At least 15 Palestinians were killed by an Israeli attack on a Gaza City school that was housing displaced people on Saturday (Aug 3), hours after two strikes in the occupied West Bank killed nine militants, including a local Hamas leader, according to the Palestinian militant group.

Israeli airstrikes target Gaza school, kills 15; nine West Bank militants dead

The UN Human Rights Council will on Thursday discuss creating a broad, international investigation into violations surrounding the latest Gaza violence, but also of "systematic" abuses in the Palestinian territories and inside Israel.

UN rights council to discuss probing 'systematic' abuses in Palestinian territories, Israel

Ireland has become the first EU member state to declare the building of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories as de facto annexation. Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, said a Sinn Féin motion on the issue "is a clear signal of the depth of feeling across Ireland.

Ireland first European country to declare Israeli settlements 'annexation'

In the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, the gap between truth and falsehoods is growing wider by the day. A lot of credit for this goes to social media where misinformation is flourishing with fake videos and images going viral.

How misinformation on social media is worsening Israel-Gaza conflict