Large rocket attack reported on areas of central Israel from Gaza Strip
PICTURED: Crowds gather to mourn as bodies pile up after Israeli strikes cause disaster for Gazans seeking shelter in the southern city of Khan Younis
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AUDIO: Gazan ‘tells Israeli officer that Hamas is blocking evacuations to the south’ in tape released by IDF
- ‘My warning to the ayatollah was that if they continue to move against those troops, we will respond. And he should be prepared,’ Biden said.
- The president also gave a rare rebuke to Israeli settlers in the West Bank, and reiterated calls for a two-state solution.
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Doctors in Gaza are using ice cream trucks to store dead bodies as morgues are at capacity
A doctor at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City has revealed that bodies are having to be stored in ice cream vans, with pictures showing the dead wrapped in white sheets with their names written on.
‘We brought ice cream trucks from ice cream factories to preserve the huge amount of dead bodies the hospital receives every day,’ Dr Yasser Ali said.
‘Even with these freezers, the number of dead bodies exceeds the capacity. Additionally, 20-30 bodies are put in the tents outside every day.’
He added that some bodies were ‘so mutilated’ they could not be identified.
‘There is a real humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. Gaza is facing a disaster. If this war continues, we won’t be able to bury the dead.’
VIDEO: ‘There are massacres day and night’, Gaza resident in south of the enclave says
Despite Israel assuring Gazans that the south of the strip would be safer than the north, those who have fled there are telling a different story.
‘The southern area, south of the valley, is not safe,’ a man in Khan Younis said.
‘There are massacres day and night, many massacres, where children, young people, babies – everyone is being killed.
‘Buildings are killed, trees are killed… there is no safe place in all of Gaza Strip. The south is destroyed, all of the killings and displacement is in the south.
‘We belong to God and to him we shall return.’
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VIDEO: Fires seen rising on the Israel-Lebanon border as the IDF continues to exchange fire with Hezbollah
Government ‘wants to get British nationals out of Gaza’ but there ‘needs to be a safer environment’, Rishi Sunak says
Rishi Sunak said there needed to be a ‘safer environment’ in Gaza in order to allow British nationals to leave the bombarded area.
- ‘Alongside (supplying) aid, we also want to try and get our British nationals out of Gaza, for the hostages to be released.
- ‘We recognise that for all of that to happen, there needs to be a safer environment, which of course necessitates specific pauses, which are distinct from a ceasefire.
- ‘And that is why we supported the resolution at the United Nations yesterday which, among many other things, mentioned that.’
The Prime Minister made the comments during questions after a speech on artificial intelligence.
PICTURED: Horror in Khan Younis – southern Gaza city is bombarded with Israeli airstrikes hitting homes and people running for their lives
Turkey’s President Erdogan tells Pope that the silence of the international community over Gaza is ’embarrassing’
- Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call with Pope Francis today, his office said.
- In it, he said that Israel’s attacks on Gaza amounted to a massacre.
- He said that all countries must raise their voice against the humanitarian crisis in the region.
- He described the perceived silence of the international community as ’embarrasing’.
Identities of 1,117 people killed by Hamas in October 7 attack on Israel are confirmed
- Israeli police have identified 808 civilians killed in the Hamas attack of October 7.
- The army has identified 309 soldiers who lost their lives, bringing the total to 1,117.
- Work continues to identify the remainder of the 1,405 victims.
PICTURED: Plume of smoke towers over southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis as Israeli airstrikes continue to rain down
Confirmed number of Gaza hostages rises to 224 and could increase further, Israeli military says
The number of people confirmed held hostage in the Gaza Strip since the October 7 attack by Hamas has risen to 224, the IDF has said.
IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said the families of the 224 hostages have been notified.
He warned that this number could rise further as the military investigates new information.
Four hostages have been released by the terrorists so far.
Israel health ministry says 267 people are still hospitalised after October 7 attack by Hamas
Israel’s health ministry has said that 267 people are still receiving treatment in hospital following the October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists.
Of this number, 50 are said to be in a serious condition.
PICTURED: Palestinians inspect the rubble as smoke rises over Gaza City and Khan Younis after another night of Israeli airstrikes
EU leaders to call for ‘humanitarian corridors and pauses’ to get aid into Gaza
European Union leaders are set to call for the establishment of ‘humanitarian corridors and pauses’ to get urgently needed aid into Gaza, a draft text for a summit today shows.
IDF shares footage of warplanes hitting ‘over 250 targets of the terrorist organization Hamas’
The IDF has shared footage of overnight strikes on what it says are Hamas terrorist targets.
Spokesperson Daniel Hagari said on X: ‘In the last day, IDF warplanes attacked over 250 targets of the terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
‘Among the targets that were attacked, terrorist infrastructures, operational headquarters, terrorist tunnel shafts and rocket launchers placed in a civilian environment which were used to shoot at Israel during the fighting.’
UN warns ‘nowhere is safe’ in Gaza amid Israel bombing
Israel continues its aerial bombardment of Gaza today after tank raids on the territory overnight.
‘Nowhere is safe in Gaza,’ Lynne Hastings, UN humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, said in a statement.
‘When the evacuation routes are bombed, when people north as well as south are caught up in hostilities, when the essentials for survival are lacking, and when there are no assurances for return, people are left with nothing but impossible choices.’
Hamas warns: ‘The battles have not begun yet’
The deputy head of the Hamas political bureau, has warned that ‘the battles have not begun yet.’
Saleh al-Arouri also revealed he had met with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on October 7, the day of Hamas’ bloody invasion of Israel.
He made the comments in an interview with al-Manar, the TV channel of Hezbollah.
Red Cross says it plans to bring eight to 10 trucks into Gaza today
The Red Cross hopes to bring eight to 10 aid trucks into Gaza today and to ‘establish a pipeline’, an official has said.
‘This is a small amount of what is required, a drop in the ocean if you will, given the severity of the consequences of the violence in the last two and a half weeks,’ said William Schomburg, head of the sub-delegation in Gaza.
PICTURED: Flares land amid the wreckage of bombed-out buildings as Israel continues to pound the Gaza Strip
UK government to hold COBRA meeting today on Israel-Gaza strategy
The government’s COBRA emergency response committee will meet today to consider its strategy and approach towards Gaza and the Israeli-Hamas conflict, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said this morning.
Israel seizes fuel destined for Gaza, forcing UN Palestinian refugee agency to ration supplies
- Israel is blocking aid trucks delivering fuel from entering Gaza as it claims the goods are being seized by Hamas.
- Consequently, the UN Palestinian refugee agency has shared its own resources, but warns hospitals will shut down as their own fuel supply is about to run out.
- UNRWA spokesperson Tamara Alrifai said agency workers are being forced to ration fuel reserves and choose where the resources are deployed.
- ‘Do we give for the incubators or the bakeries? It is an excruciating decision.’
PICTURED: Before-and-after satellite images show scale of devastation in Gaza
- Israeli forces including tanks rolled into northern Gaza overnight in the biggest incursion of the war against Hamas so far to carry out ‘targeted raids’ on ‘terrorist cells’ ahead of a full-scale ground invasion.
- In an indication Israel was widening assaults into Gaza, the military said ground forces attacked multiple targets in the Hamas-ruled enclave on Thursday before withdrawing.
- The IDF said tanks and infantry struck numerous terrorist cells, infrastructure and anti-tank missile launch posts ‘as part of preparations for the next stages of combat’ against Hamas.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last night warned Hamas terrorists in a televised statement that they were ‘doomed’ as he vowed to push ahead with a ground invasion.
Key Updates - Confirmed number of Gaza hostages rises to 224 and could increase further, Israeli military says
- UN warns ‘nowhere is safe’ in Gaza amid Israel bombing
- Hamas warns: ‘The battles have not begun yet’
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