The armed conflict between the Israeli army and the terrorist group Hamas has now been going on for three weeks. On the 21st day of the war, there was a second consecutive ground attack in Gaza, reportedly “eliminating” a Palestinian strategist.
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5:58 am | UN concerned about “war crimes” in war between Israel and Hamas
The UN expressed concern on Friday that “war crimes” have been and are being committed in the conflict between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas.
5:54 am | Gaza: “Many more will soon die” due to Israeli-imposed siege
“Many more (people) will soon die” because of Israel’s total siege of the Gaza Strip, the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned on Friday, calling for a “significant and sustained” delivery of humanitarian aid.
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5:48am | The army claims to have “eliminated” the Hamas commander
Shortly after the attack on Hamas targets, a commander of the Hamas battalion Khan Yunis was killed in an airstrike, according to the Israeli army.
Madhath Mubashar, commander of the Hamas Khan Yunis battalion, was killed in an IDF airstrike.
In addition, the IDF attacked more than 250 Hamas targets, including a network of terrorist tunnels in Gaza, resulting in additional explosions. pic.twitter.com/njjp77kDbB
– IDF (@IDF_IDF) October 27, 2023
4:38am | Israel-Hamas war: “Drone” injures six people in Egyptian border town
Six people were injured when a drone crashed early Friday in the Egyptian town of Taba, on the border with Israel, a country at war with the Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian army reports.
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4:18 am | West Bank: Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raids
Four Palestinians were killed in Israeli army incursions into the northern occupied West Bank at dawn on Friday, the official Palestinian Wafa agency reported. The agency said three Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire during an entry by “a large force” of the Israeli army into Jenin.
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4:12 am | Gaza urgently needs “significant and ongoing” humanitarian assistance
The Gaza Strip, which has been under a total siege and Israeli bombing since October 7, urgently needs “significant and continuous” assistance, the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) warned on Friday.
1h53 | Israeli army ground attack in the central part of the Gaza Strip
The Israeli army announced Friday morning that its infantry, supported by “hunters and drones,” carried out a “targeted raid in the central sector of the Gaza Strip” against Hamas targets.
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