President Donald Trump is suggesting he could call on Israel to release imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, the most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader, as the United States aims to fill a leadership vacuum in postwar Gaza.

In an interview with TIME, Trump says this regional reset would be impossible without one essential ingredient: himself

The group still commands thousands of fighters, but the war has taken a toll on its weapons supplies, and its political future is uncertain.

The former vice president applauded Democrats in Congress for taking a "political risk" with the ongoing government shutdown.

European Union leaders are seeking a more active role in Gaza and the occupied West Bank after being sidelined from the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. At a summit Thursday in Brussels largely focused on Ukraine and Russia,

Funding for the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation will allow the operation to continue until the end of November, when the new plan will most likely be implemented. The United States is considering a proposal for humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza that would replace the controversial US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,

The World Food Programme director for the Palestinian territories on Thursday called for more crossings to be opened into the Gaza Strip in order to allow in more aid trucks.

The hunger crisis in Gaza remains “catastrophic” two weeks after the ceasefire took effect, the UN’s health agency has warned, as international aid groups demanded Israel stop blocking humanitarian deliveries.