Over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in the 21-month Israel-Hamas war, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

The Palestinian death toll in Gaza passed 60,000 on Tuesday. The world’s leading authority on food crises said the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out” in the territory of over 2 million people as starvation deaths rise.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Dozens of ministers gathered at a United Nations conference on Monday to urge that the world work toward a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, but the U.S.

France is calling on the European Union to pressure Israel to agree to a two-state solution with the Palestinians.

Two Israeli rights groups said Israel was carrying out "coordinated, deliberate action to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza strip."

The United Nations food aid agency needs quick approvals by Israel for its trucks to move into Gaza if it is to take advantage of Israel's planned humanitarian pauses in fighting, a senior World Food Programme official said on Sunday.

The Israeli military Sunday began limited pauses in fighting in three populated areas of Gaza for 10 hours a day, part of measures including airdrops as concerns grow over surging hunger and as Israel faces criticism over its conduct in the 21-month war.