The org's chief tells the UN it has been the target of a "fierce disinformation campaign" to "portray the agency as a terrorist organization."

• Eight hostages – three Israeli and five Thai – are set to be released from Gaza on Thursday. The three Israelis are Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger and Gadi Moses, according to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. The names of the five Thai citizens have not been made public.

Israel's impending ban on the U.N. agency critical for supporting Palestinians 'will undermine' the cease-fire deal in the Gaza Strip, the head of

"Colleagues, perhaps you have forgotten about little Kfir Bibas, but I promise you, we haven't," Israel's envoy to the UN said.

Gaza Employees and those reliant on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees are "deeply worried" for their future as the organisation's operations in Gaza and elsewhere in the occupied Palestinian territories will be forced to a halt on Thursday.

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Steve Witkoff could become the first US official to visit Gaza in almost two decades, as he is also due to visit Israel and discuss the ceasefire deal.

The second batch of Israeli hostages set to be released by Hamas this weekend are four female soldiers, an advocacy group representing the captives' family members confirmed Friday. Hamas had announced the names hours earlier.

Four freed Israeli women hostages were home in Israel Saturday, ending more than 15 months of captivity after Hamas militants handed them over to the Red Cross under a truce

Dozens of masked, armed Palestinian militants arrived at a key square in Gaza City on Saturday, where four Israeli women hostages are expected to be handed over to the Red Cross.The planned release comes under a truce deal in the Gaza war that is also expected to see a second group of Palestinian prisoners freed.

"Colleagues, perhaps you have forgotten about little Kfir Bibas, but I promise you, we haven't," Israel's envoy to the UN said.

Hamas militants on Saturday handed over to the Red Cross four Israeli women hostages under a truce deal in the Gaza war that is also expected to see a second