At least 2,750 Palestinians have been killed and 9,700 wounded in Israeli air raids. The number of Israelis killed since the Hamas operation stands at over 1,400 as war rages on for the 10th day.
The armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas said it has fired a"barrage of missiles" on Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Ahmed Al Mandhari said the bombarded, besieged territory must be allowed to receive convoys of aid, currently stuck at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.A government spokesperson in Gaza has rebuffed Israeli army claims that 600,000 Palestinians have been displaced due to the ongoing war with Hamas, saying that in fact just 70,000 people have been displaced from northern Gaza to the south.
Netanyahu gave a speech in the Israeli Knesset in which he said the world needed to unite to defeat Hamas.Leaders in Qatar and Kuwait received invitations for a summit in Cairo to be held on Saturday to"discuss developments and the future of the Palestinian cause and the peace process". With Israel now moving towards a ground invasion of the Palestinian enclave, the US embassy had on Sunday urged its"citizens and their immediate family members with a valid travel document" to depart from Haifa.
Speakers at the protest called for a halt to the Israeli military operations and urged the United States and the United Nations to stay neutral in the conflict.Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian regime leader Bashar al Assad discussed the volatile situation in Gaza and ways of ending Israel's attacks.
Israeli authorities had no immediate comment on either report regarding Metulla, which abuts the border fence opposite the Lebanese town of Kfarkela.The UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said he would be heading to the Middle East on Tuesday to try to help negotiate aid access to Gaza. Palestine's PM Mohammad Shtayyeh says Palestinians have the right to defend themselves against Israeli occupation. Faten Elwan has more from occupied West Bank
Aboul Gheit added that Israel's total siege of Gaza which has cut off water, food, electricity and fuel, was"depriving the Palestinians of their humanity and paving the way for ethnic cleansing".Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has stated that Cairo has aimed to keep the Rafah crossing operational since the conflict broke out, amid Israel's Gaza bombardments, as the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave worsens.
Separately, Hamas official Izzat El Reshiq told the Reuters news agency that there was no truth to reports about the opening of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt or a temporary ceasefire. The Israeli military says Hamas and other Palestinian fighters are holding 199 hostages in Gaza — higher than previous estimates.
A trip would be a chance for Biden to personally affirm to the Israeli people the US is standing firm behind them. But it would come amid growing fears that a looming Israeli move into Gaza could spark a wider war with devastating humanitarian consequences.The UN's Palestinian refugee agency says Gaza “is being strangled” and the number of people seeking shelter at their schools and facilities in the south of the territory is overwhelming.
Eyewitnesses told Anadolu News Agency that a large number of people were killed and civil defence and ambulance crews were wounded as they made their way to Al Jalaa Street in Gaza to rescue the injured. Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave struggled to find food, water and safety ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive.
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