Macron underscored that there was “no justification” for bombing “these babies, these ladies, these old people” in the war against Hamas. Speaking to BBC on Friday, Macron condemned the terror attack on Israel, and reiterated his call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The World Health Organization said that 20 of Gaza's 36 hospitals are no longer functioning, including a pediatric hospital that stopped operations after a reported Israeli strike in the area. “If there is a hell on earth today, its name is northern Gaza,” the UN humanitarian agency said.
Amid speculations, Netanyahu made clear that though Israel had no intention of occupying Gaza, it did envision a radically reshaped territory free of Hamas. “What we have to see is Gaza demilitarized, deradicalized and rebuilt,” he said.
The war has already come at a staggering cost, and Israel unleashed another wave of strikes across the territory on Tuesday. Entire city blocks have been reduced to rubble, and around 70% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have fled their homes.
It is worth mentioning this is a key question-- who will rule Gaza if IDF wipes out Hamas from the region? With the latest statement by Netanyahu, it is now clear that Israeli Defence Forces would rule the disputed region after the war concludes.
In the north of the Gaza Strip, Israeli ground forces backed by relentless airstrikes have encircled Gaza City, the base of Hamas' power, since the weekend. They cut the strip in half and sought to drive Palestinians from northern Gaza as troops advanced.
During the call, Biden and Netanyahu discussed the necessity to ramp up humanitarian deliveries in the Gaza Strip, where 10,000 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes. Biden reiterated his support for Israel while emphasising the need to protect Palestinian civilians.
The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza says the Palestinian death toll from the ongoing war with Israel has jumped over 10,000. The figures, released Monday, mark a grim milestone in what has quickly become the deadliest Israeli-Palestinian violence since 1948.
Amihai Eliyahu, who belongs to the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, said that no humanitarian aid should be provided to Gaza and that the northern Strip "has no right to exist". His remarks were condemned by several Israeli politicians, including former PM Yair Lapid.
The anchorwoman on the split screen also began to weep as Al-Bashir flushed, packed backwards as he said the world was ignoring the war’s staggering toll on Gaza civilians. Still holding his microphone, he slid off his flak jacket marked with the word PRESS and unstrapped his helmet.
After Netanyahu outrightly rejected Blinken's call for pause, he reached Jordan's national capital and met with senior Jordanian and other Arab officials, who remain angry and deeply suspicious of Israel as it intensifies its war against Hamas.
Israeli Defence Forces spokesperson Jonathan Conricus admitted the forces struck an ambulance in Gaza but reiterated the militants were using it to ferry arms and ammunition to the battlefield. According to Gaza health officials, at least 15 "civilians" were killed in the attack.
Hamas kidnapped some 240 people in its bloody October 7 cross-border attack that triggered the Israel-Hamas war. The attack killed some 1,400 people, while over 9,000 people have been killed since Israel began striking Gaza the same day, according to Palestinian health officials.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who visited Israel for the fourth time since war with Hamas began, once again reiterated support to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but also urged him to take steps to protect Palestinian civilians.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 30 made it clear that Israel would not agree to a ceasefire, drawing parallels to the United States’ position after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He noted that calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza are calls for Israel to surrender
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for a cease-fire to facilitate the release of captives or end the war, which he has said will be long and difficult. His statement came despite UN agency saying an urgent ceasefire is "a matter of life and death'' for millions of Palestinians.
If the war between Israel and Hamas had not completely become an issue in Indian politics, then it has become so now… because now Sonia Gandhi has written a very detailed article about this war.
Israel-Hamas War LIVE: As the war continues, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and shared concerns regarding terrorism and loss of civilian lives. They agreed on the early restoration of stability and the facilitation of humanitarian assistance.
Israel has intensified its ground operations in Gaza after it began limited strikes. Israeli ambassador to the United Nations has said that it will not sit idle and wait to see Hamas terrorists rise again.
Ever since the war began, about 1.4 million of Gaza's 2.3 million residents have fled their homes, with nearly half of them crowding into U.N. shelters. Hundreds of thousands remain in northern Gaza, despite Israel ordering them to evacuate to the south.
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