The heavy rainfall, linked to the El Niño weather pattern, has struck just as the region is emerging from the worst drought in 40 years that drove millions into hunger.

The launch of a climate "loss and damage" fund drew praise and hundreds of millions of dollars in pledges at the UN's COP28 talks on Thursday but also warnings that much more is needed to help vulnerable nations.

After two last-minute extensions, the enemies marked on Thursday the seventh day of a Qatari-mediated truce with the exchange of eight hostages and 30 Palestinian prisoners as well as the infusion of more humanitarian aid into the shattered Gaza Strip.

Following their four-country tour last week, foreign ministers of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries, including Retno LP Marsudi, on Wednesday hammered their push for a permanent cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, this time at the United Nations’ highest security body.

The warring parties have agreed a pause in fighting to allow time for the militant group to release Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

The two-week-long negotiations in a vast exhibition venue in Dubai come at a pivotal moment, with emissions still climbing and the UN saying this year is likely to be the hottest in human history.

President Jokowi is attending the COP28 Summit in Dubai to discuss global climate action, focusing on Paris Agreement progress, fossil fuel reduction and financing climate initiatives for developing nations.

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi calls for a permanent cease-fire in Palestine at the United Nations, emphasizing global unity, justice, and uninterrupted humanitarian aid. She urges a political solution for peace.

The world must “call a spade a spade” and admit that Israel’s actions at the Gaza Strip have violated international laws, Indonesia’s top diplomat said during a day-long debate in New York, the United States on the unceasing violence between Tel Aviv and Gaza’s ruling militant group, Hamas.

The governments of Indonesia and the UAE have started building a cardiology hospital in Surakarta, Central Java, to increase treatment speed and combat the high heart disease death rate in the country.  

The handover came hours later than expected after the militant group accused Israel of violating the exchange agreement, claims denied by Israeli officials. 

A total of 39 prisoners were released by Israeli authorities under a truce agreement to pause the fighting in Gaza, after 13 hostages from Israel had been handed over.

The WHO said in a statement that the chief of the biggest hospital in the besieged Palestinian territory had been arrested on Wednesday along with five other health workers, while they were taking part in a UN mission to evacuate patients.

“Now I ask: All of these lectures, all these values and standards – do they apply to the Palestinian case?” the foreign minister said.

Thirteen Israeli hostages captured during Palestinian militants' cross-border raids were back in Israeli territory where they would undergo medical checks before being reunited with their families, the army said.

On Thursday evening, Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said the Indonestian Hospital in Gaza City was "heavily bombarded".

Western brands are feeling the impact in Egypt and Jordan, and there are signs the campaign is spreading in some other Arab countries including Kuwait and Morocco.

Representing Indonesia, Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto called for the Group of 20 members to take collective action in supporting lasting peace in Gaza amid an armed conflict that has killed more than 11,000 in the past six weeks.

World powers gave the news a cautious welcome. But fighting raged on, with local officials saying a hospital in Gaza City was among the targets bombed as the hours counted down to the start of the first break in a brutal, near seven-week-old war. Both sides also signalled the pause would be temporary before fighting resumes. 

Negotiators will grapple with a host of flashpoint issues, including the future of oil, gas and coal, as well as financial solidarity between rich polluters and poorer nations most vulnerable to accelerating climate impacts. 

Israel and Hamas agreed early on Wednesday to a ceasefire in Gaza for at least four days, to let in humanitarian aid and free at least 50 hostages held by militants in the enclave in exchange for at least 150 Palestinians jailed in Israel.

Jakarta has welcomed a temporary cease-fire agreement between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas while continuing its efforts to find a permanent solution to the conflict in Gaza.

The toll includes 46 Palestinians, four Israelis and three Lebanese killed since the war began on October 7, the New York-based organisation said. 

The pause, mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the US, includes the release of 50 civilian women and children hostages currently held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of a number of Palestinian women and children detained in Israeli prisons, the ministry said in a statement.

Officials from Qatar, which has been mediating secret negotiations, as well as the US, Israel and Hamas have for days been saying a deal was imminent.

The Indonesian Hospital lies near Gaza's largest refugee camp Jabalia, which has been the scene of intense Israeli bombing.

Six top diplomats from Muslim-majority nations, including Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, were set to depart for Moscow on Tuesday as part of a string of diplomatic visits to countries key to the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.

While fighting raged, negotiators worked to seal a deal for the release of some of the roughly 240 hostages the Islamist militants took during their unprecedented October 7 attacks on Israel.

There was no immediate response from Israel on the status of negotiation efforts to secure the release of the estimated 240 hostages seized during Hamas's horrific assault.

Health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP 200 people were evacuated from the Indonesian hospital in Jabaliya and taken by bus to Nasser hospital in the southern town of Khan Yunis.