Thousands were present at a 'Stop the Genocide' rally in the Italian capital organized, among others, by the movement of the Palestinian students and the Association of the Palestinians in Italy.

Italian lawmakers returning from a visit to the Rafah border in southern Gaza say an international reaction to avoid the aggravation of a humanitarian catastrophe in Rafah is desperately needed.

The first group of wounded evacuees from the war-torn Gaza Strip has crossed into Egypt as Israeli offensive intensifies.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says it has no information about a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip which is under heavy Israeli bombardment.