What happened in the last few hours?
These are the most important news on the conflict between Israel and Hamas until 8:00 p.m. this Sunday, October 30:
The Israeli army is stepping up its operations in the Gaza Strip after attacking 450 Hamas positions in one day. The Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, which does not yet have an official name, entered its second day this Sunday with a reinforcement of troops and tank units operating inside the Palestinian enclave, according to a spokesman for the armed forces. According to the same source, Israeli warplanes have struck more than 450 Hamas military targets in the past 24 hours, including operational command centers, observation posts and anti-tank missile launch pads, the Israeli military reported. The UN considers these air strikes to be the “heaviest” since the war began on March 7.
More than 14,000 refugees and 400 people in intensive care are in hospital in Gaza, which Israel has requested to be evacuated. The Palestinian Red Crescent has said that there are 14,000 Palestinian refugees and 400 people in intensive care at Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza, which the NGO Israel has ordered evacuated because “it is being bombed.” “14,000 displaced civilians, most of them children and women, are currently living in Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza. “They live in fear and anxiety due to the occupation authorities’ threats to bomb the hospital where they sought refuge from the bombings, believing it to be a safe place,” the Palestinian Red Crescent wrote in a tweet on X. The World Health Organization (WHO) Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this afternoon that he was “deeply concerned” by the evacuation notice.
The exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese militias continues. The Israeli army and militias in southern Lebanon conducted hostilities on the border for the twenty-second consecutive day this Sunday, with new exchanges of fire that included projectile fire from the Arab country and retaliatory fire from Israel. The Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah claimed on Sunday it had shot down an Israeli drone over southern Lebanon with a surface-to-air missile. According to two specialized organizations, it is the first time that Hezbollah has admitted to being capable of similar operations. The Israeli Defense Ministry has not yet commented.
The United States is calling on Israel to “differentiate” between Hamas and Palestinian civilians in its military operation in Gaza. US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that Israel must distinguish between Hamas fighters and Palestinian civilians in its military operation in the Gaza Strip. “We believe that every hour and every day of this military operation, the Israeli government must use all measures at its disposal to distinguish between Hamas – terrorists who are legitimate military targets – and civilians who are not.” Sullivan said in statements to CNN that were reported by Portal.
Another ten trucks enter the Gaza Strip with food and medical supplies but no fuel. A humanitarian aid convoy consisting of ten trucks loaded with food, water and medical supplies but without fuel entered Gaza today after crossing the Egyptian Rafah border crossing, the only one not controlled by Israel, according to Palestine media Red Moon confirmed. The vehicles arrived in the middle of Israel’s offensive against Gaza, as Israel has stepped up its bombardment of Palestinian areas alongside the entry of ground troops into the enclave.
Around 35,000 people demonstrate in Madrid in support of the Palestinians. According to the government delegation, this Sunday around 35,000 people demonstrated in the center of Madrid in support of the Palestinian people and against the Israeli offensive against Gaza, which, according to the Gaza Agency, has already claimed more than 8,000 lives in the Gaza Strip, controlled by Hamas , an organization considered terrorist by the EU and the United States.