Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to destroy Hamas in a televised handle on Friday, warning that the fierce bombardment of Gaza was “only the beginning” of his nation’s response to the lethal assaults by Hamas militants final week. His menace got here as 1000’s of Palestinians fled to southern Gaza looking for refuge after Israel warned them to evacuate forward of a attainable floor offensive within the Hamas-held enclave, the place the dying toll from Israeli air strikes has surged to not less than 1,900, in line with the native well being ministry. Read our weblog to see how the day’s occasions unfolded. All instances are Paris time (GMT+2).
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10:50pm: Tunnels, Hamas drones, hostages imply Israel faces a tricky Gaza floor offensive
Frank Ledwidge, a former UK navy intelligence officer and at present a senior technique lecturer at Portsmouth University, says an Israeli floor offensive in Gaza is more likely to be brutal.
Israel, over the previous few years, has modified its navy doctrine to take extremely kinetic motion at minimal danger, explains Ledwidge. But as soon as Israeli troops enter the densely populated Palestinian enclave, they’ll face IEDs, booby traps and Gaza’s community of tunnels.
“Gaza, like Israel, has planned for this operation for many years. Both sides are ready for the other. It’s going to be really challenging for both of them,” he says.
Israeli troops additionally, for the primary time, may face Hamas drones within the enclave that may monitor and assault them. But Israel has additionally skilled on drones and maybe even AI-controlled weaponry, explains Ledwidge.
Gaza’s civilians although will bear the brunt of the warfare, he says.
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10:35pm: UN displacement professional ‘horrified’ by Gaza order
The UN professional on displacement has stated she is “horrified” by Israel telling 1.1 million residents to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip, condemning the order as against the law towards humanity.
Paula Gaviria Betancur, the United Nations’ particular rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced individuals, stated it was inconceivable that Gazans may transfer throughout a struggle zone with out devastating penalties.
“Forcible population transfers constitute a crime against humanity, and collective punishment is prohibited under international humanitarian law,” Gaviria Betancur stated in an announcement.
Earlier, FRANCE 24’s Jerusalem correspondent Irris Makler defined that any evacuation of civilians would require a pause within the Israeli bombing and the institution of a humanitarian hall – a topic she stated could be on the agenda of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s talks with Arab leaders within the area.
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10:10pm: Hospitals making an attempt to share gasoline, rotating employees as Gaza well being scenario deteriorates
After days of heavy Israeli bombardments on Gaza, the well being system within the besieged enclave is dire, says Amber Alayyan, deputy programme supervisor for Palestine at Doctors Without Borders, additionally recognized by its French acronym, MSF.
Mobility is a significant situation for MSF employees in Gaza, explains Alayyan, with most of them “having a difficult time” making an attempt to succeed in hospitals and clinics, the place they’re badly wanted.
With Israel blocking meals, drugs and water provide into the enclave, “hospitals are trying to share fuel, and are rotating staff to cope”, she says.
A paediatrician by coaching, Alayyan says Gaza’s kids are notably badly affected by the fixed Israeli bombardments.
“First and foremost, there’s the injuries,” she explains. “The injuries are massive and the problem is, with young children, particularly with babies, injuries of this volume and this extent are often quite lethal. The really heartbreaking effect is the mental health effect, the psychological impact of children who’ve been born in war and continue to feel the impact of it every few years.”
More than 600 kids have been killed in Israeli strikes because the October 7 Hamas assault, in line with Gaza’s well being ministry.
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9:50pm: Saudi Arabia condemns bombardment, displacement of Gaza civilians
Saudi Arabia has denounced the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza and assaults on “defenceless civilians” in its strongest criticism but of Israeli actions because the newest preventing broke out.
Riyadh “affirms its categorical rejection of calls for the forced displacement of the Palestinian people from Gaza, and its condemnation of the continued targeting of defenceless civilians there,” the overseas ministry stated in an announcement.
The Saudi assertion was revealed as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Riyadh as a part of a six-nation tour of Arab international locations.
The struggle has dealt a blow to makes an attempt by the administration of US President Joe Biden to facilitate normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia, residence of the 2 holiest websites in Islam.
Saudi Arabia, which has by no means recognised Israel, has issued a number of statements prior to now week affirming its assist for the Palestinian trigger.
9:45pm: Death toll in Israeli strikes on Gaza passes 1,900
The week-long Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip has killed not less than 1,900 individuals, together with 614 kids, the well being ministry has stated.
Some 370 girls had been amongst these killed within the seven days of air strikes, the Hamas-run well being ministry stated. It added that 7,696 individuals have been wounded.
The most up-to-date official dying toll from Israel stands at 1,300.
9:35pm: ‘Even wars have guidelines,’ says UN chief in name for humanitarian assist to Gaza
UN chief Antonio Guterres has appealed for the safety of primary human rights because the Israel-Hamas battle spirals, stressing that “even wars have rules” and warning towards utilizing hostages as human shields.
“The situation in Gaza has reached a dangerous new low,” Guterres stated forward of a Security Council assembly on the unstable scenario.
“We need immediate humanitarian access throughout Gaza, so that we can get fuel, food and water to everyone in need,” he stated, including that the blockaded enclave’s well being system was on the point of collapse.
9:20pm: Rocket sirens sound in Tel Aviv, surrounding Israeli cities
Hamas has continued to focus on Israeli cities with rocket fireplace from the Gaza Strip at the same time as Israel steps up its bombardment of the Palestinian enclave forward of a attainable floor offensive.
FRANCE 24’s Luke Shrago brings us the newest from Tel Aviv.
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8:55pm: Israel’s Netanyahu says Gaza offensive nonetheless in early levels
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy Hamas in a televised handle as the military prepares for an anticipated floor invasion of the Gaza Strip.
“This is only the beginning,” Netanyahu stated of Israel’s week-long bombardment of the Gaza Strip in retaliation for Hamas’s lethal incursion final Saturday. “We will end this war stronger than ever.”
“We will destroy Hamas,” he added, saying Israel has widespread worldwide assist for the operation.
8:30pm: Blinken asks Israel to spare Gaza civilians throughout Arab tour
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has known as on Israel to restrict Palestinian civilian deaths as he works to arrange secure areas within the Gaza Strip, searching for to maintain calm within the Arab world following a significant Hamas assault.
After a solidarity go to to Tel Aviv, Blinken, on a six-nation tour of Arab international locations, once more defended Israel’s proper to reply but additionally hardened his tone on defending harmless Palestinians.
“We have urged the Israelis to use every possible precaution to avoid harm to civilians,” Blinken instructed a news convention in Qatar. “We recognise many Palestinian families in Gaza are suffering through no fault of their own and that Palestinian civilians have lost their lives.”
But Blinken stated that Israel was inside its rights after the “unconscionable” assaults by Hamas. “What Israel is doing is not retaliation. What Israel is doing is defending the lives of its people,” he stated.
8:05pm: Situation on Israel-Lebanon border ‘escalating actually shortly’
Just hours after he reported, earlier Friday morning, that the scenario on the Lebanon-Israel border was “stable”, FRANCE 24’s Lebanon correspondent Rawa Taha says the scenario was quickly escalating.
A Reuters journalist was killed Friday night, and 6 different worldwide journalists had been wounded in Israeli shelling into southern Lebanon.
“This is a really hard story for me,” admitted Taha, noting that he was on the border on Thursday when he final noticed the news crew that was hit.
Amid fears of the Israel-Hamas struggle spreading on a number of fronts, from Gaza to Israel’s south to Lebanon within the north, Friday’s lethal incident highlights the specter of a regional battle.
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”Earlier this afternoon, we heard news of a attainable infiltration from Lebanon’s aspect of the border in the direction of Israel. Then there was an change of fireplace in that location. Shortly afterwards, Hezbollah introduced in an announcement that it launched an assault on quite a few Israeli navy positions,” defined Taha.
Most Lebanese opposition politicians, in addition to the vast majority of Lebanese residents are cautious of their nation being dragged right into a battle with Israel once more, defined Taha.
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7:50pm: Reuters names journalist killed in south Lebanon
The Reuters news company has stated that one in every of its journalists was killed throughout shelling in southern Lebanon that additionally injured a number of different reporters.
“We are deeply saddened to learn that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed,” Reuters stated, including that, he “was part of a Reuters crew in southern Lebanon.”
Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV earlier stated two of its staff, Elie Brakhya and reporter Carmen Joukhadar, had been among the many wounded.
7:30pm: Analysis: The many risks of an Israeli floor offensive in Gaza
Nearly every week after Hamas launched a shock assault on Israel, Gaza residents are braced for a floor offensive, with Israel mobilising reservists and shifting navy gear to the border with Gaza.
But a possible floor offensive within the besieged enclave, one of many planet’s most densely populated territories, may come at a really excessive value, writes FRANCE 24’s Jean-Luc Mounier.
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7:10pm: UN chief appeals to Israel to ‘avert a humanitarian disaster’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed Friday for Israel to “avert a humanitarian catastrophe,” after the Israeli military ordered a couple of million individuals to evacuate north Gaza.
“The Secretary-General and his team have been working the phones. He’s been in constant contact with Israeli authorities, urging them to avert a humanitarian catastrophe,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric instructed reporters.
Earlier, FRANCE 24 spoke to the top of the Palestinian Red Crescent Marwan Jilani concerning the quickly deteriorating humanitarian scenario within the Hamas-held enclave.
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6:50pm: US Senate majority chief leads bipartisan delegation on Israel go to
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is headed to Israel this weekend to debate what sources the United States can present for its struggle towards Hamas.
Schumer, a Democrat from New York, is main a bipartisan group of senators to the nation “to show the United States’ unwavering support for Israel,” his workplace stated. Schumer is the primary Jewish majority chief of the Senate and the highest-ranking Jewish elected official within the US.
The go to comes as Congress is contemplating how a lot cash and gear to ship to Israel and as two different high-ranking officers, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretry Lloyd Austin, have visited in latest days.
6:30pm: Israeli shelling alongside Lebanon border kills journalist, wounds 6
An Israeli shell landed in a gathering of worldwide journalists masking clashes on the border in south Lebanon, killing one and leaving six others injured.
An Associated Press photographer on the scene noticed the physique of the useless journalist and the six who had been wounded, a few of whom had been rushed to hospitals in ambulances. Images from the scene confirmed a charred automotive.
Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV stated two of its staff, Elie Brakhya and reporter Carmen Joukhadar, had been among the many wounded. The Associated Press stated it was not naming the opposite retailers whose journalists had been killed or injured till they make public statements on the matter.
6:20pm: Israel says floor forces made raids into Gaza ‘over previous 24 hours’
The Israeli navy says for the primary time that floor troops have been working contained in the Gaza Strip.
In an announcement, the military stated troops had entered Gaza to battle militants, destroy weapons and seek for proof concerning the lacking hostages held by Hamas.
The announcement didn’t seem like the start of an anticipated floor invasion of Gaza. Israel has been massing troops alongside the Gaza border since final Saturday’s lethal incursion by Hamas militants.
5:55pm: Turkey calls Israel’s evacuation deadline ‘unacceptable’
Turkey’s overseas ministry has condemned as “unacceptable” Israel’s ultimatum to Palestinians to evacuate Gaza forward of an anticipated Israeli floor offensive.
“The announcement by the Israeli government calling on the Palestinian people living in the North of Gaza to move towards the south of Gaza within 24 hours is unacceptable,” the ministry stated in an announcement.
“Forcing the 2.5 million residents of Gaza, who have been subject to indiscriminate air strikes for days and deprived of electricity, water and food, to migrate in an extremely limited area is a flagrant violation of international law and is inhumane,” the ministry added.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated earlier within the day that “cutting water, electricity and food to two million people stuck in 360 square kilometres (140 square miles) is against the most fundamental human rights”.
5:35pm: Putin evokes Nazi siege of Leningrad in name for moderation in Gaza
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that an Israeli floor offensive in Gaza would result in an “absolutely unacceptable” variety of civilian casualties, calling for a mediation between Israel and Hamas.
“Various scenarios are emerging, including the possibility of military and non-military measures being taken against the Gaza Strip comparable to the siege of Leningrad during World War II,” Putin instructed journalists on a go to to Kyrgyzstan.
“We understand what that entails. In my opinion, this is unacceptable. More than two million people live there,” he added.
5:10pm: Israel denies deploying phosphorus bombs in Gaza, Lebanon
Israel on Friday denied accusations from rights teams that it had deployed the incendiary weapon white phosphorus in its struggle towards Hamas militants within the densely populated Gaza Strip, after the Islamists’ lethal assault on the weekend.
“We deny those allegations, we have not made use of white phosphorus, not in Gaza and not in Lebanon,” an Israeli navy spokesman stated.
Citing movies in addition to interviews with two individuals who stated they witnessed the strikes, Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of utilizing the weapons, which may trigger critical burns in the event that they hit individuals.
Both interviewees described air strikes earlier than explosions within the sky that generated stark white traces streaking downwards, stated the rights group, including that additionally they reported a powerful scent.
4:55pm: Israel’s rabbinate permits Sabbath radio use for Gaza struggle alerts
Israel’s rabbinate has made an exception to the same old guidelines governing the Jewish Sabbath, permitting the observant to maintain a radio on for assault warnings whereas the Gaza struggle rages.
Under Jewish legislation, any work or exercise that consumes power similar to turning on lights or a radio or driving a automotive is prohibited throughout the Jewish Sabbath, which runs from sunset on Friday to dusk on Saturday.
However, as Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues to rain rockets on Israel, a number of radio stations have introduced that they’ll restrict their Sabbath broadcasting to safety bulletins for listeners.
In mild of that, Israel’s Ashkenazi and Sephardi chief rabbis determined to permit the devoted to go away their radios on by means of the Sabbath.
4:35pm: Thousands flee north Gaza forward of attainable floor offensive
Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing to southern Gaza looking for refuge after Israel warned them to evacuate earlier than an anticipated floor offensive towards Hamas in retaliation for final Saturday’s lethal assault.
The name to get out got here six days after Hamas gunmen burst by means of the closely militarised border across the Gaza Strip and killed greater than 1,300 individuals in neighbouring Israeli settlements – most of them civilians.
Nearly 1,800 individuals in Gaza – once more, most of them civilians, and together with greater than 580 kids – have been killed in waves of missile strikes on the densely populated enclave, the well being ministry stated.
The United Nations has described the speedy motion of some 1.1 million individuals – almost half of the two.4 million within the Gaza Strip – as “impossible”.
4:25pm: Israel shells south Lebanon after border fence blast
Israel has shelled a border area in southern Lebanon, two Lebanese safety sources stated, after a blast occurred on the border fence, in line with the Israeli military.
One of the safety sources stated the shelling adopted an infiltration try from the Lebanese aspect of the border, whereas the Israeli military stated it was responding to a blast that brought about “light damage” to the border barrier.
4:10pm: ICRC says Hamas assault would not justify Gaza’s destruction
The huge Hamas assault on Israel can not justify the “limitless destruction” of the Gaza Strip, the Red Cross has stated in an announcement.
“Nothing can justify the horrific attacks Israel suffered last weekend… but those attacks cannot in turn justify the limitless destruction of Gaza,” the International Committee of the Red Cross/Red Crescent stated.
The organisation stated it could not be capable of help greater than 1,000,000 individuals in Gaza, to whom Israel has given 24 hours to evacuate to the south of the enclave.
“With a military siege in place, humanitarian organisations including the ICRC will not be able to assist such a massive displacement of people in Gaza,” the assertion learn. “The needs are staggering, and humanitarian organizations must be able to increase aid operations.”
4:03pm: British PM condemns ‘disgusting’ rise in anti-Semitic incidents
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has condemned a “disgusting” rise in anti-Semitic incidents within the UK within the days following Hamas’s bloody assault on Israel.
“There’s been a quite frankly disgusting rise in anti-Semitic incidents over the past few days. That’s not right,” Sunak stated, chatting with journalists at a global summit in Gotland in Sweden.
London’s Metropolitan Police stated there have been 105 anti-Semitic incidents and 75 anti-Semitic offences between September 30 and October 13, in comparison with 14 incidents and 12 offences in the identical interval final 12 months.
3:50pm: Germany’s high diplomat visits Israel, says Hamas utilizing civilians as ‘protect’
Hamas is utilizing Gaza residents as a “shield”, the German overseas minister has stated at a news convention in Israel alongside her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen.
“Hamas is now barricading itself behind more innocent people and is using them as a shield in Gaza,” Annalena Baerbock instructed reporters on a go to near the border with the Gaza Strip.
“Hamas has taken the entire population of Gaza hostage,” she added. “Their tunnels, their weapons depots and command centres are deliberately located in residential buildings, supermarkets and universities. Maybe even in hospitals.”
3:30pm: Israeli strikes on Gaza kill not less than 1,799, well being ministry says
At least 1,799 individuals have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza because the begin of Israel’s retaliatory air strikes on Saturday, the well being ministry within the blockaded Palestinian enclave has stated.
The ministry reported in an announcement the “martyrdom of 1,799 citizens including 583 children and 351 women”, including that greater than 7,000 individuals have been wounded.
3:15pm: Protesters rally throughout Muslim world in solidarity with Gaza
In Muslim communities internationally, worshippers have gathered at mosques for his or her first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the newest bout of violent preventing between Israel and Palestinian militants.
Protesters have additionally staged avenue protests in solidarity with Gaza, the place medics say over 1,500 individuals have died in Israeli reprisal strikes.
FRANCE 24 spoke to protesters at a rally within the Tunisian capital.
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3:10pm: Death toll at West Bank protests rises to 9
At least 9 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fireplace throughout the occupied West Bank throughout rallies in assist for Gaza, the Palestinian well being ministry has stated, updating its earlier toll of 5.
The ministry reported “nine martyrs by occupation (Israeli) bullets in the West Bank” and a few 130 wounded throughout a number of areas, some critically.
At least 44 Palestinians have been killed within the West Bank in violence associated to the Israeli-Palestinian battle since Saturday, in line with the well being ministry.
2:55pm: ‘Massive navy ramp-up’ round Gaza as floor offensive looms
FRANCE 24’s Luke Shrago reviews from an Israeli checkpoint close to the city of Sderot, a couple of kilometres from the Gaza Strip.
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2:40pm: Israeli fireplace kills 5 in West Bank as Palestinians rally for Gaza
At least 5 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fireplace throughout the occupied West Bank throughout rallies in solidarity with war-battered Gaza, the Palestinian well being ministry has stated.
AFP correspondents and a safety official reported clashes in Ramallah, Nablus, Tulkarm, Hebron and different cities and cities, with the Palestinian Red Crescent reporting dozens wounded throughout the West Bank, some critically.
Deaths had been recorded in Tulkarm, Nablus, Beit Ula and Tammun, the well being ministry stated in separate statements.
2:30pm: Pentagon chief pledges ‘iron-clad’ backing on Israel go to
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin stated Hamas fighters took “evil to another level” from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists as he pledged “iron-clad” backing for Israel in its struggle towards the Palestinian Islamists.
“In encountering ISIS I felt as if we were staring evil in the eye – it was truly evil,” Austin instructed reporters after talks together with his Israeli counterpart, utilizing one other acronym for the IS group.
“And what we’ve seen from Hamas, it takes that evil to another level,” he added.
Austin is the second high-level US official despatched by President Joe Biden to go to Israel in two days, following Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
2:15pm: Israel helps ‘secure areas’ for civilians in Gaza, US official says
Israel helps establishing “safe areas” for civilians within the Gaza Strip forward of an anticipated main offensive, a senior US official has instructed AFP.
The two sides mentioned “the need to establish some safe areas where civilians could relocate, be safe from Israel’s legitimate security operations”, stated the official, a day after talks in Tel Aviv.
1:51pm: China’s Wang Yi urges resumption of peace talks in Israel battle
China’s overseas minister Wang Yi stated on Friday that the fitting approach to resolve the Israel-Palestinian battle was to advance the “two-state solution” and resume peace talks as shortly as attainable.
“The United Nations should play its due role in resolving the Palestinian issue,” Wang stated in a press convention after talks with EU’s high diplomat Josep Borrell.
1:48pm: Russia recommends that its residents go away Israel
Russia recommends that its residents go away Israel on scheduled flights, the RIA news company quoted the Russian embassy as saying on Friday.
RIA cited the embassy as saying that 12 Russian residents had been lacking in reference to the Israel-Palestinian battle and that the variety of Russians killed because of the violence was persevering with to develop, with out elaborating.
1:46pm: UK PM Sunak says Israel should take each attainable precaution to guard civilians
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated Britain was aligned the United States’ view that Israel ought to take precaution to guard civilians in Gaza, after the Israeli navy known as for greater than 1 million individuals to relocate inside 24 hours.
“I’m aligned with what the Secretary of State from the United States and the president has said that, of course, Israel should take every possible precaution to protect civilians, as they exercise their rightful ability to defend themselves,” Sunak instructed reporters on Friday when requested about Israel’s actions.
1:40pm: White House says Israel’s name to maneuver Gaza civilians ‘a tall order’
Israel’s name for greater than 1 million civilians in northern Gaza to maneuver inside 24 hours goes to be a “tall order,” White House nationwide safety spokesman John Kirby stated on Friday.
“That is a lot of people to move in a very short period of time,” Kirby stated in an interview on MSNBC. “We understand what they’re trying to do and why they’re trying to do this – to try to isolate the civilian population from Hamas, which is their real target.”
1:34pm: EU’s Borrell says ‘unrealistic’ for Palestinians in Gaza to maneuver in 24 hours
Borrell stated on Friday that Israel’s name for greater than 1,000,000 Palestinians in Gaza to relocate to the enclave’s south in 24 hours was “unrealistic”.
“Certainly, civilians must be warned about incoming military operations, but it is utterly unrealistic that one million people can move in 24 hours,” Borrell instructed a press convention in Beijing following talks with China’s overseas minister Wang Yi.
1:29pm: Vatican prepared for ‘any needed mediation’ to free hostages held by Hamas
The Vatican’s precedence is securing the discharge of hostages held by Hamas and it stands prepared for “any necessary mediation”, one in every of its most senior cardinals stated on Friday.
In an interview with Vatican media, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, describes the lethal assault final Saturday by Hamas on Israeli residents as “inhuman” however added, referring to Israel’s response, that “even legitimate defence must respect the parameter of proportionality.”
1:25pm: French police say nothing factors to connection between college assault and Israel battle
Nothing to date factors to a possible hyperlink between the assault on a faculty in northern France on Friday morning and the present scenario in Israel, a police official instructed reporters.
France’s anti-terrorism prosecution workplace earlier stated it could begin an investigation after an assault at a faculty within the city of Arras killed not less than one particular person.
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1:20pm: Palestinian envoy pleads with Japan to keep up assist and neutrality
Palestine’s mission to Japan known as on Tokyo to keep up humanitarian assist to Palestinians on Friday and play a impartial function within the battle between the Hamas militant group and Israel.
“I plead for the Japanese to continue humanitarian aid to the Palestinians,” Waleed Siam, consultant of the Permanent General Mission of Palestine to Japan, instructed a news convention in Tokyo.
“Japan is a neutral and can continue playing a neutral role between the Palestinians and Israelis. I don’t think America, the United States, can play that role anymore,” he stated. Siam stated he condemned violence on either side of the battle however alleged Israel was utilizing the assaults as a part of a plan to “destroy” the enclave and displace its individuals.
Japan, which requires a political answer to permit Israel and a future impartial Palestinian state to coexist, has supplied $2.3 billion of help to Palestinians during the last decade, in line with a overseas ministry doc.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa instructed her Israeli counterpart on Thursday the Hamas assaults can’t be justified for any motive and that Israel had the fitting to defend itself and its individuals beneath worldwide legislation.
1:13pm: Hezbollah says ‘when time comes for any motion, we’ll carry it out’
Hezbollah deputy chief stated on Friday that the highly effective Iran-backed group was “ready” and would “contribute” to confrontations towards Israel in line with its personal plan, regardless of overseas powers asking them to remain on the sidelines.
Sheikh Naim Qassem stated that main powers, Arab international locations and the United Nations had “directly and indirectly” instructed Hezbollah “not to interfere” in ongoing preventing between Israel and Hamas.
11:44am: Israel military drops flyers warning Gazans to flee ‘instantly’
The Israeli navy on Friday dropped flyers on Gaza warning residents to flee “immediately” to the south, AFP correspondents within the Palestinian territory stated.
“Evacuate your homes immediately and go south of Wadi Gaza,” learn flyers dropped by drones and seen by AFP.
A map featured on the flyers confirmed an arrow pointing south throughout a line within the central Gaza Strip.
11:24am: States with clout ought to insist on respect of legislation, UN says
The United Nations’ human rights workplace on Friday known as on all states, particularly these with worldwide clout, to insist on the total respect of worldwide legislation within the battle between Israel and Hamas.
“We are calling for a global call, an unequivocal call from every member state in the international community, particularly those with influence, to insist upon full respect for international humanitarian law,” stated UN Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani.
11:21am: Gaza floor operation would result in ‘unacceptable’ civilian victims, Putin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday stated an Israeli floor operation in Gaza would lead to “unacceptable” civilian losses and that the primary factor was to cease the bloodshed.
Putin, talking in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, stated the battle must be resolved by peaceable means and that Russia helps a two-state answer.
11:15am: Israel military admits Gaza evacuation will ‘take time’, doesn’t affirm 24-hour deadline
Israel’s navy admitted Friday it could take time for Palestinians to comply with its orders to evacuate north Gaza, however didn’t affirm a UN report that it had set a 24-hour deadline.
“We are trying to provide the time and we are doing a lot of effort, and we understand it won’t take 24 hours,” military spokesman Daniel Hagari instructed journalists.
“I will not say (if) it’s an accurate time,” he added, when requested to verify the military had knowledgeable UN officers Gazans had 24 hours to flee.
11:14am: Jordan’s king warns towards displacing Palestinians to neighbouring international locations
Jordanian King Abdullah II warned Friday in a gathering with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken towards displacing Palestinians as Israel readies a significant offensive in Gaza in response to Hamas assaults.
“The crisis should not be spread to neighbouring countries and exacerbate the refugee issue,” the king instructed Blinken, in line with a palace assertion.
11:04am: At least 258 Israeli troopers killed since Hamas assault, military says
At least 258 Israeli troopers have been killed in preventing towards Palestinian militants since Hamas militants attacked Israel on Saturday, the military stated Friday.
“The bereaved families of 258 fallen soldiers have been formally notified,” military spokesman Daniel Hagari instructed a press briefing, revising up an earlier toll of 169 slain troops.
10:59am: ‘Impossible’ to evacuate susceptible sufferers from north Gaza, WHO says
The World Health Organization stated Friday that the Palestinian well being ministry has instructed them it could be inconceivable to maneuver susceptible hospital sufferers to the south of the Gaza Strip.
“The Palestinian Ministry of Health has informed WHO that is impossible to evacuate vulnerable hospital patients from the north of Gaza,” WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic instructed reporters in Geneva, following Israel’s name for 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza to relocate to the south of the territory inside 24 hours.
10:46am: Norway condemns ‘unacceptable’ siege of Gaza
Norway on Friday condemned Israel’s “unacceptable” siege of Gaza after the Hamas militant group’s bloody assault on Israel.
“Israel is entitled to defend itself … but it cannot use all possible means,” Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt instructed public radio NRK.
“I condemn this siege because you have to, when they ask so many people to leave, when they don’t have access to food and medicine,” she added.
10:40am: Israeli embassy worker attacked in Beijing, Israel overseas ministry says
An Israeli embassy worker in Beijing was attacked on Friday, Israel’s overseas ministry stated.
“An Israeli employee of the Israeli embassy in Beijing was attacked today,” a overseas ministry assertion stated, including the sufferer was being handled at a hospital and was in steady situation.
10:39am: Hundreds of rockets fired from Gaza in the direction of Israel
Hamas armed wing Al-Qassam Brigades stated on Friday that it launched 150 rockets in the direction of town of Ashkelon in Israel “in response to the displacement and targeting of civilians”.
10:33am: Iran urges US to ‘management’ Israel to avert regional struggle
The United States should rein in Israel to avert a regional spillover of the struggle with Hamas, Iran’s high diplomat stated Friday in Beirut, including Tehran was searching for to safeguard Lebanon’s safety.
“If the Americans want to prevent the war in the region from developing, they must control Israel,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian stated, including, “one of the goals of our trip is to stress on Lebanon’s security”.
10:23am: Thousands rally in Baghdad and Tehran in assist of Palestinians
Thousands of Iraqis poured onto the streets of Baghdad Friday in assist of Palestinians amid Israeli air strikes on Gaza in reprisal for a lethal Hamas assault, state tv stated.
“No to the occupation! No to America!” chanted the demonstrators, who had gathered in Tahrir Square after Shiite chief Moqtada Sadr known as for an illustration “in support of Gaza” and towards Israel, an AFP journalist reported.
Meanwhile in Iran, 1000’s collect within the streets of Tehran in an analogous demonstration of assist for Palestinians.
The demonstrators waved the flags of Iran, Palestine and Hezbollah and held banners that learn “Down with America” and “Down with Israel” as they marched within the Iranian capital, an AFP journalist stated.
9:46am: Iran FM meets Hezbollah head in Lebanon, native media says
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian met the top of the highly effective Tehran-backed armed group Hezbollah in Lebanon on Friday, native Lebanese media retailers reported.
Amirabdollahian, who arrived in Beirut late on Thursday, met Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to debate the aftermath of a lethal operation by Hamas militants towards Israeli cities final weekend, Al-Mayadeen tv reported.
9:38am: Hamas says 13 hostages killed in Israel strikes on Gaza
At least 13 Israeli and overseas hostages held within the northern Gaza Strip have been killed in Israeli air strikes prior to now 24 hours, Hamas’s armed wing stated Friday.
“Thirteen prisoners… including foreigners” had been killed in 5 areas focused by Israeli fighter jets, the Al-Qassam Brigades stated in an announcement.
9:36am: Hamas rejects Israel order to evacuate north Gaza
Hamas on Friday rejected an Israeli order for 1.1 million residents to evacuate northern Gaza inside 24 hours forward of an anticipated floor incursion into the overcrowded Palestinian territory.
“Our Palestinian people reject the threat of the occupation (Israeli) leaders and its call for them to leave their homes and flee from them to the south or Egypt,” Hamas stated in an announcement.
9:25am: Aid employees wrestle to assist Gazans amid speak of assist suspension
As Israel continues to hold out air strikes on the Gaza strip, humanitarian assist employees wrestle to supply assist to civilian victims.
The wrestle could turn into much more troublesome as politicians speak of suspending monetary assist to Gaza over fears of bolstering Hamas.
So far, the European Union has been the best contributor of monetary assist to Palestinians with €1.2 billion earmarked for the interval 2021 to 2024.
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8:57am: Gaza dying toll rises to 1,537, together with 500 minors
The dying toll from Israeli strikes on Gaza rose to 1,537, with 6,612 individuals wounded, the Gaza-based well being ministry stated Thursday.
Of these killed, 500 had been beneath the age of 18, the ministry stated.
8:53am: US defence secretary arrives in Israel on go to to point out solidarity
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Israel Friday for a go to geared toward exhibiting solidarity with a rustic nonetheless reeling from a devastating Hamas assault that has left 1000’s useless.
Austin will meet with officers together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant throughout the go to to Israel – his third as Pentagon chief – which follows one by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
8:21am: Israel-Lebanon cross-border strikes: Situation ‘far more steady’
The scenario has turn into far more steady in Lebanon after Hezbollah exchanged fireplace with Israeli forces from northern border on Tuesday and Wednesday, stated FRANCE 24’s correspondent Rawad Taha, reporting from Beirut.
No main incident has been reported since an assault Thursday claimed by Hezbollah on an Israeli navy web site that killed one and wounded one other.
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7:42am: Turkish, Emirati overseas ministers focus on Gaza humanitarian scenario
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Friday held a name together with his Emirati counterpart to debate the humanitarian scenario in Gaza amid preventing between Israeli and Palestinian forces there, a Turkish overseas ministry supply stated.
The supply supplied no additional particulars. Turkey has supplied to mediate the battle and desires to ship humanitarian assist to Palestinians affected by the preventing.
Fidan will journey to Egypt on Friday for talks on regional points.
7:07am: Blinken begins Arab tour as Israel readies Gaza transfer
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday started a tour of Arab capitals as he seeks to construct strain on Hamas whereas Israel readies a possible huge offensive on the Gaza Strip following the militants’ assaults.
The high US diplomat will meet Jordan’s King Abdullah II, a longtime US companion, and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Amman and can then go to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
Blinken spent Thursday in Tel Aviv the place he promised unwavering solidarity to US ally Israel after the shock October 7 offensive by Hamas, who killed over 1,200 individuals and took about 150 extra hostage.
6:49am: UNRWA strikes Gaza operations centre, worldwide employees south
The United Nations Palestinian refugee company (UNRWA) stated it relocated its central operations centre and worldwide employees to Gaza’s south to proceed its humanitarian operations and assist its employees and Palestinian refugees.
“We urge the Israeli Authorities to protect all civilians in UNRWA shelters including schools,” the company stated on social media platform X.
6:46am: Israel military says it has known as on Gaza City residents to evacuate to south
Israel’s military known as Friday for all Gaza City residents to evacuate their houses and head south of the territory “for their safety”.
“The IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) calls for the evacuation of all civilians of Gaza City from their homes southwards for their own safety and protection and move to the area south of the Wadi Gaza as shown on the map,” the military stated in an announcement.
5:25am: UN urges Israel to name off northern Gaza evacuation order
The United Nations was knowledgeable that Israel had ordered 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza to relocate to the south of the territory inside 24 hours, a UN spokesperson stated Thursday, calling for the order to be rescinded on humanitarian grounds.
“The United Nations strongly appeals for any such order, if confirmed, to be rescinded avoiding what could transform what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation,” Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general stated.
5:00am: UN says Israeli navy warns 1.1 million Gazans to relocate south
The United Nations stated early on Friday it has been instructed by the Israeli navy that some 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza ought to relocate to the enclave’s south inside the subsequent 24 hours.
“The United Nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric stated in an announcement.
Dujarric stated the order by the Israeli navy additionally utilized to all UN employees and people sheltered in UN amenities, together with faculties, well being centres and clinics.
4:50am: Brazil requires humanitarian hall for Gaza residents
The president of Brazil, which holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council, has appealed to his Israeli counterpart for the institution of a humanitarian hall to allow individuals within the Gaza Strip to flee to Egypt, he stated Thursday.
The feedback by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva add Brazil to the voices of European overseas ministers and the World Health Organization which have known as for the institution of a path to both enable individuals to flee the Palestinian enclave or let humanitarian assist movement in.
“I recently spoke on the phone with the President of Israel Isaac Herzog,” Lula stated on X, previously Twitter. “I conveyed my call for a humanitarian corridor so that people who want to leave the Gaza Strip through Egypt can be safe.”
3:38am: North Korea denies its weapons utilized by Hamas towards Israel
North Korea denied on Friday its weapons had been utilized by Hamas within the assault towards Israel, saying the declare made in some media reviews was a bid by Washington to divert the blame for the battle from itself to a 3rd nation.
Radio Free Asia reported this week citing navy consultants that Hamas militants could also be utilizing North Korean weapons and stated footage of Palestinian fighters confirmed what seemed to be a rocket launcher suspected to be from the North.
3:00am: US faculties turn into flashpoints for protests on either side of Israel-Hamas struggle
At Columbia University on Thursday, two teams of a whole lot of scholars tensely confronted one another in duelling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations, whereas college officers blocked public entry to the New York City campus as a security measure.
Supporters of Palestinians, a lot of whom wore face masks to cover their identities, held indicators in a grassy space close to a library that learn “Free Palestine” and “To Exist is to Resist”.
About 100 toes (30 meters) away, college students backing Israel silently held up posters with the faces of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas.
2:30am: UN requires $294 million for ‘pressing wants’ in Gaza, occupied West Bank
The United Nations on Thursday issued an emergency attraction for $294 million to handle “the most urgent needs” in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
The funds could be used to assist greater than 1.2 million individuals, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated, stressing that assist teams should not have “the resources required to adequately respond to the full range of needs of vulnerable Palestinians”.
1:40am: More than 423,000 individuals displaced in Gaza, says UN
More than 423,000 individuals have now been compelled to flee their houses within the Gaza Strip, the United Nations stated, as heavy Israeli bombardments proceed to hit the Palestinian enclave.
As of late Thursday, the variety of displaced individuals in Gaza had risen by an extra 84,444 individuals and reached 423,378, the UN humanitarian company OCHA stated in an announcement despatched on Friday.
1:35am: Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorous in Gaza, Lebanon
Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of utilizing white phosphorus munitions in its navy operations in Gaza and Lebanon, saying the usage of such weapons places civilians susceptible to critical and long-term damage.
Asked for touch upon the allegations, Israel’s navy stated it was “currently not aware of the use of weapons containing white phosphorous in Gaza”.
It didn’t present touch upon the rights watchdog’s allegations of their use in Lebanon.
Key developments from Thursday, October 12:
An Israeli airstrike on a residential constructing within the densely populated Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza on Thursday killed not less than 45 individuals and wounded dozens extra, stated Gaza well being authorities.
As Gazans braced for a possible floor offensive, the Israeli military stated that they had bombarded the besieged enclave with roughly 6,000 bombs containing 4,000 tonnes of explosives since Saturday’s Hamas assault.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Tel Aviv on Thursday as a part of a wider Middle East tour to show Washington’s solidarity with Israel after the assault by Palestinian Hamas militants and to hunt to quell the battle.
Read yesterday’s liveblog to see how the day’s occasions unfolded.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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