First Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza invasion

Roei Wolf, 20, from Ramat Gan (right), were killed in action in the Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023Credit: Israeli Defence Force8:21PM[17]

Muslim American groups threaten to withhold donations to Biden

Some Muslim and Arab American groups are threatening to withhold donations and votes towards President Joe Biden's 2024 reelection unless he takes immediate steps to secure a Gaza ceasefire. The National Muslim Democratic Council, which includes Democratic Party leaders from hotly contested states that can decide elections, such as Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, urged Biden to use his influence with Israel to broker a ceasefire by 9.pm GMT on Tuesday. In an open letter entitled "2023 Ceasefire Ultimatum," Muslim leaders pledged to mobilize "Muslim, Arab, and allied voters" to "withhold endorsement, support, or votes for any candidate who endorses the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian people."

"Your administration's unconditional support, encompassing funding and armaments, has played a significant role in perpetuating the violence that is causing civilian casualties and has eroded trust in voters who previously put their faith in you," the council wrote.

Pictured: Relatives and friends of hostages

US makes 'real progress' in hostage negotiations

The United States has made "real progress" in the last few hours in negotiations to secure a safe passage for Americans and other foreigners who wish to depart the Gaza Strip, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday. "While I can't make an announcement today, we do think we've made very real progress on this as I said in just the past few hours," Mr Miller told a news briefing. The United States has been working with Qataris and Egyptians to open the Rafah border crossing into Egypt to allow American citizens inside Gaza to leave after Israel intensified its bombardment of the densely populated coastal enclave.

Bolivia severs diplomatic ties with Israel

Bolivia's government is breaking diplomatic ties with Israel, the Bolivian foreign ministry said on Tuesday, accusing Israel of committing crimes against humanity in its attacks on the Gaza Strip.

The government "has decided to cut diplomatic relations with the State of Israel, in repudiation and condemnation of the aggressive and disproportionate Israeli military offensive being carried out in the Gaza Strip," deputy foreign minister Freddy Mamani told a press conference. Bolivia in 2009 cut diplomatic ties with Israel in protest of its attacks on the Gaza Strip. In 2020, the government of President Jeanine Anez reestablished ties.

FBI: Hamas greatest terror threat to US since ISIS

The Israel-Hamas war has raised the threat of attacks against Americans in the United States to a "whole 'nother level," FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Tuesday.

"We assess that the actions of Hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven't seen since (the Islamic State group) launched its so-called caliphate several years ago," Mr Wray told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security. "We also cannot and do not discount the possibility that Hamas or another foreign terrorist organization may exploit the current conflict to conduct attacks here on our own soil," he said.

Lebanon accuses Israel of white phosphorus attacks

Lebanon on Tuesday accused Israel of white phosphorus attacks that it said it would file a complaint to the UN over, with a minister alleging the incendiary weapon had burned 40,000 olive trees. Rights groups and Lebanese officials have repeatedly accused Israel of using the weapon, which can cause serious burns if it hits people - allegations Israel had previously denied.

"I instructed the Lebanese mission to the UN to submit a new complaint to the Security Council to condemn Israel's use of white phosphorus in repeated attacks on Lebanon," Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said.

Pictured: Israeli tank near Sderot

Sunak continues diplomatic support to protect Palestinian civilians

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas he would continue to support diplomatic actions to protect Palestinian civilians and prevent wider escalation in the Middle East, Sunak's office said on Tuesday.

Hamas to release more foreign hostages

Hamas's armed wing said it would release some of the foreign hostages in its captivity in the coming days, as it vowed to turn Gaza into a graveyard for Israel's military. "We have informed intermediaries that we will release a certain number of foreigners in the next few days," Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, said in a televised address. Five hostages have been released to date, including four after negotiations through a diplomatic backchannel and one following an operation by the Israeli army.

Natalie Raanan, a US teenager released by Hamas, has now returned home to Chicago, the local Israeli consulate said Tuesday. Two Israeli grandmothers were also freed by Hamas last week, while an American mother and daughter were released earlier this month.

Netanyahu visits navy base

Israel focused on Gaza not Houthis, says IDF

Israel's military spokesperson said on Tuesday that Israel remained focused on the Gaza Strip despite attempts by the Houthi movement, backed by Iran, to challenge Israel. "There are many actors in the region who operate as Iran proxies, such as the Houthis, who are trying to challenge us and distract us from the war in Gaza.

We remain focused," said Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari.

US: 66 trucks of humanitarian aid enter Gaza

The White House on Tuesday said 66 trucks of humanitarian assistance entered Gaza in the last 24 hours and that dozens more are expected to be cleared for deliveries. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that President Joe Biden would speak later with Jordan's King Abdullah for discussions about Gaza. Kirby said the level of truck aid deliveries so far is "just a fraction" of how much is needed in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave under siege by Israel in retaliation for the Oct.

7 attack on Israel by Hamas militants. Officials would like to reach up to 100 a day,

Gazan hospital lined with dozens of bodies

Dozens of bodies lay shrouded in white, lined up against the side of Gaza Strip's Indonesian Hospital on Tuesday from what health authorities in the Hamas-run enclave said was an Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp. The hospital had already been struggling under an influx of patients badly wounded by Israeli bombing, with medics setting up an operating room in a corridor because the main surgical theatres were full, they said.

Juggling dwindling supplies of medicines, power cuts and air or artillery strikes that have shaken hospital buildings, surgeons in Gaza work night and day trying to save a constant stream of patients.

US 'intensely focused' on opening Rafah crossing

The United States is "intensely focused" on getting the Rafah crossing opened for Americans and foreigners to leave Gaza, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday, adding Washington had made good progress even in the past few hours. "We are intensely focused on getting the gate open ... We have made good progress on this even in the past few hours and hope to keep making progress to get those American citizens out," Miller told reporters

Egypt to take in wounded Palestinians from Gaza

Egypt is preparing to receive wounded Palestinians from the heavily bombarded Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing for medical treatment, medical and security sources said on Tuesday.

"Medical teams will be present tomorrow (Wednesday) at the crossing to examine the cases coming (from Gaza) as soon as they arrive... and determine the hospitals they will be sent to," a medical official in Egypt's city of El Arish told AFP. A security source at the Rafah crossing confirmed the information.

Israel killed Hamas commander in refugee camp strike

Israel's military confirmed striking Gaza's Jabaliya refugee camp Tuesday, saying the operation succeeded in killing a key Hamas commander linked to the October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group. "His elimination was carried out as part of a wide-scale strike on terrorists and terror infrastructure belonging to the Central Jabaliya Battalion, which had taken control over civilian buildings in Gaza City," the military said, referring to the targeting of Ibrahim Biari, the commander of Hamas' Central Jabaliya Battalion.

Two French children dead in Gaza

Two French children have died in the north of the Gaza strip, France's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, reiterating its call for a humanitarian pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas.

The foreign ministry said the children's mother was thought to be suffering from injuries, along with her third child. It said that the French consulate in Jerusalem had so far not managed to establish contact with the mother.

UN chief 'deeply alarmed' by intensifying conflict

The United Nations chief said Tuesday he was "deeply alarmed" by the intensifying conflict between Israel and Hamas, while the UN refugee agency appealed for the divided Security Council to act. The 15-member UN Security Council has not adopted any resolution on the three-week-long war in the Middle East, rejecting four drafts.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the escalating fighting included "ground operations by the Israel Defense Forces accompanied by intense air strikes, and the continued rocket fire towards Israel from Gaza."

First Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza invasion

Two Israeli soldiers were killed during combat operations in northern Gaza on Tuesday, the country's military said, as fighting in the Hamas-controlled enclave continued to intensify. They were the first confirmed fatalities among the Israel Defense Forces inside the Gaza Strip since the war with Hamas erupted. The development came as the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said at least 50 Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp.

There was no immediate response from Israel to the health ministry's claim.

Yemen's Houthis claim responsibility for missiles fired into Israel

Yemen's Houthis have waded into the Israel-Hamas war raging more than 1,000 miles from their seat of power in Sanaa, declaring on Tuesday they had fired drones and missiles at Israel in attacks that highlight the regional risks of the conflict. Part of an "Axis of Resistance" backed by Iran, the Houthis have rallied behind the Palestinians since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct.

7, opening a new front for a movement that has waged war for eight years with a Saudi-led coalition in the Gulf.

BREAKING: Yemen has declared it is officially at war with Israel! pic.twitter.com/LOda9F0kOw[37]

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a televised statement the group had launched a "large number" of ballistic missiles and drones towards Israel, and there would be more such attacks to come "to help the Palestinians to victory".

Biden administration requests billions in aid for Israel

Two of President Joe Biden's top advisers asked US lawmakers to provide billions more dollars to Israel on Tuesday at a congressional hearing interrupted repeatedly by protesters denouncing American officials for backing what they called "genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testified to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Biden's request for £106 billion to fund ambitious plans for Ukraine, Israel and US border security. Arguing that supporting US partners is vital to national security, Biden requested £61.4 billion for Ukraine, about half of which would be spent in the United States to replenish weapons stocks drained by previous support for Kyiv.

At least 50 killed in Gaza refugee camp strike

More than 50 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in air strikes on Jabalia refugee camp. The director of Gaza's Indonesian hospital told Al-Jazeera on Tuesday that at least 50 Palestinians were killed and 150 were wounded in Israeli air strikes on the camp, which is the largest of the Gaza Strip's eight refugee camps.

The camp is located in northern Gaza, near to the Israeli border, and had a population of more than 49,000 in 2017. AFP video footage from the scene showed at least 47 bodies recovered from the rubble after the strike hit several houses in the camp. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the strikes when contacted by AFP.

Watch: Israel's ground invasion

Pictured: Israeli tank assault

Cyprus pushing for maritime aid corridor

Cyprus said Tuesday it was intensifying efforts to get concrete support to open a maritime corridor for the delivery of aid to war-torn Gaza from the eastern Mediterranean island.

President Nikos Christodoulides had raised the issue with European Union leaders last week and said he would speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later about the matter. "Cyprus is ready to contribute to establishing a maritime corridor from Cypriot ports to deliver aid to Gaza," Christodoulides said.

UN refugee commissioner calls for end to 'spiral of death'

The United Nations high commissioner for refugees on Tuesday appealed for the divided UN Security Council to unite and back a ceasefire to end the "spiral of death" in the Middle East. "A humanitarian ceasefire can at least stop this spiral of death and I hope that you will overcome your divisions and exercise your authority in demanding one," Filippo Grandi told the Security Council in New York.

Two Israeli soldiers killed in northern Gaza, says IDF

Two Israeli soldiers were killed during combat operations in northern Gaza Tuesday, the military said, as Israel expanded its campaign targeting Hamas inside the besieged Palestinian territory.

"Two Israeli soldiers killed during combat in north Gaza," the military said in a statement.

Paris: Investigation opened after Stars of David daubed on buildings

Paris prosecutors opened an investigation Tuesday into dozens of Stars of David daubed on buildings around the city and its suburbs, seen as threatening Jews amid the war between Israel and Hamas. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne condemned "the despicable acts", saying they will not go unpunished. Fresh stars were painted overnight on the facades of several buildings in a southern district of Paris, an AFP journalist saw on Tuesday.

Similar tags appeared over the weekend in suburbs of the city including Vanves, Fontenay-aux-Roses and Aubervilliers.

War in pictures

Israeli air strikes on Syria 'unacceptable,' says Moscow

Russia on Tuesday condemned increased Israeli air strikes on Syria as "unacceptable," saying they risked triggering a spillover of the Israel-Hamas war into a wider regional conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a call with his Syrian counterpart Tuesday, in which he stressed Russia's opposition to Israel's strikes on Syria, and warned against any actions that could provoke an escalation in the "current explosive situation," Russia's foreign ministry said. Israel's army said it carried out a string of air strikes on military targets inside Syria in recent weeks.

Blinken: Putin using war to dent Western support for Ukraine

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to use the Israel-Hamas war in a bid to reduce Western support for Ukraine.

"Putin is very much trying to take advantage of the Hamas attack on Israel in the hopes that it will distract us... and that it will result in the United States pulling back its resources" from Ukraine, Blinken told a Senate hearing.

Refugee camp strike likened to 'an earthquake'

Ragheb Aqal, a Jabalia resident, described the strikes as "an earthquake" which shook the entire refugee camp. "I went and saw the destruction... homes buried under the rubble and body parts and martyrs and wounded in huge numbers," the 41-year-old told AFP. "There's no exaggerating when they talk about hundreds of martyrs and wounded.

People were still "transporting the remains of children, women and elderly", he added.

Israeli forces ambushed in Gaza, Hamas claims

Hamas says it has ambushed Israeli forces invading the southern Gaza Strip as battles inside the enclave intensify. The al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, said four Israeli vehicles were targeted with missiles as it "liquidated" an Israeli unit in Beit Hanoun, in the territory's northeast. Hamas also fired at two Israeli tanks and bulldozers in northwest Gaza, the al-Qassam Brigades said.

Conflict more likely to spread without swift humanitarian relief, warns Blinken

Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, has stressed the importance of both security assistance for Israel and humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza.

"Without swift and sustained humanitarian relief, the conflict is much more likely to spread, suffering will grow, and Hamas and its sponsors will benefit by fashioning themselves as the saviours of the very desperation they created," he said.

More than 50 Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes on Jabalia refugee camp

More than 50 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in Israeli air strikes on Jabalia refugee camp. The director of Gaza's Indonesian hospital told Al-Jazeera on Tuesday that at least 50 Palestinians were killed and 150 were wounded in Israeli air strikes on Jabalia refugee camp.

'More than 20,000' Israeli troops enter Gaza

More than 20,000 Israeli troops have entered the Gaza Strip since troops began a ground offensive on Friday, it has been reported. Two Israeli sources told Axios that at least two armoured and infantry divisions -- amounting to more than 20,000 Israeli troops - had entered the enclave since Friday night in the largest military advance since the war began.

It comes as the Israeli military claims it struck Hamas gunmen inside their vast tunnel network beneath Gaza. "The soldiers killed terrorists and directed air forces to real-time strikes on targets and terror infrastructure," the IDF said.

'When an 8-year-old tells you that she doesn't want to die, it's hard not to feel helpless'

Martin Griffiths, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has said:

"We don't want to die." I had the sad privilege of speaking to families in Gaza over the phone this morning.

What they've endured since October 7 is beyond devastating. And when an 8-year-old tells you that she doesn't want to die, it's hard not to feel helpless.

Pictured: A man stands near a donkey-drawn cart loaded with sacks of collected garbage along a street in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip

Watch: 'We are performing surgeries in corridors' says doctor in damaged North Gaza hospital

Iran says proxies won't 'remain silent' on Israel-Hamas war

Iran said it was "natural" for Tehran-backed groups to attack Israel in light of its war on Hamas, warning of a wider spillover if no ceasefire is reached. The remarks were made by Iran's top diplomat Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Qatar's capital Doha where he met with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and his Qatari counterpart to discuss a push for a diplomatic breakthrough.

"It is natural that the resistance groups and movements do not remain silent against all these crimes" committed by Israel, Amir-Abdollahian said in remarks relayed by Iran's foreign ministry. "They will not wait for anyone's advice, therefore we need to use the last political opportunities to stop the war," he said after talks with Sheikh Tamim, warning the situation could "get out of control".

Services 'severely reduced' at main cancer centre in Gaza Strip, says WHO

Extremely concerning reports of airstrikes in the vicinity of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in the last two days. The hospital is the main cancer centre in the Gaza Strip.

Services have been severely reduced because of cut-off of electricity and restricted entry... pic.twitter.com/DnqeTjHUwH[61]

Breaking: Sirens sounding in Tel Aviv and central Israel

Sirens are sounding in Tel Aviv and central Israel, according to a post from the Israel Defense Forces. We will bring you all the latest updates as we get them.

Israel army engaged in 'fierce battles' with Hamas in Gaza

Israeli forces are "engaged in fierce battles with Hamas terrorists deep inside the Gaza Strip," the army said in a statement.

It added that dozens of militants had been killed in the past few hours.

Israel uses Arrow missile defences for first time

Israel has used its Arrow anti-ballistic missile system for the first time. The IDF said the system was used to intercept a missile likely fired by the Houthis in Yemen, which was launched toward Eliat in southern Israel.

The @IAFsite[66] intercepted a surface-to-surface missile in the area of the Red Sea.

This is the first operational interception by the Arrow Aerial Defense System since the beginning of the war. An additional aerial threat was successfully intercepted by IAF fighter jets in the...

Israel obeying international law 'not an optional extra,' says Starmer

It is not an "optional extra" for Israel to obey international law, Sir Keir Starmer has said. Asked if he thought Israel was acting within international law during the conflict in Gaza, the Labour leader said: "It has to act in accordance with international law, this is not an optional extra, a nice-to-have.

It has to be in accordance with international law. "That is a point that we have repeatedly pressed on Israel and other countries... it has to act in accordance with the law. "As to whether each and every act is in accordance with the law, well that will have to be adjudicated in due course.

"I think it is unwise for politicians to stand on stages like this or sit in television studios and pronounce day by day which acts may or may not be in accordance with international law."

Starmer says Israel-Gaza ceasefire would 'embolden' Hamas amid Labour revolt

Over in Westminster, Sir Keir Starmer is delivering a speech at Chatham House in central London on events in Israel and Gaza. The Labour leader said a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war would only "embolden" the terror group as he defended his position on the issue amid a Labour revolt. Sir Keir has called for "humanitarian pauses" in the fighting to allow more aid into Gaza and to allow people to flee but he is resisting calls from some Labour MPs and shadow ministers for a full ceasefire.

The Labour leader suggested calls for a full ceasefire are not "credible". He said: "While I understand calls for a ceasefire at this stage, I do not believe that it is the correct position now for two reasons. "One, because a ceasefire always freezes any conflict in the state where it currently lies.

And as we speak that would leave Hamas with the infrastructure and the capability to carry out the sort of attack we saw on October 7." He added: "Hamas would be emboldened and start preparing for future violence immediately. And it is this context which explains my second reason which is that our current calls for pauses in the fighting for clear and specific humanitarian purposes and which must start immediately is right in practice as well as principle.

"In fact it is at this moment the only credible approach that has any chance of achieving what we all want to see in Gaza, the urgent alleviation of Palestinian suffering, aid distributed quickly, space to get hostages out." 11:26AM[71]

Watch: Israeli envoy wears yellow star before UN Security Council

Israel's United Nations ambassador displayed a yellow star on his chest as he addressed the Security Council, pledging to wear the badge until members of the body condemn Hamas's "atrocities".

His wearing of the badge, which has come to symbolise the oppression of Jews since its imposition in Nazi-occupied Europe, was swiftly criticised by a spokesman for Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust history museum, who urged him to wear the Israeli flag instead. 11:24AM[73]

More than 420 children killed or injured in Gaza each day, says UNICEF

More than 420 children are being killed or injured in Gaza each day, the head of the UN children's agency has warned.

Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director, said the figure "should shake each of us to our core." According to figures from the Hamas-run health ministry, more than 8,300 people have been killed in Gaza - 66 per cent of them women and children. Ms Russell said the figure includes at least 3,400 children.

Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, said: "This surpasses the number of children killed annually across the world's conflict zones since 2019." He stressed that this cannot be "collateral damage."

Israel strikes Hamas terrorists inside Gaza tunnels

Israel has struck Hamas gunmen inside their vast tunnel network beneath Gaza, its military has said. "Over the last day, combined IDF combat forces struck approximately 300 targets, including anti-tank missile and rocket launch posts below shafts, as well as military compounds inside underground tunnels belonging to the Hamas terrorist organisation," the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

Clearing the terrorists from the tunnels is a key objective for Israel as it expands its ground operation inside Gaza to wipe out Hamas.

Israel-Gaza latest in pictures:

Israel demolishes West Bank home of Hamas deputy leader

The Israeli army demolished the West Bank home of exiled Hamas number two Saleh al-Aruri with explosives. The Israeli military said forces entered the village of Arura, near Ramallah, and shot at people who were "hurling" rocks towards them during the demolition.

Aruri is accused by Israel of masterminding numerous attacks. He was elected deputy to Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in 2017, before being officially named the group's number two.

An AFP journalist saw the ruins of the house in Arura, where Aruri's nephew said the move was meant to "intimidate" people. "And to distance people as much as possible from the resistance (to Israel), but these people are steadfast," said Qutaiba Khasib.

Doctors in Gaza face 'moral trauma' of who to save

Doctors in Gaza are facing a "moral trauma" of which patients to save as supplies run scarce, the head of a medical group has said. Dr Zaher Sahloul told the BBC World Service that his team are running out of anaesthesia, pain medication, blood products, antibiotics, gauze and many other items that are needed to stop the bleeding and treat patients in trauma.

"On top of that you have the bombing and limited, or shortage of, clean water, food, diesel and fuel," he said. He added: "So that means you have to make a decision as a doctor which patients you need to focus on, and maybe treat and save lives, and which patient you need to let go."

Pictured: People stand behind the metal mesh that covered the window of a building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah

Half of Gaza population pushed south in three weeks, says UN

Half of the population of Gaza has been pushed towards the south in the past three weeks, the head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has said. Philippe Lazzarini told a UN emergency meeting that one million people were pushed from the north of the Gaza Strip towards the south, adding that "significant numbers" had been killed.

"I have said many times, and I will say it again 'no place is safe in Gaza.'"

'Large exchanges' between Israel and Hamas, says IDF

There has been a "large amount of exchanges" between Israeli forces and Hamas in Gaza overnight, the Israel Defense Forces has claimed.

Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the IDF, told BBC Breakfast that its forces were "destroying Hamas step by step, and strike by strike."

Pictured: A youth walks on the rubble of a building following Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip

Former Hamas hostage safely returns to Chicago

The American teenager Natalie Raanan, one of the first hostages released by Hamas last week, has safely returned home to Chicago. The Consul General of Israel to the Midwest Yinam Cohen said:

I am relieved that Natalie Raanan is back home in Chicago. Her family members have been anxiously waiting for her return, and today I am sharing their happiness.

While we're celebrating Natalie's return, we remember the 239 hostages, among them babies, children, women, and the...

Urgent humanitarian ceasefire a 'matter of life and death for millions,' says UN

An immediate humanitarian ceasefire has become "a matter of life and death for millions," the head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has warned. Philippe Lazzarini told a UN emergency meeting that a further breakdown of civil order following the looting of the agency's warehouses by Palestinians searching for food and other aid "will make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the largest UN agency in Gaza to continue operating."

He added that "the handful of convoys" allowed into Gaza through the Rafah crossing from Egypt in recent days "is nothing compared to the needs of over two million people trapped in Gaza." "The system in place to allow aid into Gaza is geared to fail," he said, "unless there is political will to make the flow of supplies meaningful, matching the unprecedented humanitarian needs."

Sirens sound in Eliat, southern Israel

Israel has warned of a hostile aircraft intrusion near the Red Sea City of Eliat. Air raid sirens went of in the city in southern Israel.

Shortly after the sirens sounded, Israel Radio reported that Israeli air defences shot down a drone over the Red Sea. More to follow

Israel-Gaza in pictures:

Israel's 'step-by-step' push into Gaza so far and what could come next

The silver estate car was heavily laden, its rear suspension visibly stressed as it moved up one of the two main roads running the length of Gaza. On a shabby A-road just south of Gaza City, the driver appears to see an Israeli tank hidden to his right before executing a hasty three-point turn to escape.

But it is too late. Before he can speed away, the car is hit broadsides by a tank shell at near point-blank range. The vehicle vanishes, together with its occupants and whatever it was carrying in a single terrifying blast.

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Israel frees soldier kidnapped by Hamas in 'daring' Gaza raid

Israeli special forces have rescued a female soldier held hostage by Hamas during a raid in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Monday. The first successful rescue mission came as tanks surrounded and entered parts of Gaza City for the first time, cutting off a key escape route for civilians during the Israeli ground offensive. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said his military had "liberated" Ori Megidish, 19, a soldier who was captured on the "black morning" of Oct 7, and who is now back with her family.

7:23AM[91]

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