With many of Gaza's schools damaged, destroyed or turned into shelters, makeshift classrooms have been set up in tents for the few children who can continue their education amidst the ongoing war.

The company helped design and run a controversial Israeli-backed group that supplanted the work of the United Nations to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip.

Hundreds of thousands of people marched through the streets of Rome on Saturday to protest the war in Gaza in a rally called by opposition parties denouncing the government's alleged "complicity" in the conflict.

The other 14 countries on the council voted in favor of the draft as a humanitarian crisis grips the enclave of more than 2 million people.

Israeli officials say around 1,200 people were killed in the surprise Palestinian assault and 251 taken hostages, 58 of are believed to still be in Gaza. The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has estimated that more than 54,600 people have been killed amid the Israeli operations that ensued.

The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent” ceasefire between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that his country is supporting an armed group in the Gaza Strip that opposes the militant group Hamas, following comments by a former minister that the Jewish state had transferred weapons to it.

Israel has been accused of weaponising food following a blockade of Gaza that began in March. It has now lifted the restrictions but is refusing to let the UN distribute food, instead using a US company.