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This Article is From Nov 04, 2023

Israel-Hamas War Highlights: Israeli Army Surrounds Gaza City As War Enters Day 28

Israel-Hamas War Live Updates: According to Gaza, over 9,000 people have been killed, including 3,760 children, in Israeli airstrikes.

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World News Edited by Pushkar Tiwari

Updated : November 04, 2023 6:51 am IST

Israel-Hamas War Live: Israel has been relentlessly bombarding Gaza since the October 7 attacks by Hamas

Israel-Hamas War Live Updates:

Following days of expanding ground operations, the Israeli army late on Thursday said that it had encircled Gaza City as the Israel-Hamas war raged for the twenty-eighth day on Friday. Israel has been relentlessly bombarding Gaza since the October 7 attacks by the Hamas group, in which, 1,400 people were killed and more than 230 taken hostage.

"We're at the height of the battle. We've had impressive successes and have passed the outskirts of Gaza City. We are advancing," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.

According to the Gaza health ministry, over 9,000 people have been killed, including 3,760 children, in Israeli airstrikes.

Here are the Highlights on the Israel-Hamas war:

Nov 04, 2023 04:00 (IST)

Israel Has Right To Defend, Palestine Right To Live: US Congressman
Israel has the right to defend, and people of Palestine have a right to live, senior most Indian American Congressman Dr Ami Bera said Friday and called for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the Middle East.

"While I firmly believe Israel has the right to exist and to defend itself, so do innocent Palestinians have a right to a life of peace and dignity," Bera said in a video message.

"I hope that one day Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side in peace. I don't know if that is an impossible dream. But I do know it will never be accomplished if innocent Israelis are murdered and innocent Palestinians are killed," he said.

Nov 04, 2023 02:04 (IST)

Israeli Military Says Hit An Ambulance Being Used By Hamas

The Israeli military said on Friday that one of its aircraft hit an ambulance which soldiers assessed was being used by a Hamas unit close to their position in the battle zone.

It said a number of Hamas fighters were killed in the strike and said it had information that Hamas used ambulances to transport fighters and weapons.

Nov 04, 2023 01:21 (IST)

Israel-Hamas War Could Become Regional Conflict, Warns Hezbollah Chief
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned Friday that war between Israel and Hamas could turn into a regional conflict if attacks on Gaza continue, placing responsibility firmly on the United States.

Nov 03, 2023 23:22 (IST)

Japan To Provide $65 Million Additional Humanitarian Aid To Palestinians

Japan will provide $65 million in additional humanitarian aid to Palestinians out of concern over the conflict in Gaza, foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa said during a tour of Israel and Jordan on Friday.

Speaking to reporters in Jordan after meeting Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki, Kamikawa also said Japan was planning to provide material aid to war-torn Gaza.

Nov 03, 2023 21:45 (IST)

'No Place That Is Safe' In Gaza As Schools, Shelters Hit: UN

UN buildings in Gaza are no longer safe as shelters due to fighting by Israel and Hamas, a UN official warned Friday, with more than 50 buildings "impacted" by the conflict, including five "direct hits."

With hundreds of thousands of Palestinians sheltering in UN facilities, mostly schools, "we cannot even provide them safety under a UN flag," said Thomas White, an official with the body's Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA.

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Nov 03, 2023 21:37 (IST)

Israel Expels Workers Back To Battered Gaza

They arrived at the border crossing with the Gaza Strip in a constant stream, many of them exhausted and still bearing the scars of time spent in an Israeli jail.

Some had raw wrists from being handcuffed and still had prison numbers tied round their ankles.

On Friday, Israel began to forcibly repatriate to the besieged and battered Palestinian territory thousands of Gazans who had been working in Israel.

They were some of the 18,500 Gaza Palestinians who had visas to work in Israel, but whose right to do so was rescinded three days after the Hamas attacks of October 7.

Nov 03, 2023 21:35 (IST)

Palestinian Journalist Killed In Gaza Bombing

A journalist working for the Palestinian Authority's television channel was killed on Thursday in an Israeli strike on Gaza, his network reported, as war rages between Israel and Hamas.

"Our colleague Mohammed Abu Hatab fell as a martyr along with members of his family in an Israeli bombardment against his home in Khan Yunis" in the south of the territory, broadcaster Palestine TV station said.

Nov 03, 2023 20:55 (IST)

Israel MinisterAsks Norway To Ensure Safety Of Jews Amid War

Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eli Cohen on Friday asked the Norwegian government to ensure the safety and security of Jewish citizens of Norway and fight against antisemitism in the country.

Taking to X, the Israeli Minister said, "The responsibility for the safety of Norwegian Jewish citizens rests with the Norwegian government. It is important to clarify that in the event Jewish citizens of Norway do not feel safe in their country, it is incumbent upon the Norwegian government to ensure their safety, fight antisemitism in the country and enforce plans to combat antisemitism to which the government is obligated in a manner that conveys a clear message regarding their commitment."

Nov 03, 2023 20:49 (IST)

Israel Hamas War Many Killed In Israel Strike Near Gaza's Biggest Hospital Claims Hamas
The Hamas government in Gaza said Friday an Israeli strike hit a convoy of ambulances, which the health ministry said killed multiple people near the territory's largest hospital.

Nov 03, 2023 20:42 (IST)

UK PM Rishi Sunak Says Pro-Palestine Protest On Armistice Day Disrespectful Provocative
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday warned protesters not to demonstrate in London on Armistice Day, when Palestinian supporters plan to rally against the Israel-Hamas war.

Nov 03, 2023 20:26 (IST)

Strike On AFP's Gaza Bureau Causes Significant Damage

Agence France-Presse's bureau in the Gaza Strip, which has been relentlessly bombed by Israel, was significantly damaged by a strike on the building, according to an AFP staff member who visited Friday.

The unmanned AFP camera broadcasting live 24/7 captured the moment of the strike, a few minutes before midday (1000 GMT) on Thursday.

An AFP employee who visited the office on Friday said an explosive projectile appeared to have entered the technician's office in the bureau horizontally from east to west.

Nov 03, 2023 20:17 (IST)

'Some Progress' In talks on letting fuel into Gaza, Says UN Aid Chief

The United Nations aid chief said on Friday that there had been "some progress" in ongoing negotiations to allow fuel into the Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip for the first time since hostilities began on Oct. 7.

"I heard just this morning as I came in, there has been some progress on allowing some more fuel in through these negotiations," Martin Griffiths told a briefing for member states at the United Nations in New York, referring to ongoing negotiations between the global body, Israel, Egypt and the United States. "I hope to see that confirmed during today."

In the same speech he also repeated his call for "humanitarian pauses" in Israel's bombardment of the enclave to help aid deliveries, which are far below pre-conflict levels.

Nov 03, 2023 20:03 (IST)

Blinken Says 'Only Way' For Israel Security Is Palestinian State

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that Israel will only gain security through the creation of a Palestinian state.

"Two states for two peoples. Again, that is the only way to ensure lasting security for a Jewish and democratic Israel," Blinken said after meeting Israeli leaders.

Nov 03, 2023 20:02 (IST)

France Demands Israel Explain Strike On Gaza French Institute

France said Friday it had been informed by Israel that its forces had carried out a strike on the French Institute in Gaza, adding it was demanding an explanation.

"We have asked the Israeli authorities to communicate to us without delay... the tangible elements which motivated this decision," said a foreign ministry statement. No staff or French nationals were present at the time of the strike on the institute, it added.

Nov 03, 2023 19:59 (IST)

Hezbollah Chief Tells US 'We Are Ready To Face Your Fleet'
Hezbollah Chief Tells US 'We Are Ready To Face Your Fleet'

Nov 03, 2023 19:58 (IST)

Blinken Says Journalists Need To be protected in Gaza

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that journalists in Gaza must be protected as they report on the war between Israel and Hamas militants.

"It's vitally important how Israel does this (conducts the war), including with the highest regard for the protection of civilians, and that of course includes journalists," Blinken told journalists during a visit to Israel.

Nov 03, 2023 19:57 (IST)

Blinken Says Discussed With Israel PM 'Humanitarian Pauses' In Gaza War

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday he had discussed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu potential "humanitarian pauses" in the war in Gaza.

"We believe that each of these efforts (to protect Palestinian civilians and increase aid into Gaza) would be facilitated by humanitarian pauses, by arrangements on the ground that increase security for civilians and permit the more effective and sustained delivery of humanitarian assistance," Blinken told journalists during a visit to Israel.

Nov 03, 2023 19:51 (IST)

Israel Urges Citizens To Reconsider Travel Abroad Amid Anti-Semitism Rise

Israel on Friday urged its citizens to avoid travelling overseas amid a "significant" rise in anti-Semitism and attacks against Israelis as the war in Gaza rages.

The National Security Council urged citizens "to reconsider the necessity of travel overseas" given a "significant rise in anti-Semitism and incitement, alongside life-endangering violent attacks against Israelis and Jews" abroad.

Nov 03, 2023 19:47 (IST)

Hezbollah Chief Says US 'Entirely Responsible' For Gaza War

The United States is "entirely responsible" for the Gaza war, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Friday in his first speech since conflict broke out last month between Israel and Hamas.

"America is entirely responsible for the ongoing war on Gaza and its people, and Israel is simply a tool of execution," Nasrallah said in a televised broadcast. The United States "impedes a ceasefire and the end of the aggression."

Nov 03, 2023 19:28 (IST)

Hezbollah Leader Says Hamas Assault Was '100% Palestinian'

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, speaking for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war erupted, said on Friday that the operation launched by the Hamas militant group against Israel on October 7 was "100% Palestinian".

A formidable military force backed by Iran, Hezbollah has been engaging Israeli forces along the Lebanon-Israel border in the deadliest escalation since it fought a war with Israel in 2006.

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