Israel-based company donated three solar-powered water-making machines to Gaza to help with the crisis.

Some 12 cases have been confirmed in Gaza, as well as hundreds in the occupied West Bank and thousands in Israel.

Gaza Strip, home to two million, has enough testing kits for fewer than 200 and about 20 available ventilation devices.

Coding is empowering a new generation of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip and helping many find work.

Narcotics, including cannabis, have flooded into Gaza in unprecedented quantities in recent months, police say.

Financially strapped couples are turning to local organisations designed to help fund their nuptials.