Israeli fighter jets struck 450 Hamas targets in Gaza and troops seized a militant compound up to now 24 hours, the Israel Protection Forces stated on Monday, whereas the Palestinian enclave’s well being ministry stated the air strikes killed dozens of individuals.
A Reuters journalist within the Gaza Strip described the in a single day bombardment from the air, floor and sea as one of the crucial intense since Israel launched its offensive in response to a shock assault by Hamas on southern Israel a month in the past.
Well being officers in Hamas-controlled Gaza stated greater than 9,770 Palestinians have been killed within the battle, which started when Hamas killed 1,400 individuals and seized greater than 240 hostages on Oct. 7.
Refusing to countenance a ceasefire till the hostages are launched, Israel confronted sustained stress to keep away from civilian casualties in its assault on Gaza, whereas a U.S. diplomatic blitz within the area seeks to scale back dangers of the battle escalating.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was on account of meet Turkey’s overseas minister in Ankara, hours after lots of of individuals at a pro-Palestinian protest tried to storm an air base that homes U.S. troops in southern Turkey.
Blinken on Sunday made an unannounced go to to the West Financial institution to fulfill Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who joined worldwide requires a direct ceasefire.
Blinken repeated U.S. considerations {that a} ceasefire might help Hamas, however Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dominated one out for now. “There can be no ceasefire with out the return of the hostages,” Netanyahu stated.
Palestinian information company WAFA had reported “unprecedented bombardment” from Israel, whereas telecoms supplier Paltel reported one other cutoff of communications and web providers.
Gaza’s well being ministry stated dozens of individuals had been killed by the Israeli air strikes in Gaza Metropolis, and additional south in Gaza neighbourhoods like Zawaida and Deir Al-Balah.
The IDF stated its strikes hit “tunnels, terrorists, navy compounds, commentary posts, and anti-tank missile launch posts”. Floor troops killed a number of Hamas fighters whereas taking a militant compound with commentary posts, coaching areas for Hamas operatives and underground terror tunnels, it stated.
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A senior Hamas commander, Jamal Mussa, who had headed the group’s particular safety operations, was amongst these killed, the IDF stated.
Israel stated 31 troopers have been killed because it started expanded floor operations in Gaza on Oct. 27, preventing 1000’s of Hamas fighters who consider they will maintain off Israel’s advance in a warren of tunnels beneath the enclave.
A spokesman for Israel’s navy instructed CNN late on Sunday that bombardments in northern Gaza had been halted for a number of hours for 2 days in a row to permit civilians protected passage to maneuver to the south of the slender coastal strip.
Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus added there was entry to water and humanitarian items within the south of Gaza, however Hamas was impeding convoys by firing on them. Reuters couldn’t instantly confirm his account.
U.S. CIA Director William Burns was additionally set to go to Israel on Monday to debate the battle and intelligence with senior officers, the New York Occasions reported. Burns additionally will make stops in different Center East nations to debate the Gaza state of affairs, the Occasions quoted an unnamed U.S. official as saying.
The CIA didn’t reply to Reuters’ request for remark.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will name overseas leaders in a while Monday to debate the battle and advance the administration’s efforts to extend the circulation of humanitarian help to civilians in Gaza, her workplace stated.
Jordan’s air drive air-dropped pressing medical help to the Jordanian area hospital in Gaza early on Monday, based on a put up on X from Jordan’s king and experiences in state media.
U.S. Central Command, which covers the Center East, stated on X that an Ohio-class nuclear missile submarine had arrived within the area – an uncommon announcement of a nuclear submarine’s place that was seen by some analysts as a message to Iran.
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Individuals looked for victims or survivors on the Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza, the place the well being ministry stated Israeli forces had killed at the very least 47 individuals in strikes early on Sunday.
“All evening I and the opposite males had been making an attempt to select the useless from the rubble. We bought kids, dismembered, torn-apart flesh,” stated Saeed al-Nejma, 53.
Requested for remark, the IDF stated they had been gathering particulars.
In a separate assault, 21 Palestinians from one household had been killed in strikes, the well being ministry stated. The IDF declined to remark.
Reuters couldn’t independently confirm these accounts.
“We demand that you simply cease them from committing these crimes instantly,” Abbas instructed Blinken, urging an “rapid ceasefire” from Israel.
Palestinians had been going through a battle of “genocide and destruction”, information company WAFA quoted Abbas as saying.
The battle has infected Israeli-Palestinian violence elsewhere.
In East Jerusalem, Israeli police stated a 16-year-old Palestinian stabbed and wounded two officers earlier than being shot useless. Within the occupied West Financial institution, one other territory the place Palestinians search statehood, medics stated a Palestinian was killed and three others wounded by Israeli military hearth. A navy spokesperson has no rapid touch upon that incident.
Tensions elevated with Lebanon after an Israeli strike on a automobile within the south of the nation killed three kids and their grandmother, Lebanese authorities stated.
Israel’s navy stated it had attacked “terrorist targets of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon” in response to a missile assault in opposition to tanks that killed an Israeli citizen.
Hezbollah stated it responded by firing rockets at Kiryat Shmona city in northern Israel. The group stated it will by no means tolerate assaults on civilians and its response could be “agency and robust”.
