Latest news on Gaza conflict

The World Health Organization (WHO) working in Palestinian territory mentioned Sunday that it has documented 102 assaults on healthcare amenities within the Gaza Strip for the reason that Israel-Hamas conflict started in early October.

“Since 7 October, WHO has documented 102 attacks on health care in the Gaza Strip,” the WHO said on X.

“Attacks have resulted in 504 fatalities, 459 injuries, damage to 39 facilities and affected 31 ambulances. Over half of health attacks and over a half of hospitals damaged were in Gaza City,” it added. CNBC was unable to independently confirm the figures.

To date, it is estimated that greater than 9,200 folks have been killed in Gaza, based on the Palestinian well being ministry in Gaza, which is run by Hamas. Israel in an replace Sunday mentioned that over 1,400 folks had been killed — the bulk within the Hamas terror assault on Oct. 7.

— Holly Ellyatt

A junior Israeli authorities minister Amihai Eliyahu who advised that dropping an atomic bomb on Gaza was an choice for Israel has reportedly been suspended following the feedback.

Sky News reported Sunday that Eliyahu has now been suspended by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu till additional discover. It cited Israel’s Army Radio as a supply for the report.

— Holly Ellyatt

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to distance himself from feedback made by a minister in his coalition authorities suggesting that dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza is an choice within the battle.

Asked in an interview with Radio Kol Berama whether or not an atomic bomb ought to be dropped on the Gaza Strip, Israel’s Heritage minister Amichai Eliyahu, a far-right politician of the Otzma Yehudit party mentioned “this is one of the possibilities,” in feedback reported by the Times of Israel.

He additionally reportedly acknowledged that humanitarian help to the inhabitants ought to be restricted, saying “we wouldn’t hand the Nazis humanitarian aid. There is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza.”

Eliyahu, who isn’t a part of Netanyahu’s battle cupboard, backs retaking the Gaza Strip’s territory and restoring settlements there, the Times of Israel famous.

When he was requested in regards to the destiny of the Palestinian inhabitants, he mentioned: “They can go to Ireland or deserts, the monsters in Gaza should find a solution by themselves.”

Israel’s prime minister sought to distance himself from the feedback, stating on X Sunday that “Minister Amihai Eliyahu’s statements are not based in reality. Israel and the IDF are operating in accordance with the highest standards of international law to avoid harming innocents. We will continue to do so until our victory.”

— Holly Ellyatt

Palestinian news company WAFA mentioned 51 Palestinians, principally ladies and youngsters, had been killed and scores wounded in an Israeli bombardment of Gaza’s Maghazi camp on Saturday evening.

Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the WAFA report. The Israeli army didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

A spokesperson for the Hamas-run Health ministry in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qidra, mentioned a lot of folks had been killed with out giving a precise determine, including scores of individuals with extreme accidents had been laying on the bottom of a hospital’s emergency ward.

Maghazi is situated within the Deir al-Balah Governorate within the central Gaza Strip.

Israel says it’s focusing on Hamas, not civilians, and accuses the militants of utilizing residents as human shields.

— Reuters

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan mentioned Gaza have to be a part of an unbiased, sovereign Palestinian state as soon as the Israel-Hamas battle is over, and Ankara won’t assist any plans “gradually erasing Palestinians” from historical past.

Erdogan made the remarks a day earlier than U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was resulting from arrive in Ankara for talks on Gaza.

Turkey, which has sharply escalated its criticism of Israel because the humanitarian disaster in Gaza has intensified, helps a two-state resolution and hosts members of Hamas, which it doesn’t view as a terrorist group, not like the United States, Britain and others within the West.

Turkey has known as for a right away ceasefire and supplied to arrange a system to guarantee it.

“Once all of this that is happening is finished, we want to see Gaza as a peaceful region that is a part of an independent Palestinian state, in line with 1967 borders, with territorial integrity, and with East Jerusalem as its capital,” Erdogan was on Saturday cited as saying by broadcaster Haberturk and others.

“We will support formulas that will bring peace and calm to the region. We will not be supportive of plans that will further darken the lives of Palestinians, that will gradually erase them from the scene of history.”

Erdogan mentioned his intelligence chief was involved with Israeli and Palestinian authorities, in addition to Hamas, however he would now not regard Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a counterpart. He mentioned Turkey didn’t wish to sever ties with Israel.

— Reuters

Firefighters sprayed jets of water throughout twisted steel and jumbled concrete as flames roared from houses destroyed by an Israeli airstrike within the Jabaliya refugee camp.

The escalating bombardment comes as Israel’s army mentioned it had encircled Gaza City, the preliminary goal of its offensive to crush Hamas.

It wasn’t instantly clear how many individuals had been killed or wounded within the strike late Saturday within the northern Gaza Strip. Rescuers shouted to one another as they tried to drag folks from the wreckage.

Associated Press video confirmed a person, barefoot and with blood soaking by way of his garments, being carried on a stretcher by way of the concrete skeleton of a broken constructing.

“Careful, careful!” somebody known as out as they staggered throughout the rubble. Others used a mattress sheet to haul a useless physique from the scene. Inside a bouncing ambulance driving away, a rescuer sporting black latex gloves patted the top of a younger boy cradled in his lap. A person screamed off-camera.

— Associated Press

President Joe Biden advised Saturday there have been some advances in U.S. makes an attempt to steer Israel to pause army strikes on Gaza for humanitarian causes.

In a short trade with reporters as he left St. Edmond Roman Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Biden was requested if there was progress, and he responded, “Yes,” however didn’t share specifics.

This comes after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met together with his Arab counterparts Saturday. He disagreed with them on the necessity for a right away cease-fire and made clear the furthest he would go was backing a pause for help to succeed in civilians in Gaza. Blinken mentioned a cease-fire would go away Hamas in place.

— Associated Press

The Israeli Defense Forces, or IDF, has surrounded the densely populated metropolis of Gaza, a handful of weeks following the Oct. 7 Hamas terror assaults.

The ongoing IDF marketing campaign has been shrouded in thriller, here is what we learn about its floor assault in Gaza.

Read the full story on NBC News.

— Amanda Macias

Thousands of individuals have joined an illustration in Tel Aviv organized by households of some 240 hostages being held within the Gaza Strip.

“Now!” the group chanted repeatedly, calling for hostages to be freed directly after almost a month in captivity. Many held footage of the hostages, together with pictures of youngsters and older folks.

Hadas Kalderon of Kibbutz Nir Oz whose two kids, ages 16 and 12, had been kidnapped known as for a cease-fire in trade for the return of the hostages.

Hamas militants kidnapped the hostages in an Oct. 7 cross-border raid that triggered the newest Israel-Hamas battle. The plight of the hostages and their households has captured the nation’s consideration.

Ella Ben-Ami, a 23-year-old Israeli whose dad and mom had been kidnapped, mentioned she held Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accountable.

She known as for a halt in all humanitarian help to Gaza till the hostages are freed.

— Associated Press

Huge crowds of demonstrators gathered all over the world on Saturday in pro-Palestinian protests.

In Washington D.C., and New York, tens of 1000’s of protesters additionally joined collectively, some calling on the U.S. authorities to cease sending army help to Israel and demanding a ceasefire. And for the fourth weekend in a row, main cities in Europe noticed droves of protesters who additionally known as for an finish to the battle.

London

Thirty vehicles with humanitarian help entered Gaza by way of the Rafah border crossing on Saturday, based on NBC News.

The vehicles had been first delivered to the Palestine Red Crescent. Some had been later handed off to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the UNRWA. Four of the vehicles include medical provides, whereas the others maintain meals, water and different reduction.

Saturday’s wave of vehicles roughly matches the tempo of help despatched for the reason that Rafah crossing opened up for convoys. Since Oct. 21, there have been 451 whole convoys despatched to Gaza, or about 30 vehicles per day.

— Rebecca Picciotto

Thousands of Israelis are protesting outdoors Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in central Jerusalem, calling on the Israeli chief to resign within the wake of the bloody Oct. 7 Hamas rampage that sparked the newest Israel-Hamas battle.

Netanyahu has up to now refused to take duty for the Oct. 7 assault, through which a number of thousand Hamas militants burst into Israel and killed over 1,400 folks and took some 240 hostages again to Gaza. He says officers, together with himself, must give solutions to the general public, however solely after the battle.

Israel has carried out weeks of airstrikes and launched a floor offensive in Gaza, with Palestinian well being officers saying over 9,000 folks had been killed within the combating.

During Saturday evening’s protest, demonstrators known as on Netanyahu to step down and known as for the return of the hostages. They additionally held a second of silence for victims of the assault and people in captivity.

“Where were you in Kfar Azza,” chanted the protesters, referring to one of many Israeli border communities that was overrun by Hamas.

“I came here to rescue the country,” mentioned Nava Hefetz, a rabbi and human rights activist, who attended the protest.

— Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday publicly disagreed with overseas ministers from Egypt and Jordan on their calls for for a ceasefire in Gaza.

That stance was in stark distinction with Egyptian overseas minister Sameh Shoukry and Jordanian overseas minister Ayman Safadi, each of whom known as for a right away cessation of assaults.

Directly addressing Blinken, Safadi mentioned in his opening remarks that the U.S. has a number one position to play in “ending this catastrophe.”

Shoukry mentioned, “It is our position that a ceasefire is imperative to deal with the humanitarian consequences of this conflict.”

Standing beside Shoukry and Safadi on the joint press convention, Blinken mentioned that it was not the best time for Israel to droop its motion. He mentioned that Israel has an “obligation” to defend itself, although “the way Israel does that” is vital.

“A ceasefire now would simply leave Hamas in place, able to regroup and repeat what it did on Oct. 7,” mentioned Blinken.

The three officers agreed that defending civilian lives and supplying sustainable humanitarian help to Gaza ought to be priorities.

— Rebecca Picciotto

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will embrace Turkey in his journey to the Middle East, as relations between the nation and and Israel deteriorate.

Turkey on Saturday recalled its ambassador to Israel due to the scenario in Gaza and Israel’s refusal to name a ceasefire. Israel had already ordered its personal ambassadors in Turkey to return house.

Blinken, who met with Arab leaders in Jordan as we speak, will journey on to Ankara earlier than making his option to Tokyo, Seoul and New Delhi.

Turkey has turn into extra important of Israel over the course of the battle. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has mentioned that Hamas isn’t a terror group, although the U.S., the U.Okay., the European Union, Canada and lots of different international locations have designated it to be one.

— Annie Nova

The Lebanese and Egyptian leaders urged the worldwide neighborhood to accentuate efforts to “contain the situation and avert expanding the scope of violence.”

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati flew to Cairo on Saturday for talks with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt, after his assembly with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken within the Jordanian capital of Amman.

According to an announcement from el-Sissi’s workplace, additionally they affirmed the need of “relaunching the peace track and implement the state-state solution principle to achieve justice, security and stability to the region’s peoples.”

— Associated Press

United Nations staff put together help for distribution to Palestinians, who’ve fled their houses resulting from Israeli strikes and take shelter in a UN-run faculty, within the Nuseirat refugee camp within the central Gaza Strip, on Nov. 4, 2023, as battles proceed between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas motion.

The director common of the World Health Organization on Friday known as for a ceasefire in Gaza following experiences of an IDF attack on an ambulance convoy that killed not less than 15 folks.

“Utterly shocked by reports of attacks on ambulances evacuating patients close to Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, leading to deaths, injuries and damage,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on X, the social media service previously often known as Twitter.

The lethal Gaza City strike destroyed an ambulance that Israel’s army mentioned was being “used by a Hamas terrorist cell.” The Israel Defence Forces reported {that a} “number of Hamas terrorist operatives were killed in the strike.”

Dozens had been injured along with the 15 individuals who had been killed.

“We reiterate: patients, health workers, facilities, and ambulances must be protected at all times. Always,” Tedros wrote, including: “Ceasefire NOW.”

— Nicolas Vega

Turkey is bringing its ambassador in Tel Aviv again to its capital metropolis of Ankara resulting from Israel’s refusal to name a ceasefire.

Ambassador Şakir Özkan Torunlar has been ordered again to Turkey “in view of the unfolding humanitarian tragedy in Gaza caused by the continuing attacks by Israel against civilians, and Israel’s refusal of calls for ceasefire and continuous and unhindered flow of humanitarian aid,” the Turkish overseas ministry mentioned in an announcement on Saturday.

Last Saturday, Israel ordered its personal ambassadors in Turkey to return house.

Israel’s overseas minister Eli Cohen said the transfer was a results of Turkey’s “harsh statements” and that he would “conduct a reassessment of Israel-Turkey relations.”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has publicly voiced assist for Hamas, saying it’s “not a terrorist organization, but a group of liberation.” He has additionally criticized Israel’s actions within the battle and known as for a ceasefire.

— Rebecca Picciotto

Humanitarian help that’s set to be delivered for Gaza is loaded on a French Air Force military airplane earlier than take-off from the Orleans Air Base, France, on Nov. 4, 2023.