Israel-Hamas war updates and latest news on Gaza conflict

Crowds of other folks accumulate to evaluate residential injury within the southern Gaza Strip after an Israeli strike on Tuesday. Israel has been launching masses of airstrikes day-to-day whilst hard that Hamas unencumber its ultimate 222 hostages.

Correction: The Reuters photograph above was once taken on Tuesday, Oct. 24. The day of the week was once misstated in an previous model.

— Elisabeth Cordova

Secretary of State Antony Blinken referred to as on the United Nations Security Council to devote extra money for humanitarian help to Gaza.

“The United States has committed an additional $100 million in humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, bringing the total aid that we provided to the Palestinian people over the past two and a half years to more than $1.6 billion,” Blinken stated ahead of the world discussion board.

Blinken stated the U.S. is the “largest single-country donor by far to the Palestinian people.” 

“We call on all countries, particularly those with the greatest capacity to give, to join us in meeting the UN’s appeal for the humanitarian situation in Gaza,” he added.

— Amanda Macias

The White House blamed Iran for the continued disaster in Gaza and the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

“Iran is certainly complicit here. Without them there is no Hamas; without them, there’s no Hezbollah; without them, there are no militia groups, firing rockets at our troops in Iraq and Syria,” National Security Council John Kirby advised newshounds all the way through a day-to-day press briefing.

“We recognize Iran is monitoring all these events and, in some cases, they’re encouraging some of these attacks no question about it,” Kirby added.

The Biden management has in the past stated it’s observing an uptick in assaults on U.S. servicemembers all over the Middle East.

— Amanda Macias

Correction: As of noon Tuesday, no assist vehicles had come in the course of the Rafah crossing in Egypt. The day of the week was once misstated in an previous model of this reside weblog.

The White House showed that no convoy vehicles sporting humanitarian assist have arrived in the course of the Rafah crossing these days.

“We will see what the hours will bring,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby advised newshounds all the way through a day-to-day briefing.

Earlier within the day, President Joe Biden advised NBC News that the essential humanitarian help was once no longer shifting rapid sufficient.

— Amanda Macias

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet along with his opposite numbers and representatives from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Palestinian Authority and the League of Arab States whilst on the United Nations.

Blinken traveled to New York to wait the U.N. Security Council assembly on the continued state of affairs in Gaza.

— Amanda Macias

The White House stated that there are nonetheless 10 unaccounted-for U.S. voters because the war between Israel and Hamas started on Oct. 7.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby stated that thus far there were 33 American deaths from the conflict.

— Amanda Macias

President Joe Biden stated that assist to Gaza isn’t going down rapid sufficient as humanitarian companions paintings to transport essential provides in the course of the Rafah border crossing.

When requested through NBC News on the White House if “humanitarian aid is getting into Gaza fast enough?” Biden spoke back, “not fast enough.”

— Amanda Macias

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen referred to as on all individuals of the UN Security Council to in an instant call for Qatar usher within the “immediate and unconditional release” of all hostages held through Hamas.

“Qatar which finances and harbors Hamas leaders could influence and enable the immediate and unconditional release of all of all hostages held by the terrorists,” Cohen stated ahead of the world discussion board all the way through a gathering on the placement in Gaza.

“You members of the international community should demand Qatar to do just that. The meeting should conclude with a clear message, bring them home. Bring them home,” he added.

— Amanda Macias

Google is disabling reside site visitors prerequisites in Israel and Gaza on its Maps and Waze apps, a spokesperson stated Tuesday. The transfer comes as Israel is broadly expected to embark on a floor invasion into Gaza.

“As we have done previously in conflict situations and in response to the evolving situation in the region, we have temporarily disabled the ability to see live traffic conditions and busyness information out of consideration for the safety of local communities,” a Google spokesperson stated in a observation.

People touring to a selected position will nonetheless get routes that take site visitors prerequisites into consideration.

The Israel Defense Forces didn’t in an instant reply to remark about whether or not it asked the restriction.

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— Melina Khan

The Israel Defense Forces’ leader of personnel Herzi Halevi stated Tuesday that its floor offensive into Gaza was once being not on time through “tactical” and “strategic considerations,” in keeping with native media reports.

Speaking to newshounds at a press convention close to the Gaza border, Halevi stated that the IDF was once poised to release its highly-anticipated incursion, however famous that the time and form of such an offensive was once but to be made up our minds.

“We’ve prepared for this. The IDF and the Southern Command have prepared quality offensive plans to achieve the goals of the war,” he stated.

“The IDF is ready for the [ground] maneuver, and we will make a decision with the political echelon regarding the shape and timing of the next stage,” Halevi says.

Israel has come beneath expanding drive from the world neighborhood to mood its reaction to Hamas’s Oct. 7 assaults because the humanitarian have an effect on of the disaster escalates.

— Karen Gilchrist

Hamas on Tuesday referred to as for a halt to the war on Gaza and driven for the hole of humanitarian assist crossings, Reuters reported.

Speaking in a press convention in Beirut, Lebanon, Hamas senior professional Osama Hamdan instructed Arab and Islamic nations and the United Nations to deliver an finish to Israel’s assault on Gaza. Israel’s endured aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip follows an Oct. 7 attack through the Palestinian militant staff.

Hamdan also known as on Arab nations to finish the normalization of diplomatic ties with Israel.

— Karen Gilchrist

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that he would “reaffirm Israel’s right to defend itself” at a UN Security Council assembly in New York on Tuesday.

Blinken, who has performed a key function in diplomatic talks because the onset of the Israel-Hamas war, added in a post on social media that he would additionally talk about plans to forestall the conflict from spreading in addition to expanding humanitarian toughen for Gaza.

— Karen Gilchrist

Emirati billionaire businessman Hussain Sajwani stated Tuesday that the possibilities of the Hamas-Israeli war escalating right into a regional conflict recently seem low, however even that low likelihood is of shock to the area.

Sajwani, chairman of Dubai-based funding company DAMAC Group, advised CNBC that he believes the possibility of a much broader outbreak within the conflict recently stands round 5% to ten%.

“I hope this doesn’t get out of control, doesn’t become a regional war,” he stated.

Sajwani, whose industry pursuits come with an infinite assets portfolio, added that he didn’t assume the Dubai marketplace could be considerably disrupted through the continued unrest.

“I don’t see the challenge for Dubai, I don’t see the challenge for the GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council]. I think hopefully it will get confined within an area, and I pray it gets over soon,” he added.

— Karen Gilchrist

The Israel Defense Forces have made a public enchantment to the the folk of Gaza to offer information in regards to the location of the greater than 200 hostages held through Hamas.

In a post on social media, IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari instructed citizens of the besieged enclave to offer information on abductees. He added {that a} financial and safety could be supplied in go back.

“If you want a better future for you and your child, take action and give us as soon as possible solid and useful information regarding the abductees in your area. The Israeli army assures you that it will put forth maximum effort to provide you with security and your home, as well as a monetary reward. We guarantee you complete confidentiality.”

Reuters reported on Tuesday that IDF was once additionally handing over leaflets throughout Gaza with equivalent pleas.

Hamas launched two aged hostages past due Monday, taking the entire collection of captives freed to 4.

— Karen Gilchrist

French President Emmanuel Macron proposed increasing an current coalition that fights IS to additionally struggle Palestinian militant staff Hamas.

“This is why France is ready for the international coalition against Daesh, in which we are engaged for our operation in Iraq and Syria, to also fight against Hamas,” he stated all the way through a press briefing along Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in keeping with a CNBC translation.

Macron arrived in Israel previous within the day and has additionally met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

He references the 86-member Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh, established in September 2014 to dismantle IS and its financing and army infrastructure.

“Hamas is a terrorist group, where the very objective is the destruction of the Israeli state,” Macron stated Tuesday.

“I propose to our international partners, I mentioned it to you this morning, that we can build a regional and international coalition to fight against the terrorist group that threatens all of us.”

Macron reiterated that the combat in opposition to Hamas will have to be fought “without mercy, but not without rules,” urging no civilian deaths and admire for world regulations governing struggle.

— Ruxandra Iordache

Eighty-five-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz, one in every of two Israeli hostages launched through Hamas on Monday, has spoken out about her abduction all the way through the Oct. 7 multi-pronged terror assaults performed through the Palestinian staff.

In a press briefing, she stated she was once taken captive on a bike, overwhelmed with sticks and taken to a community of tunnels like “spiderwebs,” in keeping with a NBC News translation.

“I went through hell,” she stated.

She added that captives had been handled “well” and sorted on the web page the place they had been held, in addition to provided with clinical remedy and medicine.

Lifshitz’s daughter stated her father stays a hostage of Hamas and referred to as for his unencumber.

The Israel Defense Forces estimate more or less 222 other folks had been taken captive all the way through the Hamas offensive. Only 4 other folks, together with Lifshitz, were launched up to now.

— Ruxandra Iordache

The United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) will not be able to hold out assist operations after Wednesday evening with out gasoline deliveries to the Gaza Strip, Director Thomas White stated.

“The key message is: we need fuel to come into Gaza otherwise the aid operation, clean drinking water, hospitals operating — will come to a close on Wednesday night,” White said in a TV interview with Al Jazeera.

“We’re providing fuel now to run desalination plants for drinking water. It’s keeping [Intensive Care] units operating in hospitals, it’s enabling us to distribute aid. The reality is even if a convoy comes into Gaza, if we don’t have fuel for our trucks, we won’t be able to pick it up,” he added, noting that no gasoline has crossed the border into the Gaza Strip, in spite of the trickle of humanitarian assist deliveries traversing the Rafah Crossing from Egypt because the weekend.

UNRWA, which has been sheltering and distributing assist to Palestinian other folks within the besieged Gaza Strip, on Monday said 35 of its personnel individuals were killed because the get started of the Israeli-Hamas conflict.

— Ruxandra Iordache

Israel does no longer need a war with militant staff Hezbollah, however Lebanon will “pay the price” if the 2 nations are pitted into such an altercation, Israeli President Isaac Herzog stated.

Speaking at a press briefing with visiting French President Emmanuel Macron, Herzog stated, “We are following very closely the situation with Lebanon. I think Hezbollah is playing with fire … And I want to make clear, we are not looking for a confrontation in our northern border with anyone else, we are focused on destroying Hamas infrastructure and bringing our citizens back home, but if Hezbollah will drag us into war, it should be clear that Lebanon will pay the price.”

Israel has been buying and selling fireplace with Hezbollah because the Oct. 7 terror assaults perpetrated through Palestinian militant staff Hamas. Hezbollah cites cohesion with the Palestinian other folks and retaliation for Israel killing a number of of the crowd’s individuals. As a results of the hostilities, Israel has needed to evacuate a number of settlements close to the border with Lebanon, elevating issues over the opportunity of its conflict with Hamas spreading out into the wider Middle Eastern area.

Both Hamas and Hezbollah have traditionally benefitted from the toughen of Iran, who praised the early-October Hamas offensive, however denied involvement.

“Lebanon cannot be a sovereign member of the international community, its citizens carrying a Lebanese passport, but when it comes to attacking Israel, they are not responsible,” Herzog stated Tuesday.

— Ruxandra Iordache