A Palestinian delegation to the United Nations denied that Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza was self-defense, instead claiming that the Jewish state was “massacring children, women and men,” according to footage published by the delegation’s X account on Saturday.

At least 120 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza in two days, Palestinian health officials said, as Israel intensified its bombardment across the besieged territory. At least seven people were killed when a residential home was hit overnight in the Zeitoun suburb of Gaza City,

In the year since the war in Gaza broke out, Israel's government has been cracking down on dissent among its Palestinian citizens.

West Bank residents say Israeli forces are adopting tactics similar to the ones they are deploying in Gaza, including airstrikes and the use of Palestinians as human shields.

The Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the Gaza war has stirred debate among the enclave's Palestinian clerics, with some saying it was not worth the heavy civilian death toll and others declaring the Oct.

A woman who was kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip died in an Israeli attack in northern Gaza, the military arm of Hamas said on Saturday. Abu Obaida, spokesman for the al-Qassam Brigades, said on Telegram that another female hostage was critically injured in the attack,