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Israel Palestine War News Live Updates - Day 7: Israel orders over a million people to leave northern Gaza in 24 hours, UN says it's impossible without devastating consequences
13 Oct, 2023 | 11:38:38 AM IST
Israel Palestine War Live Updates: Israel's military on Friday called for all civilians of Gaza City, more than 1 million people, to relocate south within 24 hours, as it amassed tanks near the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected ground invasion.
The Israeli military said it would operate "significantly" in Gaza City in the coming days and civilians would only be able to return when another announcement was made.
An IDF spokesperson said "the aim is to minimise the damage to civilians" as "there are significant combat operations ongoing, and we are preparing for the future and the continuance of our combat operations".
Meanwhile, the United Nations urged Israel to rescind the call and warned that it could have 'devastating humanitarian consequences'. "The United Nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences," Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, said on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Hamas has made an urgent plea to international relief organisations to deliver essential medical and humanitarian supplies to Gaza, where Israel's ongoing airstrikes have exacerbated a deepening humanitarian crisis.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the ongoing Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have resulted in the deaths of at least 1,537 individuals, including 500 children and 267 women, since their commencement following a deadly Hamas attack last Saturday. An additional 6,612 people have sustained injuries. A statement from the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs revealed that over 330,000 individuals have been displaced in Gaza since Israel initiated its bombardment of the region.
Israel has been reeling since an October 7 attack, when Hamas gunmen swept into small towns, kibbutzim and a music festival, killing more than 1,200 people and taking about 150 hostages.
In retaliation, Israel has rained air and artillery strikes on Gaza -- a densely populated enclave of 2.3 million people -- flattening buildings and killing more than 1,400 people, many of them civilians.
In the Gaza Strip, meanwhile, residents are facing ever-growing uncertainty after the territory's only power plant ran out of fuel and shut down Wednesday. Without power, communication is limited and information is scarce.
The Israeli military said it would operate "significantly" in Gaza City in the coming days and civilians would only be able to return when another announcement was made.
An IDF spokesperson said "the aim is to minimise the damage to civilians" as "there are significant combat operations ongoing, and we are preparing for the future and the continuance of our combat operations".
Meanwhile, the United Nations urged Israel to rescind the call and warned that it could have 'devastating humanitarian consequences'. "The United Nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences," Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, said on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Hamas has made an urgent plea to international relief organisations to deliver essential medical and humanitarian supplies to Gaza, where Israel's ongoing airstrikes have exacerbated a deepening humanitarian crisis.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the ongoing Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have resulted in the deaths of at least 1,537 individuals, including 500 children and 267 women, since their commencement following a deadly Hamas attack last Saturday. An additional 6,612 people have sustained injuries. A statement from the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs revealed that over 330,000 individuals have been displaced in Gaza since Israel initiated its bombardment of the region.
Israel has been reeling since an October 7 attack, when Hamas gunmen swept into small towns, kibbutzim and a music festival, killing more than 1,200 people and taking about 150 hostages.
In retaliation, Israel has rained air and artillery strikes on Gaza -- a densely populated enclave of 2.3 million people -- flattening buildings and killing more than 1,400 people, many of them civilians.
In the Gaza Strip, meanwhile, residents are facing ever-growing uncertainty after the territory's only power plant ran out of fuel and shut down Wednesday. Without power, communication is limited and information is scarce.
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Israel Palestine War News Live: Israel's notice for civilians in Gaza
Israel Palestine War: The notice read: "The IDF calls for the evacuation of all civilians of Gaza City from their homes southwards for their own safety and protection and move to the area south of the Wadi Gaza, as shown on the map.
The Hamas terrorist organization waged a war against the State of Israel and Gaza City is an area where military operations take place. This evacuation is for your own safety.
You will be able to return to Gaza City only when another announcement permitting it is made. Do not approach the area of the security fence with the State of Israel.
Hamas terrorists are hiding in Gaza City inside tunnels underneath houses and inside buildings populated with innocent Gazan civilians.
Civilians of Gaza City, evacuate south for your own safety and the safety of your families and distance yourself from Hamas terrorists who are using you as human shields.
In the following days, the IDF will continue to operate significantly in Gaza City and make extensive efforts to avoid harming civilians."
The Hamas terrorist organization waged a war against the State of Israel and Gaza City is an area where military operations take place. This evacuation is for your own safety.
You will be able to return to Gaza City only when another announcement permitting it is made. Do not approach the area of the security fence with the State of Israel.
Hamas terrorists are hiding in Gaza City inside tunnels underneath houses and inside buildings populated with innocent Gazan civilians.
Civilians of Gaza City, evacuate south for your own safety and the safety of your families and distance yourself from Hamas terrorists who are using you as human shields.
In the following days, the IDF will continue to operate significantly in Gaza City and make extensive efforts to avoid harming civilians."
Israel Palestine War News Live: US Defense Secretary Austin to visit Israel today
Israel Palestine War: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin plans to visit Israel on Friday, the second high-level U.S. official to visit Tel Aviv in two days, in a deliberate show of support and an effort to determine what additional military aid is needed in the war with Hamas. Austin is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, AP reported. Austin's visit comes just a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited and vowed American support for Israel in a meeting with Netanyahu.
Israel Palestine War News Live: Hamas practised attack weeks before border breach
Israel Hamas War News: Hamas held a mock attack about a month before the actual breach and did it publicly, according to a report of AP. It even posted a two-minute propaganda video on September 12 that shows fighters using explosives to blast through a replica of the border gate, sweep in on pickup trucks and then move building by building through a full-scale reconstruction of an Israeli town, firing automatic weapons at human-silhouetted paper targets.Read Full Story
Israel Palestine War News Live: US announces evacuation flights for Americans
Israel Gaza War News: The White House announced that the U.S. government will begin operating evacuation flights to help Americans leave Israel as Israel prepares to escalate retaliatory action against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. The evacuation flights are expected to begin Friday, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. The U.S. government is arranging for at least four charter flights a day out of Israel, according to people familiar with the planning.
Israel Palestine War News Live: Turkey issues advisory for its citizens
Israel Gaza Conflict: Turkey's foreign ministry has urged citizens in Lebanon on Friday to stay away from the country's south because of fighting between Israeli and Palestinian forces there, and advised them to stay north of the Litani river.
Israel Palestine War News Live: Call off evacuation order, UN tells Israel
Israel War NewsIsrael War News: The United Nations has urged Israel to rescind its call for 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza to relocate to the south of the territory within 24 hours. "The United Nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences," Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, said on Thursday. He told AFP that the UN "strongly appeals for any such order, if confirmed, to be rescinded avoiding what could transform what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation."
Israel Palestine War News Live: UNRWA relocates opearations to South Gaza
Israel War News : The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said it relocated its central operations centre and international staff to Gaza's south to continue its humanitarian operations and support its staff and Palestinian refugees.
Israel Palestine War News Live: Hamas denies killing babies, says it only targeted Israeli military bases
Israel War News: Hamas has rejected allegations that its fighters had killed babies in last week's attack. "We firmly deny these allegations as we reject this media bias, and we call on media to abide by journalistic code of ethics," CNN quoted Basim Naim, an official with Hamas information office, as saying in a video statement late Thursday. The official also called the militant group's large-scale surprise assault on Israel on October 7 a "defensive operation" and an "internally Palestinian" one. "The operation targeted only the Israeli military bases and compounds," Naim claimed. "There were clear instructions from the top commanders of Al Qassam Brigades (Hamas' military wing) to avoid targeting civilians or killing them."
Israel Palestine War News Live: 338,000 Palestinians displaced due to war
Israel War News: According to United Nations, more than 338,000 Palestinians have been displaced due to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, nearly 218,000 of which are sheltering in 92 schools run by the UN Relief and Works Agency.
Israel Palestine War News Live: Israeli military says it would operate "significantly" in Gaza City
Israel Palestine War: The Israeli military said it would operate "significantly" in Gaza City in the coming days and civilians would only be able to return when another announcement was made. Earlier on Thursday Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said "now is a time for war," as Israeli warplanes continued pounding Gaza in retaliation for the deadliest attack by Palestinian militants in its history.
Now is a time for war
- Defence Minister Yoav Gallant
Israel Palestine War News Live: Israel's military orders civilians to evacuate Gaza city
Israeli military tells Gazans not to approach area of fence with Israel. Israel's military has also ordered civilians to evacuate Gaza city, ahead of a feared ground offensive. Israeli military today also said that it will operate significantly in Gaza city in the coming days
Israel Palestine War News Live: 27 Americans killed in Hamas attacks, US to arrange charter flights to evacuate its citizens from Israel
Israel Palestine War News Live:At least 27 American citizens have died and 14 remain unaccounted for as a result of unfolding violence in Israel and the US will arrange charter flights to evacuate its citizens from the strife-torn Jewish state, the White House has announced.Palestinian militant group Hamas carried out a barrage of air strikes in Southern Israel on Saturday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in response launched multiple attacks targeting Hamas' key infrastructure. So far, over 2,000 people have been killed in Israel and the Gaza Strip in the biggest escalation in decades between the two sides.India is one of the first countries to evacuate its citizens from Israel.On the sixth day of violence, the Israeli military said more than 1,300 people, including 222 soldiers, were killed in Israel. In the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, over 1,400 people have been killed in Israel's offensive against the Palestinian militant group, according to authorities there."We are all acutely aware of limited availability right now on commercial flights out of Israel and the demand signal by U.S. citizens who may want to depart. The president has asked his team to ensure that we are assisting U.S. citizens who do want to leave Israel and providing them with a safe means of doing that,” said John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council at the White House.
Israel Palestine War News Live: Israeli missiles hit Lebanon, no injuries reported
Israel Palestine War News Live: Four Patriot missiles were reportedly launched from Israeli territory, with three of them exploding in the airspace of southern Lebanon and the fourth falling in one of the plains in the area, Lebanese military sources have said.
The three missiles exploded in Marjeyoun and Khiam, while the fourth fell in Al-Mari town in south Lebanon, the sources told Xinhua news agency on condition of anonymity.
No injuries were reported. The sources said they monitored the launching of these missiles from an Iron Dome platform on the southwestern side of the occupied Syrian Golan, noting that no rockets were launched from Lebanon toward Israel.
Sirens sounded in all the Israeli settlements adjacent to the Lebanese border for several minutes, followed by an intense flight of Israeli warplanes along the borderline and over the Lebanese areas of Arqoub and Marjeyoun for about two hours.
The three missiles exploded in Marjeyoun and Khiam, while the fourth fell in Al-Mari town in south Lebanon, the sources told Xinhua news agency on condition of anonymity.
No injuries were reported. The sources said they monitored the launching of these missiles from an Iron Dome platform on the southwestern side of the occupied Syrian Golan, noting that no rockets were launched from Lebanon toward Israel.
Sirens sounded in all the Israeli settlements adjacent to the Lebanese border for several minutes, followed by an intense flight of Israeli warplanes along the borderline and over the Lebanese areas of Arqoub and Marjeyoun for about two hours.
Israel Palestine War News Live:US law enforcement steps up security ahead of expected Mideast protests
Israel Palestine War News Live: U.S. law enforcement agencies have escalated security measures to safeguard Jewish and Muslim communities ahead of global pro-Palestinian protests expected on Friday but urged members of the public to go about their daily routines.
Police in the two most populous U.S. cities - New York and Los Angeles - said they would step up patrols, especially around synagogues and Jewish community centers, though authorities insisted they were unaware of any specific, or credible threats.
"There's no reason to feel afraid. No one should feel they have to alter their normal lives," New York Governor Kathy Hochul said at a news briefing on Thursday.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said his office had directed city police to "surge additional resources to schools and houses of worship to ensure they are safe and that our city remains a place of peace."
Police in the two most populous U.S. cities - New York and Los Angeles - said they would step up patrols, especially around synagogues and Jewish community centers, though authorities insisted they were unaware of any specific, or credible threats.
"There's no reason to feel afraid. No one should feel they have to alter their normal lives," New York Governor Kathy Hochul said at a news briefing on Thursday.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said his office had directed city police to "surge additional resources to schools and houses of worship to ensure they are safe and that our city remains a place of peace."
Israel Palestine War News Live: 1,600 Australians register for repatriation from Israel, Palestine
Israel Palestine War News Live: The Australian government has been working to repatriate Australian citizens stranded in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday said that an extraordinary logistical exercise is underway to get 1,600 Australians in the region who have registered for government-assisted repatriation, Xinhua news agency reported.
The government has organised two free flights operated by the country's flag carrier Qantas from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport, the first of which will depart on Friday with more than 200 passengers on board, and has chartered a third flight.
Of the 1,600 Australians who have registered with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for assisted departure from the region, Albanese told state media the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that 19 are located in Gaza.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday said that an extraordinary logistical exercise is underway to get 1,600 Australians in the region who have registered for government-assisted repatriation, Xinhua news agency reported.
The government has organised two free flights operated by the country's flag carrier Qantas from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport, the first of which will depart on Friday with more than 200 passengers on board, and has chartered a third flight.
Of the 1,600 Australians who have registered with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for assisted departure from the region, Albanese told state media the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that 19 are located in Gaza.
Israel Palestine War News Live: UN urges Israel to call off northern Gaza evacuation order
Israel Palestine War News Live: The United Nations was informed that Israel had ordered 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza to relocate to the south of the territory within 24 hours, a UN spokesperson told AFP Thursday, calling for the order to be rescinded on humanitarian grounds.
"The United Nations strongly appeals for any such order, if confirmed, to be rescinded avoiding what could transform what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation," Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general told AFP.
"The United Nations strongly appeals for any such order, if confirmed, to be rescinded avoiding what could transform what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation," Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general told AFP.
Israel Palestine War News Live: UN says Israeli military warns 1.1 mln Gazans to relocate south
Israel Palestine War News Live: Israel's military informed the United Nations early on Friday that the 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza should relocate to the enclave's south within the next 24 hours, a U.N spokesman said, in what Palestinians fear could be a precursor to a planned Israeli ground offensive.
The Israeli military did not immediately provide comment on the warning, which came as Israel amassed tanks near the Gaza border and pounded the Palestinian enclave with air strikes following a deadly Hamas militant attack in Israel.
"The United Nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
"The United Nations strongly appeals for any such order, if confirmed, to be rescinded avoiding what could transform what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation," he said.
Dujarric said the order by the Israeli military also applied to all U.N. staff and those sheltered in U.N. facilities, including schools, health centres and clinics.
The Israeli military did not immediately provide comment on the warning, which came as Israel amassed tanks near the Gaza border and pounded the Palestinian enclave with air strikes following a deadly Hamas militant attack in Israel.
"The United Nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
"The United Nations strongly appeals for any such order, if confirmed, to be rescinded avoiding what could transform what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation," he said.
Dujarric said the order by the Israeli military also applied to all U.N. staff and those sheltered in U.N. facilities, including schools, health centres and clinics.
Israel Palestine War News Live: Hamas attack relegates Palestinian Authority to sidelines
Israel Palestine War News Live: In launching its bloody attack on Israel, Hamas has effectively sidelined the Palestinian Authority and stamped its authority across the whole of the occupied Palestinian territories, analysts said.
On Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath day of rest, hundreds of Hamas fighters from the Gaza Strip stormed across the Israeli border by land, air and sea, killing more than 1,200 people in Israel, mostly civilians, and seizing about 150 hostages under the cover of a deluge of rockets.
Israel has retaliated with artillery and air strikes on Gaza, killing more than 1,400 people during six days of intense fighting and imposing a "complete siege" there. It has also massed tens of thousands of troops along the border with Gaza in what appears to be a preparation for a ground invasion.
With its "Al-Aqsa Flood" campaign, Hamas has imposed itself "as the Palestinian interlocutor of reference, the one capable of dictating the political and military agenda", Xavier Guignard, a specialist on the Palestinian territories, told AFP.
On Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath day of rest, hundreds of Hamas fighters from the Gaza Strip stormed across the Israeli border by land, air and sea, killing more than 1,200 people in Israel, mostly civilians, and seizing about 150 hostages under the cover of a deluge of rockets.
Israel has retaliated with artillery and air strikes on Gaza, killing more than 1,400 people during six days of intense fighting and imposing a "complete siege" there. It has also massed tens of thousands of troops along the border with Gaza in what appears to be a preparation for a ground invasion.
With its "Al-Aqsa Flood" campaign, Hamas has imposed itself "as the Palestinian interlocutor of reference, the one capable of dictating the political and military agenda", Xavier Guignard, a specialist on the Palestinian territories, told AFP.
Israel Palestine War News Live: Biden slams Trump for calling Hezbollah 'smart'
Israel Palestine War News Live: US President Joe Biden condemned Donald Trump on Thursday for describing Hezbollah as "very smart" even as the Lebanese militant group exchanges fire with Israel following the Hamas attack on the US ally.
During a campaign speech in Florida, Trump also falsely accused the Biden administration of bankrolling the Hamas assault as a result of a prisoner exchange deal with Iran, which has historically funded Hamas and Hezbollah.
Biden said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that "our nation's support for Israel is resolute and unwavering. And the right time to praise the terrorists who seek to destroy them is never."
Trump had made his remarks to supporters in West Palm Beach as he was criticizing the White House.
"You know, Hezbollah is very smart. They're all very smart,'" Trump said.
During a campaign speech in Florida, Trump also falsely accused the Biden administration of bankrolling the Hamas assault as a result of a prisoner exchange deal with Iran, which has historically funded Hamas and Hezbollah.
Biden said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that "our nation's support for Israel is resolute and unwavering. And the right time to praise the terrorists who seek to destroy them is never."
Trump had made his remarks to supporters in West Palm Beach as he was criticizing the White House.
"You know, Hezbollah is very smart. They're all very smart,'" Trump said.
Israel Palestine War News Live: Biden's devotion to Israel faces a new test
Israel Palestine War News Live: Joe Biden had been to Dachau, the infamous concentration camp in Germany, several times before, but he sensed changes when he visited as vice president with a teenaged granddaughter.
“It seemed as though things had been rearranged to make visitors less uncomfortable," he recalled in a memoir published two years after the 2015 visit. "They had softened the cruel edges over the years.”
Unwilling to settle for what he believed was a more sanitised experience, Biden asked the guides to bring them to the gas chamber, where they “slammed the door behind us with a frightening clank.”
For Biden, it's a direct line from there to the Hamas attacks on Israel, which caused the largest loss of Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust. In a searing speech from the White House, Biden said the bloodshed "brought to the surface painful memories and the scars left by a millennia of antisemitism and genocide of the Jewish people.”
The massacres and kidnappings have sparked a crisis that threatens to engulf more of the Middle East. They've also resonated deeply for the U.S. president, whose devotion to Israel is rooted in a childhood that saw the birth of the Jewish state and in a political career that parallels repeated threats to destroy it.
Biden's commitment could be tested if Israel launches an incursion into Gaza, where Hamas is headquartered, in a military operation that would compound the suffering already experienced by Palestinians facing waves of retaliatory bombardment.
“It seemed as though things had been rearranged to make visitors less uncomfortable," he recalled in a memoir published two years after the 2015 visit. "They had softened the cruel edges over the years.”
Unwilling to settle for what he believed was a more sanitised experience, Biden asked the guides to bring them to the gas chamber, where they “slammed the door behind us with a frightening clank.”
For Biden, it's a direct line from there to the Hamas attacks on Israel, which caused the largest loss of Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust. In a searing speech from the White House, Biden said the bloodshed "brought to the surface painful memories and the scars left by a millennia of antisemitism and genocide of the Jewish people.”
The massacres and kidnappings have sparked a crisis that threatens to engulf more of the Middle East. They've also resonated deeply for the U.S. president, whose devotion to Israel is rooted in a childhood that saw the birth of the Jewish state and in a political career that parallels repeated threats to destroy it.
Biden's commitment could be tested if Israel launches an incursion into Gaza, where Hamas is headquartered, in a military operation that would compound the suffering already experienced by Palestinians facing waves of retaliatory bombardment.
Israel Palestine War News Live:Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks rises to 1,569
Israel Palestine War News Live: The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip and West Bank has totalled 1,569, while 7,212 others were wounded, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry.
The ministry said in a statement that the number of fatalities in Gaza has reached 1,537, including 500 children and 276 women, Xinhua news agency reported.
Israel on Thursday continued its airstrikes on various areas of Gaza in response to a large-scale surprise attack launched by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Saturday.
Israel's public broadcaster Kan said the death toll from the Hamas attack in Israel has so far risen to over 1,300.
The ministry said in a statement that the number of fatalities in Gaza has reached 1,537, including 500 children and 276 women, Xinhua news agency reported.
Israel on Thursday continued its airstrikes on various areas of Gaza in response to a large-scale surprise attack launched by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Saturday.
Israel's public broadcaster Kan said the death toll from the Hamas attack in Israel has so far risen to over 1,300.
Israel Palestine War News Live: Hamas practised in plain sight, posting video of mock attack weeks before border breach
Israel Palestine War News Live: Less than a month before Hamas fighters blew through Israel's high-tech “Iron Wall” and launched an attack that would leave more than 1,200 Israelis dead, they practised in a very public dress rehearsal.
A slickly produced two-minute propaganda video posted to social media by Hamas on September 12 shows fighters using explosives to blast through a replica of the border gate, sweep in on pickup trucks and then move building by building through a full-scale reconstruction of an Israeli town, firing automatic weapons at human-silhouetted paper targets.
The Islamic militant group's live-fire exercise dubbed operation “Strong Pillar” also shows militants wearing body armour and combat fatigues swiftly carrying out operations that included the destruction of mock-ups of the wall's concrete towers and a communications antenna, just as they would do for real in the deadly attack last Saturday.
A slickly produced two-minute propaganda video posted to social media by Hamas on September 12 shows fighters using explosives to blast through a replica of the border gate, sweep in on pickup trucks and then move building by building through a full-scale reconstruction of an Israeli town, firing automatic weapons at human-silhouetted paper targets.
The Islamic militant group's live-fire exercise dubbed operation “Strong Pillar” also shows militants wearing body armour and combat fatigues swiftly carrying out operations that included the destruction of mock-ups of the wall's concrete towers and a communications antenna, just as they would do for real in the deadly attack last Saturday.
Israel Palestine War News Live:First batch of 254 students, stranded amid Israel-Hamas war, land in Kathmandu
Israel Palestine War News Live:As the first batch of evacuees from Israel arrived back in Kathmandu in the wee hours of Friday, the Government of Nepal has announced to make further arrangements to bring back citizens from Israel.
A Nepal Airlines wide-body aircraft, which flew to Tel Aviv on Thursday morning to bring back the Nepali students, landed in Kathmandu at around 3 am (Local Time) on Friday.
Leading the rescue mission, NP Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Himalayan Nation announced the arrival of 254 students in the first batch of evacuation while 249 still wait back in Israel for airlift.
"The Nepal Embassy in Tel Aviv had earlier registered Nepali citizens who wanted to be located in safer areas and those wanting to return back to Nepal. Till now a total of 557 Nepali citizens have registered themselves, of which 503 wanted to return to Nepal and of them a total of 254 students have been evacuated under the first phase of evacuation efforts," said Saud while addressing media persons here at the airport on Friday morning.
A Nepal Airlines wide-body aircraft, which flew to Tel Aviv on Thursday morning to bring back the Nepali students, landed in Kathmandu at around 3 am (Local Time) on Friday.
Leading the rescue mission, NP Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Himalayan Nation announced the arrival of 254 students in the first batch of evacuation while 249 still wait back in Israel for airlift.
"The Nepal Embassy in Tel Aviv had earlier registered Nepali citizens who wanted to be located in safer areas and those wanting to return back to Nepal. Till now a total of 557 Nepali citizens have registered themselves, of which 503 wanted to return to Nepal and of them a total of 254 students have been evacuated under the first phase of evacuation efforts," said Saud while addressing media persons here at the airport on Friday morning.
Israel Palestine War News Live: France has banned pro-Palestinian protests and vowed to protect Jews from resurgent antisemitism
Israel Palestine War News Live: France's interior minister on Thursday ordered local authorities to ban all pro-Palestinian demonstrations amid a rise in antisemitic acts since Hamas attacked Israel over the weekend. President Emmanuel Macron urged French people not to allow the war in the Mideast erupt into tensions at home.
Soon before Macron spoke in a televised address to the nation about the Mideast conflict, Paris police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters who had defied a ban and demonstrated Thursday against the Israeli government.
"Let us not bring ideological adventures here (to France) by imitation or by projection. Let us not add national fractures ... to international fractures,?" Macron pleaded. "Let us stay united."
Soon before Macron spoke in a televised address to the nation about the Mideast conflict, Paris police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters who had defied a ban and demonstrated Thursday against the Israeli government.
"Let us not bring ideological adventures here (to France) by imitation or by projection. Let us not add national fractures ... to international fractures,?" Macron pleaded. "Let us stay united."
Israel Palestine War News Live: JPMorgan chief Dimon warns of 'ripple effects' from Middle East violence
Israel Palestine War News Live: The conflict in the Middle East will have "ripple effects that extend far beyond the region", JPMorgan Chase's CEO Jamie Dimon warned in an internal memo to employees seen by Reuters.
The deadliest attack on civilians in Israeli history on Saturday has led to a dramatic escalation of violence in the region. The Israeli death toll has risen to more than 1,300, according to public broadcaster Kan, while Gaza authorities said more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed.
The attack could prompt "an increase in antisemitism and Islamophobia around the globe", Dimon said, adding that the bank was working closely with the U.S. and international government agencies to guarantee the safety of its employees.
The deadliest attack on civilians in Israeli history on Saturday has led to a dramatic escalation of violence in the region. The Israeli death toll has risen to more than 1,300, according to public broadcaster Kan, while Gaza authorities said more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed.
The attack could prompt "an increase in antisemitism and Islamophobia around the globe", Dimon said, adding that the bank was working closely with the U.S. and international government agencies to guarantee the safety of its employees.
Israel Palestine War News Live: Macron urges 'strong and fair' response by Israel to Hamas attack
Israel Palestine War News Live: French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday urged Israel to show a strong but fair response to the attack by Hamas, while condemning the "blind murderous hatred" and "absolute cruelty" of the Palestinian militant group.
Macron said in an address to the nation that Israel had the right to defend itself "by eliminating terrorist groups, including Hamas, with targeted actions but preserving the civilian population", adding that the "only response to terrorism is one that is... strong but fair".
Macron said in an address to the nation that Israel had the right to defend itself "by eliminating terrorist groups, including Hamas, with targeted actions but preserving the civilian population", adding that the "only response to terrorism is one that is... strong but fair".
Israel Palestine War News Live: Lufthansa extends flight stop to Israel until Oct 22
Israel Palestine War News Live: Lufthansa on Thursday extended its suspension of flights to Israel until Oct. 22 over security concerns, the company said.
The airlines of the Lufthansa group, which apart from Lufthansa include Swiss, Austrian and Brussels Airlines, are suspending flights to Israel for a longer period of time.
"Safety is the top priority for the Lufthansa group airlines," the company said.
The airline also said it was continuing to communicate with Germany's foreign office regarding possible additional flights to bring Germans home from Israel.
The airlines of the Lufthansa group, which apart from Lufthansa include Swiss, Austrian and Brussels Airlines, are suspending flights to Israel for a longer period of time.
"Safety is the top priority for the Lufthansa group airlines," the company said.
The airline also said it was continuing to communicate with Germany's foreign office regarding possible additional flights to bring Germans home from Israel.
Israel Palestine War News Live: US 'always by your side', Blinken tells Israel in war with Hamas
Israel Palestine War News Live: Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed unwavering US support for Israel in its war on Hamas during a visit Thursday but said the Palestinians also have "legitimate aspirations" not represented by the Islamists.
Hamas gunmen killed 1,200 people in Israel and took about 150 hostages in their surprise onslaught launched from Gaza on Saturday. Israel has retaliated by raining air and artillery strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza for six days, claiming more than 1,400 lives.
Israel has prepared for a possible ground invasion of the Palestinian territory after what has been labelled Israel's 9/11.
"You may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself," Blinken said at a joint press conference in Tel Aviv with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"But as long as America exists, you will never, ever have to. We will always be there by your side."
Hamas gunmen killed 1,200 people in Israel and took about 150 hostages in their surprise onslaught launched from Gaza on Saturday. Israel has retaliated by raining air and artillery strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza for six days, claiming more than 1,400 lives.
Israel has prepared for a possible ground invasion of the Palestinian territory after what has been labelled Israel's 9/11.
"You may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself," Blinken said at a joint press conference in Tel Aviv with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"But as long as America exists, you will never, ever have to. We will always be there by your side."
Israel Palestine War News Live: Gazans must 'remain on their land,' says Egypt's Sisi
Israel Palestine War News Live: Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Thursday that Gazans must "stay steadfast and remain on their land", amid calls for Cairo to allow safe passage for civilians stuck in Gaza.
The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza is the only passage in and out of the coastal enclave not controlled by Israel.
Israel has bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip since Saturday in reprisal for a shock Hamas attack on Israel that has killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and looks poised to send ground troops into Gaza where official have reported over 1,400 deaths.
Egypt is committed to ensuring the delivery "of aid, both medical and humanitarian at this difficult time", Sisi said, affirming Cairo's "firm position" of ensuring Palestinians' "legitimate rights".
But he stressed, in a speech at a military ceremony, that Gazans must "stay steadfast and remain on their land".
The tiny coastal enclave home to 2.4 million people, already blockaded since 2007, is under siege by Israel which has cut off water, food and power supplies.
The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza is the only passage in and out of the coastal enclave not controlled by Israel.
Israel has bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip since Saturday in reprisal for a shock Hamas attack on Israel that has killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and looks poised to send ground troops into Gaza where official have reported over 1,400 deaths.
Egypt is committed to ensuring the delivery "of aid, both medical and humanitarian at this difficult time", Sisi said, affirming Cairo's "firm position" of ensuring Palestinians' "legitimate rights".
But he stressed, in a speech at a military ceremony, that Gazans must "stay steadfast and remain on their land".
The tiny coastal enclave home to 2.4 million people, already blockaded since 2007, is under siege by Israel which has cut off water, food and power supplies.
Israel Palestine War News Live: Netanyahu shows Blinken horrific pictures of infant victims
Israel Palestine War News Live: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday showed visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken horrific pictures of babies he said were killed by Hamas militants in Israel over the weekend.
The pictures were posted by the prime minister's office on X, formerly Twitter. One picture showed a dead baby in a body bag while the other showed the charred remains of another infant.
Israel is reeling under a deadly attack that was carried out by Hamas fighters on Saturday morning in which at least 1,200 people, most of them civilians, were killed in Israel and around 150 hostages abducted to Gaza.
In response, the Israeli military has launched a blistering aerial and artillery bombardment that has killed more than 1,400 people in the Gaza Strip, most of them civilians.
Blinken described to reporters what he saw in the photographs shown to him by Netanyahu: "A baby -- an infant -- riddled with bullets. Soldiers beheaded, young people burnt alive in their cars.
The pictures were posted by the prime minister's office on X, formerly Twitter. One picture showed a dead baby in a body bag while the other showed the charred remains of another infant.
Israel is reeling under a deadly attack that was carried out by Hamas fighters on Saturday morning in which at least 1,200 people, most of them civilians, were killed in Israel and around 150 hostages abducted to Gaza.
In response, the Israeli military has launched a blistering aerial and artillery bombardment that has killed more than 1,400 people in the Gaza Strip, most of them civilians.
Blinken described to reporters what he saw in the photographs shown to him by Netanyahu: "A baby -- an infant -- riddled with bullets. Soldiers beheaded, young people burnt alive in their cars.
Israel Palestine War News Live: US to arrange flights to help citizens leave Israel
Israel Palestine War News Live: The White House said Thursday it was working to organize charter flights to help US citizens leave Israel, as the number of confirmed American dead in the war with Hamas rose to 27.
"Beginning tomorrow, (the) United States government will arrange charter flights to provide transportation from Israel to sites in Europe," said White House national security spokesman John Kirby, adding that officials were "still working through some of the details."
"We can now update the number of Americans that we know have been killed to 27 and the number of unaccounted for stands today at 14," Kirby said.
"We're obviously doing everything we can to support and inform the families."
"Beginning tomorrow, (the) United States government will arrange charter flights to provide transportation from Israel to sites in Europe," said White House national security spokesman John Kirby, adding that officials were "still working through some of the details."
"We can now update the number of Americans that we know have been killed to 27 and the number of unaccounted for stands today at 14," Kirby said.
"We're obviously doing everything we can to support and inform the families."
Israel Palestine War News Live: Five Palestinians killed in Israeli air strike in Jabalia camp in Gaza
Israel Palestine War News Live: Twenty-five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike on a house in Jabalia camp in northern Gaza strip, Hamas media said on Thursday.
Israel Palestine War News Live: We can now update the number of Americans that we know have been killed to 27 and the number of unaccounted for stands today at 14. We're obviously doing everything we can to support and inform the families...We're continuing to work with Israeli officials to make sure that we're getting as much context and information as possible that we will share with them.
- John Kirby, NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications
Israel Palestine War News Live: Hamas urges global relief organisations to send vital supplies to Gaza
Israel Palestine War News Live: Hamas has made an urgent plea to international relief organisations to deliver essential medical and humanitarian supplies to Gaza, where Israel's ongoing airstrikes have exacerbated a deepening humanitarian crisis, CNN reported.
The region faces the risk of starvation and the imminent depletion of fuel resources as Israel has withheld critical supplies in response to Hamas' recent acts of violence.
Hamas issued a statement, urging "all relief, health, and charitable institutions in the Arab, Islamic, and international communities to swiftly provide necessary medical and humanitarian aid, as well as fuel, to save the lives of over two million Palestinian residents."
The region faces the risk of starvation and the imminent depletion of fuel resources as Israel has withheld critical supplies in response to Hamas' recent acts of violence.
Hamas issued a statement, urging "all relief, health, and charitable institutions in the Arab, Islamic, and international communities to swiftly provide necessary medical and humanitarian aid, as well as fuel, to save the lives of over two million Palestinian residents."
Israel Palestine War News Live: As Israel battles Hamas, all eyes are on Hezbollah
Israel Palestine War News Live: Will Lebanon's heavily armed Hezbollah militia join the Israel-Hamas war? The answer could well determine the direction of a battle that is bound to reshape the Middle East.
Hezbollah, which like Hamas is supported by Iran, has so far been on the fence about joining the fighting between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Islamic militant rulers. For the past six days, Israel has besieged Gaza and hammered the enclave of 2.3 million Palestinians with hundreds of airstrikes in response to a deadly Hamas attack on southern Israel.
Israel, which has vowed to crush Hamas, is now preparing for a possible ground offensive. While the country's political and military leaders weigh the next move, they are nervously watching Hezbollah on Israel's northern border and have sent troop reinforcements to the area. Hezbollah, with an arsenal of tens of thousands of rockets and missiles capable of hitting virtually anywhere in Israel, is viewed as a far more formidable foe than Hamas.
Hezbollah, which like Hamas is supported by Iran, has so far been on the fence about joining the fighting between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Islamic militant rulers. For the past six days, Israel has besieged Gaza and hammered the enclave of 2.3 million Palestinians with hundreds of airstrikes in response to a deadly Hamas attack on southern Israel.
Israel, which has vowed to crush Hamas, is now preparing for a possible ground offensive. While the country's political and military leaders weigh the next move, they are nervously watching Hezbollah on Israel's northern border and have sent troop reinforcements to the area. Hezbollah, with an arsenal of tens of thousands of rockets and missiles capable of hitting virtually anywhere in Israel, is viewed as a far more formidable foe than Hamas.
Israel Palestine War News Live:Israeli missiles hit Lebanon, no injuries reported
Israel Palestine War News Live: Four Patriot missiles were reportedly launched from Israeli territory, with three of them exploding in the airspace of southern Lebanon and the fourth falling in one of the plains in the area, Lebanese military sources have said.
The three missiles exploded in Marjeyoun and Khiam, while the fourth fell in Al-Mari town in south Lebanon, the sources told Xinhua news agency on condition of anonymity.
No injuries were reported. The sources said they monitored the launching of these missiles from an Iron Dome platform on the southwestern side of the occupied Syrian Golan, noting that no rockets were launched from Lebanon toward Israel.
Sirens sounded in all the Israeli settlements adjacent to the Lebanese border for several minutes, followed by an intense flight of Israeli warplanes along the borderline and over the Lebanese areas of Arqoub and Marjeyoun for about two hours.
The three missiles exploded in Marjeyoun and Khiam, while the fourth fell in Al-Mari town in south Lebanon, the sources told Xinhua news agency on condition of anonymity.
No injuries were reported. The sources said they monitored the launching of these missiles from an Iron Dome platform on the southwestern side of the occupied Syrian Golan, noting that no rockets were launched from Lebanon toward Israel.
Sirens sounded in all the Israeli settlements adjacent to the Lebanese border for several minutes, followed by an intense flight of Israeli warplanes along the borderline and over the Lebanese areas of Arqoub and Marjeyoun for about two hours.
Israel Palestine War News Live: Netanyahu says Israel will ‘crush and destroy’ Hamas; every Hamas member is a ‘dead man’
Israel Palestine War News Live: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its attack. Netanyahu said every Hamas member was a “dead man.”
Netanyahu made the remarks in a late-night televised address as Israeli planes pounded Gaza in response to the unprecedented attack.
Netanyahu made the remarks in a late-night televised address as Israeli planes pounded Gaza in response to the unprecedented attack.
Israel Palestine War News Live: UN Security Council to meet on Israel, Gaza today
Israel Palestine War News Live: The United Nations Security Council will meet on Friday afternoon, diplomats said, to discuss the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.
The council has not yet decided if the meeting will be public, diplomats said. The 15-member body met behind closed-doors on Sunday, a day after Hamas rampaged through Israeli towns and villages, killing 1,200 people and taking scores of hostages back to Gaza.
The council has not yet decided if the meeting will be public, diplomats said. The 15-member body met behind closed-doors on Sunday, a day after Hamas rampaged through Israeli towns and villages, killing 1,200 people and taking scores of hostages back to Gaza.
