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Israel-Hamas War HIGHLIGHTS: US advises Israel to delay ground attack as Gaza death count crosses 5,000

Israel-Hamas War: Tanks and troops have been massed at the Gaza border, and Israel says it has stepped up airstrikes in order to reduce the risk to troops in the next stages. Fears of a widening war have grown as Israeli warplanes have struck targets in the occupied West Bank, Syria and Lebanon.

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Israel-Hamas war LIVE: The Israel-Hamas war, now in its 17th day, is the deadliest of five Gaza wars for both sides. The Palestinian Health Ministry on Sunday said that the death toll in Gaza had crossed 5,000 people, with another 14,254 people wounded in the besieged territory. The ministry said 93 Palestinians were also killed in violence and Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank since Hamas militants stormed into Israel on October 7. More than 1,650 others were wounded, it added. More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, mostly in the initial Hamas attack. In addition, 222 people were believed captured by Hamas during the incursion and taken into Gaza, the Israeli military has said.

This is an India TV blog where you can get all developments related to the Israel-Hamas war. Scroll down patiently to get authentic and swift information from the battlefield.  

 

 

 

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  • 11:42 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Aid shipments not enough to meet worsening crisis in Gaza, says aid worker

    Mahmoud Shalabi, an aid worker with the Medical Aid for Palestinians group, said the aid shipments that Israel allowed to cross into Gaza were a “drop in the ocean of the needs” required to address the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis there.

  • 11:13 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Israel preparing for 'multilateral operation' from sea, ground and air: Defense minister

    Israel is preparing for a "multilateral operation" on Hamas from the "air, ground, and sea," Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said in a video statement released Monday, CNN reports.

  • 11:12 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    UN confirms third convoy of humanitarian aid entering Gaza

    A third small aid convoy from Egypt has entered Gaza, where the population of 2.3 million has been running out of food, water and medicine under Israel’s two-week seal.

  • 10:51 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Israeli airstrikes leave hospital overrun with patients

    A hospital in Gaza City was overrun with patients from airstrikes Monday with people lying on a blood-covered floor and two children at a time being treated on exam tables.

  • 10:06 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Hamas' first female political bureau member killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

    Hamas Political Bureau member Jamila Al-Shanti was killed after an Israeli airstrike on her home in Gaza City, Hamas said in a statement released on October 19, CNN reported. 

  • 10:01 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Hospital runs out of burial shrouds and room in morgue, says official

    Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital, in Rafah, registered 61 deaths since Monday morning following a day of intense airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip.

  • 9:14 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    UK to provide 20 million euros in humanitarian aid to Gaza

    British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the UK will give a further £20m of humanitarian aid to Gaza, doubling its earlier funding, BBC reported.

  • 9:13 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Britain says hospital explosion was likely caused by misfired missile from Gaza

    The British government says it has concluded that a devastating explosion at a hospital in Gaza was likely caused by a misfired missile from within Palestinian territory, rather than an Israeli strike.

  • 8:37 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    British PM Rishi Sunak compares Israel-Hamas war with Ukraine conflict

    "This is a moment for great care and caution, but also for moral clarity," BBC quoted British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. "Hope in humanity must win out" against terrorism, he said. Comparing the war in Gaza to the war in Ukraine, Sunak said: "Putin will fail, and so will Hamas."

  • 8:34 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Israeli military says it is ready for ground invasion in Gaza

    The Israel Defense Forces believe that in order to attain the objectives of the war against Hamas, laid out by government officials, the military must begin its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip sooner rather than later, The Times of Israel reports.

  • 8:32 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Lebanon does not want war with Israel, says minister

    The Lebanese government does not want a war with Israel, Lebanese Acting Minister of Information Ziad Makari said in an interview with the Russian state media on Monday, CNN reported.

  • 8:31 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    This war between civilisation and barbarism: Netanyahu to Dutch PM

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in Jerusalem, telling him that “we are in a battle of civilization against barbarism”, reported The Times of Israel.

  • 8:30 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    US advises Israel that delay in ground offensive could allow release of more hostages

    The US has advised Israeli officials that a delay in a possible ground offensive in Gaza would allow more time for the U.S. to work with its regional partners to release more hostages, according to a U.S. official familiar with Biden administration’s thinking on the matter.

  • 8:30 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Norway offers to assist possible investigation of alleged war crimes

    Norway is willing to assist in a possible investigation of alleged war crimes in Gaza and Israel, its justice minister said Monday.

  • 8:22 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Pro-Palestinian activists occupy international court entry, demanding action against Israeli leader

    Dutch authorities detained 19 activists who occupied the entrance to the International Criminal Court on Monday, denouncing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel's actions during the war with Hamas.

  • 7:00 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    PM Modi speaks with Jordan King over Israel-Hamas conflict, expresses concern over loss of lives

    "Spoke with His Majesty @KingAbdullahII of Jordan. Exchanged views on the developments in the West Asia region. We share concerns regarding terrorism, violence and loss of civilian lives. Concerted efforts needed for early resolution of the security and humanitarian situation," tweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi

  • 6:42 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Gaza health authorities claim Gaza death toll above 5,000

    Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says the death toll in the Strip since Israel’s bombing campaign began has risen to 5,087, including over 400 killed in the last 24 hours, reported The Times of Israel.

  • 6:41 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Palestinian Authority blames UNSC for failure to access basic humanitarian needs

    The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sharply criticized the United Nations Security Council for failing to confront the “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza, CNN reported. 

  • 6:40 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    18 killed in Israeli attacks in Rafah city

    Gaza’s Hamas-run Interior Ministry said at least 18 people were killed in Israeli attacks on neighborhoods in Rafah city on Monday. It said scores of Palestinians were also wounded.

  • 5:50 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Israel strikes across Gaza after allowing another small aid convoy

    Israeli warplanes struck targets across Gaza on Monday, including in areas where Palestinian civilians have been told to seek refuge, after another small aid shipment was allowed into the besieged Hamas-ruled territory.

  • 5:17 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Drone infiltration alert sounds in Gaza border community Nir Oz

    A suspected drone infiltration alert is sounding in the southern community of Nir Oz, close to the border with the Gaza Strip, reported The Times of Israel.

  • 5:17 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    436 people killed in Israel's overnight strikes on Gaza: Palestinian Health Ministry

    Some 436 people, including 182 children, were killed in overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza, CNN reported citing the Palestinian Health Ministry's statement.

  • 5:15 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Iraq says it will pursue militants who attacked bases housing US troops

    Iraq’s army spokesperson says the state will go after militants who have carried out attacks against army bases housing US troops in the country.

  • 5:12 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Gaza’s Health Ministry appeals for blood donations as shortages worsen

    As conditions rapidly worsen, Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry appealed on Monday for blood donations for hospitals in the besieged territory that are suffering from dire shortages of blood and medical supplies.

  • 4:13 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Israeli military says it launched raids 'along the contact line' with Gaza

    The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out raids “along the contact line” with Gaza overnight to “kill terrorist squads," a spokesperson said, as it ramps up its bombardment on the Palestinian enclave ahead of an anticipated ground assault, CNN reported.

  • 3:35 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Third humanitarian aid convoy enters Gaza at Rafah crossing

    A third fleet of vehicles carrying desperately needed aid entered Gaza via the Rafah crossing with Egypt on Monday, according to a CNN journalist on the ground.

  • 3:33 PM (IST) Posted by Aveek Banerjee

    Israeli forces arrest 85 Palestinians in West Bank: Report

    At least 85 people have been arrested in the occupied West Bank by Israeli forces Sunday night and early Monday morning, according to a statement published by the Palestinian Prisoners Club, CNN reports.

     

  • 2:46 PM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    Hezbollah targets; relatives of 222 notified that they are Gaza hostages

    DF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the military has so far notified the families of 222 hostages that their loved ones are being held in the Gaza Strip, Times of Israel reported.
    He says that the number includes a not insignificant number of foreign nationals, and that it has taken time for them to be identified and for their families to be notified.

  • 2:19 PM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    Europe ministers discussing getting aid into Gaza

    European Union foreign ministers are meeting Monday to discuss ways to help vital aid get into Gaza, particularly fuel, after two convoys entered over the weekend.
    EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that “in normal times, without war, 100 trucks enter into Gaza every day. So it’s clear that 20 is not enough.”

  • 2:15 PM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    Tanks and troops have been massed at the Gaza border

     Israeli warplanes struck targets across Gaza early Monday, including in areas where Palestinian civilians have been told to seek refuge after another small aid shipment was allowed into the besieged Hamas-ruled territory. Israel is widely expected to launch a ground offensive in Gaza following Hamas' brutal October 7 rampage into southern Israeli communities. Tanks and troops have been massed at the Gaza border, and Israel says it has stepped up airstrikes in order to reduce the risk to troops in the next stages. Fears of a widening war have grown as Israeli warplanes have struck targets in the occupied West Bank, Syria and Lebanon in recent days.

  • 1:13 PM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    Israeli military's massive airstrike on Gaza's residential building kills at least 30 Palestinians

    In yet another incident of a massive attack by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), more than 30 Palestinians were killed in an airstrike that hit a residential building in Gaza.

    Read full story here 

  • 12:55 PM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    WATCH: PM Netanyahu holds security meeting with War Cabinet members

  • 12:53 PM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    Israel strikes 230 targets in Gaza, kills terrorists in Lebanon

    The IDF Spokesperson's Unit unveiled aerial images on Sunday captured during the Swords of Iron war, providing evidence of Hamas's strategy of initiating rocket attacks in close proximity to civilian locales from within the Gaza Strip.

  • 12:34 PM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    Dwindling fuel supplies for Gaza’s hospital generators put premature babies in incubators at risk

     A premature baby squirms inside a glass incubator in the neonatal ward of al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gaza Strip. He cries out as intravenous lines are connected to his tiny body. A ventilator helps him breathe as a catheter delivers medication and monitors flash his fragile vital signs. His life hinges on the constant flow of electricity, which is in danger of running out imminently unless the hospital can get more fuel for its generators. Once the generators stop, hospital director Iyad Abu Zahar fears that the babies in the ward, unable to breathe on their own, will perish. “The responsibility on us is huge,” he said.

  • 12:28 PM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    Israel must allow ‘continued flow’ of aid into Gaza: Biden tells Netanyahu

    The White House said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to allow the “continuous flow” of international aid into Gaza from Egypt during a phone call Sunday with US President Joe Biden.

     

  • 12:08 PM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    IDF forces strikes Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in Lebanon

     

  • 11:40 AM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    UN humanitarian chief unsure when more aid will enter Gaza

    The United Nations humanitarian chief says it’s unclear whether more aid will enter Gaza on Sunday. “We had hoped for more today,” Martin Griffiths told Sky News. “I‘m not sure we’re going to get it. We’re deep in negotiation at the moment with the Israelis, the Egyptians, with a huge amount of help, by the way, from the United States.

  • 11:39 AM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    Palestinian death toll in West Bank surges as Israel pursues militants following Hamas rampage

    Deadly violence has been surging in the West Bank as the Israeli military pursues Palestinian militants in the aftermath of the Hamas attack from Gaza, with at least 90 Palestinians killed in the Israeli-occupied territory in the past two weeks, mainly in clashes with Israeli troops.

  • 11:39 AM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    Tens of thousands of pregnant women in Gaza are in danger, aid workers say

    Thousands of pregnant women in the Gaza Strip who are expected to give birth this month are in grave danger because they are not able to reach a medical facility to deliver, an aid agency says.
    Guillemette Thomas, medical coordinator for Doctors Without Borders in the Palestinian territories, said women have already given birth in UNRWA schools that have turned into shelters housing tens of thousands of displaced people.

  • 11:39 AM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    Blinken, Austin say US is ready to respond if US personnel become targets of Israel-Hamas war

     Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday said the United States expects the Israel-Hamas war to escalate through involvement by proxies of Iran and asserted that the Biden administration is prepared to respond if American personnel or armed forces become the target of any such hostilities.

  • 11:38 AM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    Israel says 2nd batch of humanitarian aid entered Gaza

    Israel says Sunday that a second batch of humanitarian aid was allowed into Gaza, at the request of the U.S. and according to instructions from other political officials.
    On Saturday, 20 trucks entered in the first shipment into the territory since Israel imposed a complete siege two weeks ago. Sunday’s batch included only water, food, and medical equipment, with no fuel, Israel said.

  • 11:38 AM (IST) Posted by Ajit Kumar

    Israeli prime minister warns Hezbollah to stay out of war

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited troops stationed near the border with Lebanon, where the Israeli army and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants also have traded fire during the Hamas-Israel war.
    A top official with Iran Hezbollah vowed Saturday that Israel would pay a high price whenever it starts a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip and said Saturday that his militant group based in Lebanon already is “in the heart of the battle.”