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This Article is From Oct 18, 2023

Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Joe Biden To Visit Israel, Jordan Tomorrow

Israel-Gaza War Updates: Antony Blinken spoke after meeting for nearly eight hours at the defence ministry with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the top US diplomat's second visit since the October 7 attacks by Hamas.

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Updated : October 18, 2023 6:35 am IST

Israel-Gaza War: Israel was caught off-guard by Hamas last weekend as the group attacked its civilians.

US President Joe Biden will pay a solidarity visit to Israel on Wednesday following the Hamas attacks, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who also announced that Israel had agreed to work on civilian aid for Gaza.

Blinken spoke after meeting for nearly eight hours at the defence ministry with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the top US diplomat's second visit since the October 7 attacks by Hamas.

Israel was caught off-guard by Hamas last weekend as the group attacked its civilians. Israel in response has also launched airstrikes on the Hamas-controlled Gaza stripped and stopped food and electricity supply to the region. 

Here are the LIVE updates on Israel-Hamas War:

Oct 18, 2023 05:02 (IST)
Biden "Outraged" By Gaza Hospital Explosion: Statement
US President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was "outraged and deeply saddened" by a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital. 

Biden had "directed my national security team to continue gathering information about what exactly happened," he added in a statement.

Hamas has blamed Israel for the strike, while Israel says a rocket misfired by Islamic Jihad Palestinian militants was responsible.
Oct 18, 2023 04:24 (IST)
UN Security Council To Vote On Israel-Gaza Conflict Today

The United Nations Security Council will now vote on Wednesday on a Brazilian-drafted resolution that calls for humanitarian pauses in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas to allow humanitarian aid access to the Gaza Strip.

The council is then expected to discuss - at the request of the United Arab Emirates and Russia - a Gaza hospital blast that killed hundreds of people on Tuesday, diplomats said.

Palestinian U.N. envoy Riyad Mansour blamed Israeli forces for the "massacre" at the hospital, calling for an immediate ceasefire. Israel's U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan issued a statement accusing the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group of responsibility.

Oct 18, 2023 03:24 (IST)
Amid War, Biden Leaves White House For Israel Trip
US President Joe Biden left the White House Tuesday for a trip to Israel and Jordan, hours after a strike on a Gaza hospital that killed at least 200 people and further raised Middle East tensions.

Biden's motorcade left for Joint Base Andrews, from where he will fly to Tel Aviv to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, followed by talks scheduled with the Palestinian, Jordanian and Egyptian leaders in Amman.
Oct 18, 2023 03:23 (IST)
Israel-Palestine War: UN Human Rights Chief Slams Gaza Hospital Attack
The deadly strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday is "totally unacceptable", the UN human rights chief said, insisting that the perpetrators must be held to account.
Oct 18, 2023 03:01 (IST)
France Strongly Condemns Strike On Gaza Hospital
France on Tuesday "firmly" condemned a deadly strike on a Gaza hospital, blamed by Hamas on Israel, which it denied, 11 days into the war triggered by the militant group's attack on Israeli soil. 

"International humanitarian law is binding on all and must allow for the protection of civilian populations. Humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip must be opened without delay," the foreign ministry said in a statement. 
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Oct 18, 2023 02:10 (IST)
Israel-Palestine War: Gulf States Pledge $100 Million In 'Urgent' Aid For Gaza As War Intensifies
The Gulf Cooperation Council on Tuesday announced $100 million in emergency aid for the Gaza Strip, as Israel bombards targets in the enclave during its war against Hamas militants.
Oct 18, 2023 01:54 (IST)
Israel Army Says Rocket Misfired By Gaza "Militants" Hit Hospital
The Israeli army said Tuesday a strike which hit a Gaza hospital, killing at least 200 people according to Hamas officials, was a rocket misfired by Palestinian militants.

"An analysis of IDF (army) operational systems indicates that a barrage of rockets was fired by terrorists in Gaza, passing in close proximity to Ahli hospital in Gaza at the time it was hit," the military said in a statement.

"Intelligence from multiple sources we have in our hands indicates that Islamic Jihad is responsible for the failed rocket launch which hit the hospital in Gaza," the statement said, referring to another Gaza-based militant group which has claimed to be fighting Israel alongside Hamas.
Oct 18, 2023 00:56 (IST)
West "Must Stop Tragedy" In Gaza Immediately: Arab League Chief
Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Tuesday called for leaders to "stop this tragedy immediately" after strikes on a Gaza hospital sheltering displaced people killed at least 200 people.

"What diabolical mind intentionally bombards a hospital and its defenceless inhabitants?" he wrote on X, previously Twitter, vowing that "Arab mechanisms will document these war crimes and the criminals will not get away with their actions."
Oct 18, 2023 00:53 (IST)
WHO Condemns Deadly Strike On Gaza Hospital
The World Health Organization condemned a deadly strike Tuesday on a hospital in the Gaza Strip and demanded the immediate protection of civilians and health care in the Palestinian enclave.

"WHO strongly condemns the attack on Al Ahli Arab Hospital", the UN health agency's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
Oct 18, 2023 00:44 (IST)
"Unprecedented Brutality In Gaza" Must Stop: Turkey After Hospital Strike
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday condemned the deadly Israeli strike on a hospital in Gaza as "the latest example devoid of the most basic human values", in a message on social media. 

"I invite all humanity to take action to stop this unprecedented brutality in Gaza," Erdogan said on social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
Oct 17, 2023 23:30 (IST)
UK's Rishi Sunak To Visit Israel This Week: Report

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to visit Israel this week, Sky News reported on Tuesday without citing sources.

Rishi Sunak's office were not immediately available to comment on the report.

Oct 17, 2023 23:20 (IST)
200 Killed In Israel Airstrikes On Gaza Hospital, Hundreds Trapped: Report
Israeli air strikes on a Gaza hospital compound Tuesday killed at least 200 people, the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory said.
Oct 17, 2023 22:19 (IST)
5,000 Hamas Targets Attacked In Gaza So Far, Says Israeli Official
Israel has attacked around 5,000 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip since Oct 7 and has cancelled a "large number" of other strikes in an effort to avoid Palestinian civilian casualties, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday.

Briefing Reuters on condition of anonymity, the official did not elaborate on the number of strikes cancelled during a days-long bombardment of Gaza that has killed around 3,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, saying only that every such operation is "approved at the highest level" of the Israeli military.

Oct 17, 2023 22:18 (IST)
Italy Confirms Death Of Italian-Israeli Missing After Hamas Attack
Eviatar Moshe Kipnis, an Italian-Israeli who had been missing since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Islamist group Hamas has been confirmed dead, the Italian foreign minister said on Tuesday.

"I am close to his family, especially his two sons whom I met during my trip to Tel Aviv," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani wrote on social media X.

It said the DNA test that confirmed the 65-year-old's death was carried out by Israeli authorities.
Oct 17, 2023 22:16 (IST)
6 Killed In Israeli Air Strike On Gaza School
At least six people have been killed in an Israeli air strike that hit a school run by the United Nations' Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) in Gaza's Al-Maghazi refugee camp, UNRWA posted on X social media platform.
Oct 17, 2023 21:37 (IST)
Israel PM Says World Must Unite To "Defeat Hamas"
"The world must stand united behind Israel to defeat Hamas," Prime Minister Netanyahu said alongside visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

"The savagery that we witnessed perpetrated by the Hamas murderers coming out of Gaza were the worst crimes committed against Jews since the Holocaust," Mr Netanyahu said, referring to the extermination of more than six million Jews by the Nazis.

Oct 17, 2023 21:26 (IST)
"Secret Service Failed": Ex Israel PM On Intelligence Failure

"There was a failure. We failed, the secret service failed. the Chief of staff of army and Intelligence failed. We were caught in a complete surprise. It was the exaggerated confidence and arrogance that caused. 80% Israeli people would love to see Benjamin Netanyahu go. Instead of building up negotiations and rapport with Palestinians, we downgraded them and uplifted Hamas. Netanyahu is responsible directly and personally for this. Like exchanging 1000 Hamas for 1 Israeli soldier. He is responsible for building up the capabilities of Hamas and he has to leave," Ehud Olmert said.
Oct 17, 2023 21:26 (IST)
Ehud Olmert On Israel-Saudi Talks-

The normalization was building and agreement of military assistance to US was building. One of the reasons of Hamas, which is a long arm of Iran, was to stop the talks. The growing cooperation of US-Saudi was important to stop Iran.  
Oct 17, 2023 21:01 (IST)
"Not A Competition Of Who Kills More": Israel Ex PM Ehud Olmert To NDTV On Hamas War
"We must make concentrated effort to try and remove Hamas from its position. This is an essential step to achieve peace but there will never be peace if Hamas is there," said Israel ex PM Ehud Olmert to NDTV in an exclusive. 

"I hope the war doesn't expand, there have been some skirmishes. The reaction of Israel will be harsh if Hezbollah strikes. The US brought the USS Gerald R. Ford in order to warn Hezbollah and Iran to stay away," Mr Olmert added.

Oct 17, 2023 20:47 (IST)
Return Of "Islamist Terrorism" Poses Threat To All Of Europe: Macron
The return of "Islamist terrorism" poses a threat to all European nations, French President Emmanuel Macron said during a visit to Albania on Tuesday.



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