GENEVA (Reuters) - Funding shortages may affect the U.N.'s ability to maintain aid flows at target levels throughout the Gaza ceasefire deal, a U.N. official told Reuters.

According to Brieger, EU countries could contribute significant forces to monitor a ceasefire. However, ensuring effective oversight of a demilitarized zone would require a substantial military presence.

Israel has occupied the West Bank of the Jordan River, which Palestinians want as the core of an independent state, since the 1967 Middle East war. It has built Jewish settlements there that most countries deem illegal. Israel disputes this and cites historical and Biblical ties to the land.

More than 630 humanitarian aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Sunday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council, with at least 300 of those trucks going to the enclave's north,

Herzog accused the UN and the International Criminal Court for "exhibiting moral bankruptcy" and blurring the distinction between good and evil.

Israeli army remains in Lebanese territory after 60-day deadline for its withdrawal from southern Lebanon passed on Sunday - Anadolu Ajansı

The ceasefire deal requires 600 truckloads of aid to be allowed into Gaza every day of the initial six-week ceasefire. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Chinese authorities in Tibet said on Thursday that they had detected "problems", including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have inspected since a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the region last week.

John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., explains on “Elizabeth Vargas Reports" the potential problems he foresees in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. He tells NewsNation’s Hena Doba that “there is no peace for Israel as long as Hamas survives in the Gaza strip.

Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN Photo: CCTV. The Hamas-Israel ceasefire that begins on January 19 must not lead to renewed hostilities; children mus

Premier Mikati says Lebanon has fulfilled its obligations under ceasefire, but Israel continues to stall implementation - Anadolu Ajansı

Lebanon yesterday said it would extend a ceasefire deal with Israel until mid-February, even though the Israeli military failed to meet a deadline to withdraw its troops and kille