The White House says the U.S. has submitted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal that has Israeli support. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy had expressed optimism this week about brokering an agreement that could halt the Israel-Hamas war,

The situation in Gaza is the worst since the war between Israel and Hamas militants began 19-months ago, the United Nations said on Friday, despite a resumption of limited aid deliveries in the Palestinian enclave where famine looms.

Israel allowed in a drip of aid to Gaza starting last week. But humanitarian officials said it did little to stop the territory’s slide toward famine.

A series of exchanges marked a new low point in the relationship between France and Israel, which accused the French president of “a crusade against the Jewish state.”

The independent board of Ben & Jerry’s has claimed that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in a move that threatens to further inflame tensions with its parent company Unilever.

For decades, Germany has stood squarely in Israel’s corner, its dark history of Jewish persecution shaping its modern-day policy of virtually unquestioned backing.

Videos from the site showed large crowds of Gazans rushing to collect aid, carrying boxes stamped with the mark of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or GHF -- which is directing the aid distribution in collaboration with the American and Israeli governments.

The United Nations says food being distributed by a new Israeli-backed system is “less than a drop in the ocean.”