The backlash against Israel over the humanitarian toll of the war in Gaza has spread into the arenas of sports and culture.

About 10 countries including Australia, Belgium, Britain and Canada are expected to formally recognise an independent Palestinian state on Monday at a summit before the annual leaders' gathering at the U.

Israel shut the sole gateway between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan on Friday, a day after a driver bringing humanitarian aid from Jordan for Gaza opened fire and killed two Israeli military personnel there.

Iran says it executed a man accused of spying for Israel, but activists dispute the claim, saying he was tortured into a false confession

Experts commissioned by the U.N. Human Rights Council say Israeli forces are "continuing to commit" genocide in Gaza. Israel calls the report Hamas lies.

Eurovision Song Contest Director Martin Green told Newsweek, "We understand the concerns and deeply held views around the ongoing conflict."

The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.

Israel’s minister of culture has vowed to cut funding for the country’s film academy and its annual awards show after a movie about a Palestinian boy’s dream of seeing the ocean won big.

In an interview on Israeli television, the French president defended his decision to recognise a Palestinian state as ‘the best way to isolate Hamas’