Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stated his nation will take “overall security responsibility” of the Gaza Strip for an indefinite interval after its conflict with Hamas because the nation on Tuesday marked a month for the reason that lethal October 7 rampage by Hamas militants in southern Israel. Follow our stay weblog for the newest updates. All instances are Paris time (GMT+1).
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Israelis noticed a minute of silence on Tuesday to mark a month for the reason that October 7 assaults that noticed Hamas militants slaughter 1,400 folks, most of them civilians, and abduct tons of extra.
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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stated his nation will take “overall security responsibility” of the Gaza Strip for an indefinite interval after its conflict with Hamas. Speaking to ABC News, Netanyahu stated Israel would take into account “tactical little pauses” in Gaza combating to facilitate the entry of humanitarian assist or enable the exit of hostages held by Hamas.
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The UN Security Council met behind closed doorways to debate the conflict between Israel and Hamas late on Monday however its 15 members failed as soon as extra to agree on a decision.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated the safety of civilians “must be paramount” within the battle between Israel and Hamas, warning that the Gaza Strip was changing into “a graveyard for children”.
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The demise toll within the Gaza Strip has risen to no less than 10,022 folks, together with no less than 4,104 kids, the well being ministry within the Hamas-run territory has stated.
11:25am: UN rights chief decries ‘vortex of ache’ on Mideast go to
The UN rights chief is visiting the Middle East amid rising concern over Israel’s army escalation in Gaza, his workplace has stated.
Volker Turk has begun a five-day go to to the area in Egypt and is planning to go to the Rafah crossing to Gaza on Wednesday. His workplace stated he’ll go to Amman, Jordan on Thursday and has additionally sought entry to Israel, the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
“It has been one full month of carnage, of incessant suffering, bloodshed, destruction, outrage and despair,” Turk was quoted as saying. “Human rights violations are at the root of this escalation and human rights play a central role in finding a way out of this vortex of pain.”
10:50am: UAE to arrange 150-bed subject hospital in Gaza
The United Arab Emirates will arrange a subject hospital within the Gaza Strip, official media stated after the variety of folks killed in Israeli bombardments surpassed 10,000.
Five plane flew out of Abu Dhabi for Arish in northern Egypt carrying tools and provides for the 150-bed facility, WAM news company stated late on Monday.
An official contacted by AFP stated there was no instant data on how the tools shall be transferred to Gaza, the place there is just one operational border crossing, at Rafah close to Arish.
10:15am: Israel observes minute of silence a month after Hamas assaults
Israelis have noticed a minute of silence to mark a month for the reason that lethal rampage by Hamas militants that triggered the present conflict between Israel and the Islamist militant group.
The nation’s worst-ever terrorist assaults, the October 7 killings claimed 1,400 lives, in keeping with Israeli officers, together with complete households slain inside their houses and younger folks killed at a music pageant.
9:15am: Russia says Israeli minister’s nuclear comment raises ‘enormous variety of questions’
A comment by an Israeli junior minister who appeared to specific openness to the thought of Israel finishing up a nuclear strike on Gaza raises a “huge number of questions”, the Russian overseas ministry has stated.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday suspended Heritage Minister Amihay Eliyahu from cupboard conferences after his controversial comment sparked outrage around the globe.
Asked in a radio interview a few hypothetical nuclear possibility, Eliyahu, from a far-right get together within the coalition authorities, replied: “That’s one way.”
Maria Zakharova, Russia’s overseas ministry spokeswoman, stated the principle situation was that Israel appeared to have admitted that it had nuclear weapons – one thing it has by no means publicly acknowledged.
“Question number one – it turns out that we are hearing official statements about the presence of nuclear weapons?” Zakharova stated in remarks carried by the RIA news company. If so, she added, then the place are the worldwide nuclear inspectors?
8:35am: A month on, Israeli hostage households wait in agony for phrase of family members taken by Hamas
A month has handed since Hamas unleashed a day of lethal terror on Israel, storming out of the Gaza Strip and brutally murdering 1,400 folks in southern Israel, principally civilians, and taking greater than 240 hostage.
The occasions of October 7 led to a devastating conflict in Gaza, which has claimed 1000’s of civilian lives. They have additionally left an indelible mark on Israeli society.
People throughout the nation are nonetheless in shock, none extra so than these nonetheless ready desperately for news of their family members held hostage inside Gaza.
Our senior correspondent Catherine Norris Trent despatched this report.
7:25am: ‘How can I presumably give start right here?’: Pregnant girls endure ordeal in Gaza
Before the newest escalation in violence between Israel and Hamas, pregnant girls within the Gaza Strip might have well being check-ups, get recommendation on diet and put together their houses for the arrival of their infants.
Today, 1000’s reside in shelters the place there’s not sufficient meals or clear water, and so they dread the prospect of giving start on the ground with no physician or midwife to assist.
More than 150 births happen daily within the densely populated sliver of land, which is house to some 50,000 pregnant girls, in keeping with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Among them is Shorouq, who’s seven months pregnant along with her first youngster and is at the moment dwelling in a shelter in Khan Younis, within the south of Gaza.
“How can I possibly give birth here?” she asks. “There’s no access to healthcare and hygiene. Giving birth in this shelter would be a catastrophe for me.”
Read moreMalnourished, sick and scared: Pregnant girls in Gaza face ‘unthinkable challenges’
6:45am: US police probe demise of Jewish man after duelling protests
A Jewish man in California has died after getting right into a confrontation throughout duelling protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict, authorities stated.
Paul Kessler, 69, died at a hospital on Monday, a day after he was struck throughout pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations at an intersection in Thousand Oaks, a suburb northwest of Los Angeles, authorities stated.
Witnesses stated Kessler was concerned in a “physical altercation” with a number of counter-protesters, fell backward and struck his head on the bottom, in keeping with a press release from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.
No arrests have been made and particulars of the confrontation haven’t been instantly launched, though the Sheriff’s Department has scheduled a news convention for Tuesday morning.
3:10am: UN Security Council fails to agree on Israel-Hamas conflict decision
The UN Security Council met behind closed doorways late on Monday. The 15-member physique remains to be attempting to agree a decision on the conflict between Israel and Hamas after failing 4 instances in two weeks to take motion.
The key impediment is whether or not to name for a ceasefire or humanitarian pauses to permit assist entry in Gaza.
When requested if there have been any talks on the United Nations but about what would possibly occur in Gaza as soon as the combating stops, Deputy US Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood instructed reporters: “Obviously there is concern about what happens the day after, but we’re not at that point.”
1:52am: Israel open to ‘little pauses’ in Gaza combating, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has stated Israel would take into account “tactical little pauses” in Gaza combating to facilitate the entry of humanitarian assist or enable the exit of hostages held by Hamas militants.
Earlier, Netanyahu confirmed there could be no “general ceasefire” in Gaza till hostages have been launched by Hamas.
“There will be no ceasefire – general ceasefire – in Gaza, without the release of our hostages,” he stated in a tv interview with ABC News.
1:30am: Netanyahu says Israel will take ‘general safety duty’ of Gaza after conflict
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has stated his nation will take “overall security responsibility” of the Gaza Strip for an indefinite interval after its conflict with Hamas.
“Israel will, for an indefinite period, will have the overall security responsibility,” he stated in a tv interview with ABC News. “When we don’t have that security responsibility, what we have is the eruption of Hamas terror on a scale that we couldn’t imagine.”
Key developments from Monday, November 6:
In a televised deal with on Monday, UN chief Antonio Guterres stated a ceasefire turns into “more urgent with every passing hour” as Israeli forces pounded the Hamas-held Gaza Strip after encircling the enclave’s foremost metropolis on Sunday.
Hamas militants fired 16 rockets from Lebanon in the direction of northern Israel, the Palestinian group’s armed wing introduced, saying they focused areas south of the coastal metropolis of Haifa.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a gruelling Middle East diplomatic tour in Turkey after solely restricted success in efforts to forge a regional consensus on how greatest to ease civilian struggling in Gaza.
Jordan stated on Monday it was leaving “all options” open in its response to what it referred to as Israel’s failure to discriminate between army and civilian targets in its intensifying bombardment and invasion of the Gaza Strip.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide stated on Monday Oslo was exploring methods to revive a diplomatic channel between Israel and the Palestinians to discover a political answer to their decades-long battle.
Read our weblog to see how yesterday’s occasions unfolded.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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