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'Hang in there, we're coming': Joe Biden's message to hostages in Gaza

Biden said he speaks daily with the parties involved in negotiations over a possible hostage release, but did not want to share the details

Israel-Hamas war: More terror bases uncovered in mosques, universities

During the operation, Israeli forces confiscated dozens of weapons, combat equipment and operative plans of the terrorist organization Hamas

Israel introduces new national centre for monitoring movement of drones

The centre assists the security and civilian effort in the "Iron Swords" war and also operates drones to identify and locate dropped launches

In message to Iran, US deploys nuclear-powered submarine in Persian Gulf

Israel to consider 'tactical little pauses' for aid, hostages: Netanyahu

Israel-Hamas war: Civilians trapped in Gaza running out of food, fuel, hope

The offensive has now entered its second month and questions abound about what will come when the fighting stops

Palestinian death toll exceeds 10,000 in Gaza says Health Ministry

The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza says the Palestinian death toll from the ongoing war with Israel has jumped over 10,000. The figures released Monday mark a grim milestone in what has quickly become the deadliest round of fighting since Israel's establishment 75 years ago. The war erupted on October 7 when Hamas militants stormed into Israel from Gaza and killed over 1,400 people and took some 240 others hostage in a rampage that Israel described as the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust. Israel responded with a campaign of blistering airstrikes, followed by a ground invasion. The Health Ministry says 10,022 people have been killed in Gaza, without distinguishing between fighters and civilians. The vast majority of the dead are believed to have been killed in Israeli airstrikes, though Israel says over 500 errant rockets launched by Palestinian militants have landed inside Gaza.

Israel Defence Forces eliminates Hamas' special security chief Jamal Musa

The IDF said several Hamas commanders at the field level in the battalions where its forces are fighting were also eliminated

Israeli troops divide Gaza Strip into two; internet cut for third time

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said that the Israeli troops have encircled Gaza City and divided the territory into two, cutting internet and phone lines for the third time since the war began

Israel rejects US push for pause in fighting; another Gaza refugee camp hit

Israeli minister says nuking Gaza 'an option', gets suspended; tel aviv Brings Reporters to Combat Zone

Israel-Hamas war: Blinken meets Palestinian leader amid escalating tensions

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his frenetic Mideast diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his latest bid to ease civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip and begin to sketch out a post-conflict scenario for the territory. Blinken travelled to Ramallah for his previously unannounced visit in an armoured motorcade and under tight security just hours after Israeli warplanes struck a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens, health officials said. Despite the secrecy and the State Department refusing to confirm the trip until after Blinken had physically left the West Bank, protests erupted against his visit and US support for Israel as word of his arrival leaked. Aside from pleasantries, neither man spoke as they greeted each other in front of cameras and the meeting ended without any public comment. It was not immediately clear if the lack of words

Nasrallah threatens escalation as Netanyahu rules out cease fire in Gaza

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Friday that his powerful militia is engaged in unprecedented cross-border fighting with Israel and threatened escalation. In a widely anticipated speech, Hassan Nasrallah stopped short of announcing that Hezbollah is fully engaging in the Israel-Hamas war. Nasrallah said in a televised speech that the fighting on the Lebanon-Israel border would not be limited to the scale seen until now. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out a temporary cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, saying he will press ahead with a devastating military offensive until hostages held by the Hamas militant group are released. Netanyahu spoke on Friday shortly after meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who pressed Israel for a temporary pause in its offensive in order to improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza. Blinken also urged Israel to do more to protect civilians from its attacks. In a statement to reporters on Friday, Netanyahu said Israel is

First group of civilian evacuees leave Gaza via Rafah border crossing

Under the deal reached between Egypt, Israel and Hamas, a number of foreign nationals and critically wounded people will be allowed to leave the besieged territory

Cyprus to ship humanitarian aid directly to Gaza, UN personnel to pickup

Cyprus offered more detail Wednesday on its initiative to create a sea corridor for the steady flow of humanitarian assistance from Cyprus to Gaza, saying that aid-laden ships would sail directly to the enclave, where United Nations personnel would receive it for eventual distribution. Cyprus government spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw the initiative in a positive light during a long telephone conversation Tuesday evening with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides. Cyprus is still sketching out with fellow European Union member countries and Arab states the logistical details of its plan to ferry aid from its main port of Limassol to Gaza once conditions on the ground permit it. Ships would be vetted at the point of departure at the Limassol port to ensure that nothing would be transported that could be weaponised by Hamas to use against Israel. Gaza's humanitarian needs have escalated since the Israel-Hamas war erupted ..

Israel's name disappears from digital maps in China, says report

As the battle inside the tiny Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory intensified, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed international calls for a halt to the fighting

Israeli finance minister halts fund transfers to Palestinian Authority

Nearly three dozen trucks enter Gaza in the largest aid convoy since start of the war; Israel rescues an abducted soldier

Thousands loot UN's aid centres; Israel economy to shrink 11%: JPMorgan

Tel Aviv strikes near Gaza's largest hospital after accusing Hamas of using it as a base

Gaza war entered new stage with expanded ground operation: Israeli minister

Israel on Saturday expanded its ground operation in Gaza, sending in tanks and infantry backed by massive strikes from the air and sea. Israel's defence minister said that the ground shook in Gaza and that the war against the territory's Hamas rulers had entered a new stage. The bombardment, described by Gaza residents as the most intense of the war, also knocked out most communications in Gaza. This largely cut off the besieged enclave's 2.3 million people from the world, while enabling the Israeli military to control the narrative in the new stage of fighting. The military released grainy images Saturday showing tank columns moving slowly in open areas of Gaza, many apparently near the border, and said warplanes bombed dozens of Hamas tunnels and underground bunkers. The underground sites are a key target in Israel's campaign to crush the territory's ruling group after its bloody incursion into Israel three weeks ago. We moved to the next stage in the war, Defence Minister Yoa

IDF asks Gaza residents to relocate south; late-night ground ops expected

Hagari said that the impending IDF operation is set to neutralize these threats of Hamas with precision and intensity

Globally recognised aid groups in Gaza to get connections from Starlink

According to The Times of Israel, aid groups said that they are unable to communicate with their teams in the Gaza Strip after phone and internet services collapsed

Antisemitic, Islamophobic hate crimes rise in UK amid Israel-Hamas conflict

Antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes have continued to rise dramatically in London since the Israel-Hamas conflict intensified earlier this month, with Scotland Yard gearing up for another set of protests on the streets of London on Saturday. The Metropolitan Police said it had recorded 408 antisemitic offences against Britain's Jewish communities this month, compared to 28 in the same period last year, and Islamophobic hate crime was up from 65 offences in October 2022 to 174 so far this month. The police force has made 75 arrests linked to the Israel-Gaza conflict and its counterterrorism officers are investigating 10 potential breaches of terrorism laws. "We've been clear over the last week that wherever possible we will police up to the line of the law, said Met Police Commander Kyle Gordon, with reference to protests and marches planned in London this weekend. Our most experienced and knowledgeable officers are working on the policing of these events, making sure we are ..