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This Article is From Oct 14, 2023

Updates: As Israel Bombards Gaza, Over 4 Lakh Forced To Flee Homes

As of late Thursday, the number of displaced in Gaza rose by 84,444 people to reach 423,378, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said in a statement sent on Friday.

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Updated : October 14, 2023 6:10 am IST
New Delhi:

More than 423,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations said, following heavy Israeli bombardments in retaliation for Hamas's attacks.

As of late Thursday, the number of displaced in Gaza rose by 84,444 people to reach 423,378, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said in a statement sent on Friday.

The announcement came as Israel pounded the Gaza Strip in response to Saturday's surprise attack, the deadliest since the country's creation in 1948.

Here are the LIVE updates:

Oct 14, 2023 05:48 (IST)
Russia Proposes UN Security Council Resolution On Israel-Hamas Conflict
Russia on Friday proposed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas conflict that calls for a humanitarian ceasefire and condemns violence against civilians and all acts of terrorism.
Oct 14, 2023 04:52 (IST)
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Meets Israeli Envoy To Discuss Conflict
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin met Israeli ambassador to Moscow Alexander Ben Zvi on Friday and discussed the current situation around the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the Russian foreign ministry said.

"In this regard, the current activities of the UN Security Council and its possible actions and moves were substantively reviewed, focusing on the urgent need to ensure the protection of civilians in both Israel and Palestine, to prevent catastrophic humanitarian consequences and the spread of the crisis to other countries in the region," the ministry said.
Oct 14, 2023 03:48 (IST)
Amid Israel-Palestine War, Russia President Vladimir Putin Says "Israel Has Right To Defend Itself
Acknowledging Israel's right to self-defence in the face of Hamas' attacks of "unprecedented brutality," Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasised the creation of an independent Palestine state.
Oct 14, 2023 01:31 (IST)
Addressing Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza A "Priority": Biden
US President Joe Biden said Friday that addressing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza was a "priority."

"We can't lose sight of the fact that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians had nothing to do with Hamas and Hamas's appalling attacks, and they're suffering as a result as well," Biden said during a speech in Philadelphia.

The US president reiterated his staunch support for Israel following Saturday's attack by Hamas militants, which he described as "pure evil." 
Oct 14, 2023 01:29 (IST)
More Than 600 Children Among 1,900 Killed In Gaza: Health Ministry
Israeli strikes on Gaza since Hamas's deadly cross-border attack have killed at least 1,900 people, including 614 children, the territory's health ministry said Friday.

Some 370 women were among those killed in the seven days of air strikes, the Hamas-run health ministry said. It added that 7,696 people have been wounded.
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Oct 14, 2023 00:51 (IST)
UN Chief Says "Even Wars Have Rules' As Israel-Hamas Conflict Rages
UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed Friday for the protection of basic human rights as the Israel-Hamas conflict spiraled, stressing that "even wars have rules" and warning against using hostages as human shields.

"The situation in Gaza has reached a dangerous new low," Guterres said ahead of a Security Council meeting on the volatile situation.

"We need immediate humanitarian access throughout Gaza, so that we can get fuel, food and water to everyone in need," he said, adding that the blockaded enclave's health system was on the brink of collapse.
Oct 14, 2023 00:29 (IST)
Netanyahu Says Israel's Gaza Onslaught "Just The Beginning"
Prime Minister Banjamin Netanyahu said Friday that Israel's fierce bombardment of Gaza was "just the beginning" of his country's response to Hamas attacks that left 1,300 dead.

With tens of thousands of Israeli troops massed on the Gaza frontier, Netanyahu said in televised address: "Our enemies have only just started paying the price. I cannot reveal what will happen, but I am telling you this is just the beginning."
Oct 13, 2023 23:08 (IST)
First Flight Evacuating US Citizens Takes Off From Israel: White House
The first flight specially chartered to evacuate American citizens has left Israel and is on its way to Europe, a White House spokesman said on Friday, without giving details of its destination.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby indicated that other flights would follow "for as long as there is demand from US citizens."

Oct 13, 2023 23:05 (IST)
Antony Blinken Asks Israel To Spare Gaza Civilians
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Friday on Israel to limit Palestinian civilian deaths as he worked to set up safe areas in the Gaza Strip, seeking to keep calm in the Arab world following a major Hamas attack.

After a solidarity visit to Tel Aviv, Antony Blinken, on a six-nation tour of the Arab world, again defended Israel's right to respond but also stepped up the tone on protecting innocent Palestinians.

Oct 13, 2023 23:03 (IST)
Reuters Journalist Killed In Lebanon
A Reuters news videographer has been killed while working in southern Lebanon, Reuters said in a statement on Friday.
Oct 13, 2023 22:49 (IST)
UN Chief Appeals For Israel To "Avert Humanitarian Catastrophe"
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed Friday for Israel to "avert a humanitarian catastrophe," after the Israeli army ordered more than one million people to evacuate north Gaza.

"The Secretary-General and his team have been working the phones. He's been in constant contact with Israeli authorities, urging them to avert a humanitarian catastrophe," spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters.
Oct 13, 2023 22:46 (IST)
Gaza Rescue Workers Scared, Sleepless Under Israel's Air Strikes
On Wednesday, four Palestine Red Crescent emergency medical workers were killed when their ambulances were hit in two different incidents.
Oct 13, 2023 22:37 (IST)
Indian Woman, Family In Gaza Wait For Passage Near Egypt Border
An Indian woman and her family living in Gaza have left their home and are waiting for safe passage near the coastal strip's southern border with Egypt after Israel ordered some 1.1 million Palestinians on Friday to evacuate northern Gaza and head to the southern part of the besieged territory.
"I left home early in the morning with my husband and daughter and had to undergo a difficult time to reach the southern side of Gaza near the border. The roads have all been destroyed in Israeli bombings, and even transport is a major issue," Lubna Nazir Shaboo, an Indian from Jammu & Kashmir living in Gaza, told PTI. Read here
Oct 13, 2023 21:40 (IST)
Will Do "Everything In Our Power" To Free Captive Americans, Says Biden
US President Joe Biden vowed in an interview broadcast Friday to do "everything in our power" to free Americans taken hostage by Hamas.

"They have to know that the president of the United States of America cares deeply about what's happened to them, deeply... And we're going to do everything in our power to get them home if we can find them," he said.

Oct 13, 2023 21:30 (IST)
Palestinian PM Accuses Israel Of "Genocide" In Gaza
Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh on Friday accused Israel of committing "genocide" in its war against Hamas militants in the blockaded Gaza Strip.

"Our people in Gaza are going through genocide, and Gaza has become a disaster area," Mohammed Shtayyeh told a press conference in Ramallah.
Oct 13, 2023 21:21 (IST)
With power supplies cut and food and water in the Palestinian enclave running short after a week of retaliatory air strikes and a full Israeli blockade, the UN said Gaza's civilians were in an impossible situation.

"Death is better than leaving," said Mohammad, 20, standing in the street outside a building reduced to rubble in an Israeli air strike two days ago near the centre of Gaza.

"I was born here, and I will die here, leaving is a stigma." Read more

Oct 13, 2023 21:03 (IST)
Israel-Gaza War, Hamas, Palestine: Mattresses Strapped To Cars, Gazans Start Fleeing After Israel Ultimatum
Several residents of the Gaza Strip have started leaving their homes after Israel's military's 24-hour ultimatum to relocate south ahead of an expected ground invasion that risks high casualties.
Oct 13, 2023 20:49 (IST)
Hamas Attack Does Not Justify Gaza's Destruction: Red Cross
The massive Hamas attack on Israel cannot justify the "limitless destruction" of the Gaza Strip, the Red Cross said Friday, as it called for pauses in the fighting.

Its statement came as Israel's army on Friday warned residents in north Gaza to flee south ahead of an expected ground offensive.

Israel's siege of Gaza is in response to the weekend attack by Hamas, whose gunmen launched the deadliest ever attack on Israel.

"Nothing can justify the horrific attacks Israel suffered last weekend," said a statement from the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Oct 13, 2023 20:47 (IST)
Israel Denies Deploying White Phosphorus Bombs In Gaza, Lebanon
Israel denied accusations from rights groups that it had deployed the incendiary weapon white phosphorus in its war against Hamas militants in the densely populated Gaza Strip, after the Islamists' deadly attack at the weekend.

"We deny those allegations, we have not made use of white phosphorus, not in Gaza and not in Lebanon," an Israeli military spokesman said.

Israel has been pounding Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in recent days, after the Palestinian militants stormed across its border at the weekend, killing more than 1,200 people.
Oct 13, 2023 19:55 (IST)
Gazans Moving South In Large Numbers, Says Israel Army
Colonel Lerner, IDF Spokesperson tells NDTV reporters that Gazans are moving south in large numbers and the responsibility to move those who are unable to physically move, lies with Hamas.



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