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Over 100 members of the UN relief agency were killed in the conflict
More than 100 staff at the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees have been killed in a month during the Israel-Hamas conflict, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said said on social media Friday.
“UNRWA is mourning, Palestinians are mourning, Israelis are mourning. This tragedy must end.” #Humanitarianceasefire now,” he said.
UNRWA, which operates in the Gaza Strip, has repeatedly called for safer conditions for local civilians and its shelters, as well as for its staff to receive and distribute humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian population.
— Ruxandra Iordache
27 minutes ago
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip continue
An image taken from Sderot, Israel, along the Gaza Strip border shows smoke rising behind destroyed buildings in the Palestinian enclave during an Israeli attack on November 10, 2023.
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Smoke rises from the Gaza Strip after an Israeli attack on November 10, 2023.
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Fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continues on November 10th.
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43 minutes ago
Gaza official says children’s hospital ‘repeatedly targeted’
Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the Hamas-affiliated Gaza Health Ministry, said the Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in Gaza City was “currently being repeatedly targeted.”
“We call on the United Nations and the International Committee to be present at Al-Rantisi and Al-Nasr children’s hospitals, protect them and make room for ambulances to evacuate the wounded,” he added.
It followed an earlier statement by al-Qudra that a number of hospitals in Gaza City had been targeted by Israeli attacks on Friday.
Regardless, Dr. Mustafa Al-Kahlot, director of Al-Rantisi and Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital, said on Friday that Al-Nasr was bombed twice.
“There was a lot of damage in the hospital, the oxygen was turned off in the intensive care units and the electricity was turned off except for the nursing department… When the electricity is turned off [intensive care]“Patients are going to die,” he said in a video translated by NBC News.
“The situation is very bad. We’re trapped in the hospital. Ambulances can’t reach us.”
CNBC was unable to verify the situation at the scene. An Israel Defense Forces spokesman said they “did not target civilians and were operating in accordance with international law,” NBC reported.
—Katrina Bishop
An hour ago
Israeli authorities announce latest humanitarian corridor
Israeli authorities announced on Friday a new, temporary humanitarian corridor for the evacuation of civilians south from Gaza City.
In a Google translated social media postAvichay Adraee, Israel Defense Forces spokesman for Arab media, said that the free movement of civilians on Gaza City’s main Salah al-Din road would be allowed again between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m
The Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories – a unit of the Israeli Ministry of Defense – said on social media that the evacuation window will cover a longer period between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m
Israel, which has been under enormous international pressure to protect civilian lives in the conflict, has been providing humanitarian corridors since the weekend and will continue to do so daily, according to the US
— Ruxandra Iordache
An hour ago
Netanyahu: We are not “trying to occupy Gaza”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant during a press conference at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 28, 2023.
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Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the idea that his country could occupy the Gaza Strip after its war campaign in the enclave.
Asked in an interview with Fox News how long the war could last and whether it would lead to an Israeli occupation of Gaza, Netanyahu replied: “Well, first of all, we don’t seek to govern, we don’t seek to rule it “, but we want to give him and ourselves a better future and the entire Middle East. And that requires defeating Hamas.”
“I have set goals, I have not set a timetable because you know it may take longer,” the prime minister added. “I wish it wouldn’t take long, but we’re taking it one step at a time.”
Israel occupied the Gaza Strip from 1967 to 2005 and later imposed a land, sea and air blockade on the tiny coastal enclave when the Palestinian militant organization Hamas seized control of its government in 2007.
A big question mark over Israel’s war against Hamas is what will happen to the Gaza Strip and its 2.3 million residents after – or if – Hamas is defeated. Netanyahu said earlier this week that Israel wanted to assume “general security responsibility” for Gaza indefinitely after the war, but had ruled out re-occupation.
It remains unclear what “total security responsibility” would look like.
— Natasha Turak
2 hours ago
The Israeli military says it has killed several senior Hamas commanders
Israeli forces said they had killed several senior Hamas commanders in recent days, including agents involved in the Oct. 7 terror attacks.
In a Telegram update, the Israeli military said among those killed were Hamas company commander Ahmed Musa and platoon commander Omar Al-Hindi, both stationed in western Jabalia.
Israel Defense Forces also said the head of Hamas’ Northern Brigade sniper group, Mohammed Kahlout, was killed.
CNBC was unable to verify the information.
The IDF has reported that several senior Hamas commanders have been killed since the conflict began, citing this, along with the release of hostages and the complete demilitarization of the Palestinian militant group, as goals of its war campaign in Gaza.
— Ruxandra Iordache
2 hours ago
UN human rights chief calls for ceasefire and protection of civilians
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk reiterated calls for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of hostages held by the Palestinian militant group, while calling on Israel to protect civilians in the West Bank.
“What is urgently needed is for the parties to agree on a ceasefire based on critical human rights needs – to deliver food, water and other essential supplies to people who urgently need them, across the Gaza Strip.” ; for the release of all hostages; and to pave a path for a sustainable exit from this nightmarish situation in Gaza,” he said in a speech in Jordan.
“I also urge the Israeli authorities to take immediate action to ensure the protection of Palestinians in the West Bank – who face daily violence from Israeli forces and settlers, abuses, arrests, evictions, intimidation and humiliation.”
Türk condemned Hamas’s “cruel attacks” on October 7, which should “outrage every single one of us,” as well as the “indiscriminate impact” of Israeli attacks on densely populated areas in the Gaza Strip.
He said the UN human rights agency continues to monitor attacks against hospitals in the Gaza enclave, adding: “Given the foreseeable high number of civilian casualties and the large scale of destruction of civilian objects, we have very serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks . “Violation of international humanitarian law.”
Israel has repeatedly said it does not target civilians and wants to demilitarize Hamas positions.
— Ruxandra Iordache
3 hours ago
Erdogan said Turkey had spoken to the US about increasing aid to the Gaza Strip
Turkey has discussed with the United States the possibility of increasing humanitarian aid flows to the Gaza Strip, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
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Turkey has raised the possibility of increasing humanitarian aid flows to the Gaza Strip with the United States, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, according to Google-translated comments from state news agency Anadolu.
During US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s meeting with his counterpart Hakan Fidan in Turkey earlier this week, Ankara proposed increasing the number of trucks carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip to at least 500 per day – close to the number of truck deliveries , which the UN states The assessments took place before the conflict.
“In addition, the shortage of ambulances must also be eliminated,” said Erdogan. “We will also take steps by cooperating with some countries in the areas of medicine, food, etc.”
Ankara was critical of Israel’s retaliatory campaign in the Gaza Strip and accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of a disproportionate response to the October 7 Hamas terror attacks.
Erdogan stressed that Turkey’s main goal in the conflict remains a ceasefire. With regard to Western countries, he added: “We need concrete steps, not heroic rhetoric and empty humanitarian shows. They say: ‘We are striving for a better roadmap.'”
He continued: “If you are serious about the ceasefire, put pressure on Israel to implement the UN resolutions. Because people die, mothers lose their babies, children lose their parents. We’re trying to do something to stop this bleeding wound.”
— Ruxandra Iordache
2 hours ago
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, local hospitals were hit by strikes on Friday
Hospitals in Gaza City have been the victim of attacks by Israeli forces since early Friday morning, said Gaza’s Health Ministry, which is under the Hamas government.
According to a translation by NBC News, spokesman Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra said “simultaneous raids were carried out on a number of hospitals.” “The Israeli occupation’s ongoing attacks on hospitals in Gaza are leading to a major catastrophe.”
An aerial view shows the grounds of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on November 7, 2023, amid ongoing fighting between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by Bashar TALEB/AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Al-Qudra added that the Israeli military attacked the compound of the al-Shifa medical complex, where injured people were seeking refuge.
CNBC is unable to independently verify the information.
Previously, NBC News reported that health officials and residents of Gaza City observed explosions and fighting near several hospitals.
Humanitarian groups say medical facilities across the Gaza enclave are at breaking point, overcrowded and lacking food, water, energy and medical supplies. Earlier this week, the United Nations and the World Health Organization described conditions at al-Shifa – Gaza’s largest hospital – as “catastrophic.”
—Katrina Bishop
3 hours ago
Iran says it is not involved in attacks against American forces in the region
Iran coordinates and cooperates with so-called resistance groups – which it says includes the Palestinian militant group Hamas – but does not order their operations, Tehran’s envoy to the United Nations said on Thursday, according to a Google-translated report by the state-run Islamic News Agency Republic.
Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s representative to the United Nations, stressed: “We have said clearly that Iran is not involved in any of the attacks against American forces in the region,” positioning Tehran at some distance from the recent attacks against US -Armed Forces in Iraq and Iraq Syria.
Regarding the war between Israel and Hamas, Iravani said Tehran has also “emphasized that we have no intention of expanding this war front,” but noted that if the conflict continues, it will extend to the broader Middle East region could expand to the east.
Iran supports the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Yemen’s Houthis, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad – which Israel has accused of carrying out attacks since October 7.
— Ruxandra Iordache
4 hours ago
According to the Israeli military, a Syrian organization was attacked after a drone strike
Israeli forces said they attacked an organization in Syria that launched a drone strike on the southern Israeli port city of Eilat on Thursday, reportedly hitting a school.
CNBC could not independently confirm developments on the ground.
The Israeli military did not identify the organization or specifically name it as the Iran-backed government of Bashar al-Assad, but said on Telegram that it “holds the Syrian regime fully responsible for any terrorist activity emanating from its territory. “The IDF will respond severely to any aggression against Israeli territory.”
The latest hostilities come on top of a spate of grenade and drone attacks between Israel and neighboring countries in the Middle East that have taken place since October 7. Israel has also reportedly traded fire from a defensive position with Yemen’s Houthis and Lebanese Hezbollah, which, like Hamas, are also backed by Iran.
— Ruxandra Iordache
2 hours ago
The Israeli military criticizes Hamas’ use of civilian clothing
The Israeli army spokesman for international media, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus.
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The Israeli military criticized Hamas’s use of civilian clothing and facilities in combat, which blurs the lines between civilian and military positions.
“This is about the lack of distinction between military and civilians, the abuse of civilian facilities and the fact that they do not fight in uniform,” said Israel Defense Forces spokesman Jonathan Conricus in a nightly update.
The Israeli military previously reported finding weapons caches and access to Hamas’s underground network near civilian Palestinian sites.
Conricus also asked whether the Health Ministry in Gaza would add the killing of a plainclothes Hamas operative to its civilian casualty count in Hamas-controlled areas – whose published death toll Israel has questioned.
CNBC could not independently verify developments on the ground.
— Ruxandra Iordache
3 hours ago
UNRWA launches $481 million fundraising appeal for the Palestinian people
Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner General of UNRWA, at an international conference for civilians in Gaza at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on November 9, 2023.
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The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees launched a humanitarian appeal for $481 million for the occupied Palestinian territories on Thursday.
The funding is intended to address the humanitarian needs of people stranded in the besieged and resource-poor Gaza Strip and the West Bank until the end of this year.
“After a month of intense siege and brutal war, the need for humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip is enormous. It grows from hour to hour. Last week, children in Gaza asked me if I had a piece of bread or a drink of water. “It was one of the saddest moments,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on Thursday at the Paris Humanitarian Conference.
UNRWA has repeatedly called for a ceasefire and increased flows of humanitarian aid, currently delivered largely by slow-moving trucks through the Rafah crossing – the only way out of the Gaza Strip not controlled by Israel.
“Our capabilities have been stretched to the limit as our staff are themselves displaced, suffering great losses and mourning 99 UNRWA colleagues killed,” Lazzarini added.
— Ruxandra Iordache
12 hours ago
Explosion rocks Israeli Red Sea town, and Yemen’s Houthi rebels reap the benefits
The Israeli military said a drone exploded in the yard of a house in the Red Sea city of Eilat on Thursday, causing no injuries. A long-range surface-to-surface missile was intercepted before it entered Israeli airspace.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels later said they had fired a series of ballistic missiles at Israeli targets, some of which were en route to Eilat, according to Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sare’e.
Thursday’s rocket fire is one of at least five airstrikes the Houthis have launched against southern Israel since October 7. The Iranian-backed forces that control Yemen’s capital Sanaa are staunch enemies of Israel and have vowed to continue their military operations in support of the Palestinians.
—Associated Press
11 hours ago
There is no way for aid to reach civilians in northern Gaza, a US official says
Palestinian citizens inspect damage to their homes caused by Israeli airstrikes in the Karama area of the northern Gaza Strip on October 11, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza.
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The U.S. humanitarian envoy for the war described improving aid deliveries to the central and southern Gaza Strip, but did not describe any such efforts in the northern combat zone, other than helping civilians flee the intensifying Israeli attack there.
Envoy David Satterfield said Thursday that the international community had managed to obtain fuel to restart water desalination plants in the south and that aid to the south was an average of 100 trucks a day. Two pipelines that deliver clean drinking water from Israel to the south were put back into operation.
“We see in the coming days the possibility of meeting the minimum requirements of the population in the south,” he said.
Satterfield also said in the online briefing that the drafting of agreements also included a possibility of transporting wounded from the north.
The U.N. estimated Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of people remained in northern Gaza, but could not immediately provide an updated figure.
—Associated Press
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17 hours ago
Israel says there is no ‘ceasefire’
A cloud of smoke follows an Israeli airstrike in the northern part of the Gaza Strip as Israel continues its bombardment and ground offensive from Sderot, Israel, November 9, 2023.
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The Israeli military stressed that there is no ceasefire in Gaza, as the White House said Israel had agreed to implement four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in the northern Gaza Strip.
“There are tactical, local pauses in humanitarian assistance to civilians in the Gaza Strip,” he said Israel Defense Forces said on X, formerly known as Twitter. “These tactical breaks are limited in time and space. We are also providing humanitarian corridors for civilians in Gaza to temporarily move south to safer areas where they can receive humanitarian assistance.”
In a separate statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said: “Fighting continues and there will be no ceasefire without the release of our hostages.”
—Michele Luhn
19 hours ago
The White House says Israel agrees to a daily four-hour pause in fighting in the Gaza Strip to allow civilians to escape
John Kirby, National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator, speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, May 16, 2023.
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The White House said Israel agreed to institute four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in its attack on Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip starting Thursday, as the Biden administration said it had secured a second route for civilians to escape the fighting.
President Joe Biden asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to introduce the daily breaks during a Monday call.
U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the first humanitarian pause would be announced on Thursday and that the Israelis were committed to announcing each four-hour window at least three hours in advance.
U.S. President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is visiting Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 18, 2023.
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Biden also told reporters that he had asked the Israelis for a “pause of more than three days” during negotiations to release some hostages held by Hamas, although he ruled out the possibility of a general ceasefire.
– The Associated Press
20 hours ago
At least 10,812 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7th
At least 10,812 Palestinians – including 4,412 children – have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, the Hamas-run Gaza Strip Health Ministry said in its latest update on Thursday.
At least 1,400 people were killed and another 7,198 injured in Israel, the Israeli government said on November 7th.
CNBC could not independently verify the numbers.
—Karen Gilchrist