Opposition critics have denounced the proposal, with some likening the suggested site to a "concentration camp," which could lead to ethnic cleansing in the coastal enclave devastated by 21 months of conflict.

A planned “humanitarian city” inside Gaza intended to hold hundreds of thousands of Palestinians would be a “concentration camp,” former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned.

Britain's media regulator says it will investigate a BBC documentary about children in Gaza after a report found that it was narrated by the son of a Hamas official and therefore breached editorial guidelines on accuracy.

BBC review finds Gaza documentary breached accuracy guidelines by failing to disclose 13-year-old narrator's father worked for Hamas government.

A total of 50 hostages remain in the Gaza Strip of the 251 people abducted by Hamas during its October 7, 2023, attack on Israel that killed approximately 1,200 people. Israeli authorities say 20 of the hostages are still alive. Hamas-run health authorities report over 57,000 Palestinian deaths since 2023 in the Israel's response.

Hamas and Israel staked out their positions ahead of expected talks on a Washington-backed ceasefire proposal.

The rise of Izz al-Din al-Haddad in the chain of command suggests the group will hold firm to its position demanding a total end to the war before releasing all remaining hostages.