

The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into Gaza because of the threat of armed gangs who have looted recent convoys

The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees blamed Israel for failing to ensure safe conditions for delivering relief supplies from the Kerem Shalom crossing.

President-elect Donald J. Trump said in a social media post on Monday that the hostages must be released before his inauguration in January.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday there would be "hell to pay" in the Middle East if hostages held in the Gaza Strip were not released prior to his Jan. 20 inauguration. During their deadly 2023 attack on Israel,

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said there would be "hell to pay" in the Middle East if hostages held in the Gaza Strip were not released prior to his Jan. 20 inauguration. "Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America,