Human rights defenders rallied on Thursday to support the top U.N. expert on Palestinian rights, after the United States imposed sanctions on her over what it said was unfair criticism of Israel. Italian lawyer Francesca Albanese serves as special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories,

Masafer Yatta villagers had their land deemed a military zone, and the Israeli army is trying to demolish their homes.

Israel’s defense minister said he told the military to advance plans for what he called a “humanitarian city” built on the ruins of Rafah in southern Gaza, according to reports in Israeli media.

Israel's northern West Bank operation which began in January has been one of the biggest since the Second Intifada uprising by Palestinians more than 20 years ago, involving several brigades of troops earlier this year backed by drones, helicopters and, for the first time in decades, heavy battle tanks.

As talks for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip resume, Palestinians in the battered enclave say they are desperate for deal to end the war between Israel and Hamas.

NBC News' Julie Tsirkin asks Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu about the reported working plan to move Palestinians out of Gaza.

In a time of war, hatred and locked-in political positions, it was a chance to listen to stories of human suffering and resilience from five young Palestinians and Israelis.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday backed a proposal by President Donald Trump to relocate Palestinians from Gaza and turn the war-ravaged coastal enclave into a luxury waterfront development—a plan that has drawn international condemnation and could further complicate fragile cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas.

Former CFR President Richard Haass, Tuesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," dismissed Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hope to move Palestinians to other countries as "fanciful." RICHARD HAASS: Look,

Enticing civilians, who are already starving, to come for food and then shooting them with live ammunition – that’s certainly a crime against humanity,’ says former UN rapporteur Richard Falk - Anadol