Security experts suggest private contractors could break Hamas' control over Gaza by managing aid distribution and training local Palestinian security forces.

Israeli forces open fire on hundreds of people waiting near aid distribution sites in Gaza, Health Ministry says

Medical facilities in the Gaza Strip are overwhelmed, staff are exhausted, and resources are virtually nonexistent.

Videos and images verified by NBC News piece together a picture of the deprivation and chaos of Gaza's hospitals.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has issued an urgent appeal to governments worldwide to take action in light of the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. "Everyone in government needs to wake up to what is happening in Gaza.

U.N. member nations have voted overwhelmingly to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages held by Hamas, and unrestricted access for the delivery of desperately needed food.

The Global March to Gaza is a civilian-led initiative to march from Arish, Egypt, to the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip beginning on Sunday. Once in Rafah, the goal was to set up a camp and work to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza, provide humanitarian aid to the strip and protest against Israel's actions in the territory.

IDF Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Noam Shemesh, 21, a squad commander in the Shimshon Battalion of the Kfir Brigade, was killed in the southern Gaza Strip. Shemesh was from Jerusalem. He was killed by an RPG fired at troops fighting in southern Gaza. The tank fired back and killed three fighters from the cell, as fighter jets killed four.