Israel has launched an expanded ground operation after knocking out communications and creating a near-blackout of information in the Gaza Strip with increased bombardment and artillery fire. Israe…
Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house after it was struck by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct.27, 2023.
An Israeli soldier walks past a house damaged during the Hamas attack in Kibbutz Kfar Azza, Israel, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. The Kibbutz was attacked on Oct. 7. Covered with the Israeli flag, the body of Roi Popplewell is buried at kibbutz Yagur near Haifa, north Israel, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Palestinians take shelter in a hospital during ongoing Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.
Israel’s defense minister said that “the ground shook in Gaza” and that the war against the Palestinian territory’s Hamas rulers had entered a new stage. Gaza residents described the massive overnight bombardment from the sea and the air as the most intense of the 3-week-old Israel-Hamas war. Speaking to reporters in Beirut on Saturday, Ghazi Hamad alleged that Israel has made “baseless claims and lies” about Hamas militants hiding in tunnels under the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza “to justify the targeting of the hospital.”
In his address to hundreds of thousands of people who joined the rally, Erdogan also held Western countries responsible for the deaths in Gaza for failing to stop Israel’s attacks. CAIRO — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said he was surprised by Israel’s massive overnight airstrikes on Gaza amid a communication blackout across the besieged strip.
CAIRO — The U.N. human rights chief said Israel’s overnight intense air and ground bombardment has taken the crisis in Gaza to “a new level of violence and pain.” Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters have turned out on London’s streets for a second straight weekend to demand a cease-fire in Gaza.
Demonstrations also took place Saturday in Indonesia, Pakistan, France, Italy, Norway and Switzerland. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said a shell fired by Israeli troops hit the wall surrounding the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the Lebanese coastal border town of Naqoura. “For your immediate safety, we urge all residents of northern Gaza and Gaza City to relocate south immediately,” Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, a military spokesperson, said in a video message posted on X. “This is a temporary measure. Moving back to northern Gaza will be possible once the intense hostilities end.”
In a statement, the U.N. agency said health workers, patients and civilians have been subjected to a total communications and power blackout amid the intense bombardment and ground raids in Gaza. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra told reporters Saturday that Israel has “totally paralyzed” the health network in Gaza by cutting off internet and cellular service.
In Ramallah in the West Bank, the Palestinian health minister said the Gaza situation has grown dire since the bombing that cut off telecommunications to most people, including hospital teams.Thousands of people are trapped under the rubble of bombed-out buildings, al-Kailah said, adding that disease is spreading rapidly among the 1.4 million displaced people forced to crowd into shelters with unsanitary conditions due to a lack of water.
JERUSALEM — Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said he will meet families of hostages held in Gaza on Sunday.
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