Israel says it is open to Gaza fighting pause for aid as death toll crosses 10,000
The deadly armed conflict between Hamas and Israel crosses into a month, here are the latest updates -
Summary
- The death toll in Gaza has reached at least 10,022 since the conflict began on 7 October
- At least 152 people have been killed in the occupied West Bank and more than 1,400 in Israel during the same period
- Palestine has demanded accountability for "crimes" committed by Israel and blamed the US for blocking the UN ceasefire deal
- The Red Crescent has appealed for urgent help, saying fuel at Gaza's Al-Quds Hospital could run out in 48 hours
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said Gaza is "becoming a graveyard for children"
- Human Rights Watch has called for a weapons embargo on Israel and Palestinian armed
5:00pm
More humanitarian aid trucks enter Gaza: Al Jazeera
The Palestinian Red Crescent has confirmed receiving more aid trucks through the Rafah crossing on Monday.
In a post on X, it also said:
- The PRCS teams received 93 trucks from the Egyptian Red Crescent through the Rafah crossing on Monday.
- These trucks are carrying essential supplies such as food, water, relief items, medical equipment and medications.
- Since October 21, a total of 569 trucks have been received.
- Israel is still not permitting entry of fuel.
Prior to 7 October, 750 to 850 trucks used to enter Gaza daily.
4:00pm
Palestinian journalist killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza City: Al Jazeera
Palestine's news agency Wafa has said that Muhammad Abu Hasira, a journalist, was killed along with 42 family members, including his sons and brothers, after Israel bombed their homes in Gaza City.
Wafa also reported that another journalist, Muhammad Hamouda, was wounded a few days ago alongside his wife, who lost her left eye, and 22-year-old son, Ahmed, whose leg had to be amputated.
As of Monday, the US-based watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said at least 37 journalists and media workers had been killed and eight injured since the start of the conflict.
2:00pm
Palestinian woman shot and injured by Israeli forces: Al Jazeera
Israeli forces have shot and wounded a Palestinian woman at Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and occupied East Jerusalem this morning, reports Al Jazeera.
Israeli police said that the woman arrived at the crossing wrapped in a Hamas flag.
"The suspect arrived on foot at the crossing armed with a knife and walked towards security guards… forces quickly responded by shooting at her and neutralized her," it added.
We'll bring you more on this and other developments from the ground, including reports of fighting in the Jenin refugee camp, soon.
1:04pm
The scale of destruction in Gaza: Al Jazeera
The Government Media Office has just released a statement on the situation in Gaza. Here are some key takeaways:
- On average, hospitals in Gaza receive one wounded person every minute and 15 bodies every hour.
- Six children and five women are killed every hour on average.
- Almost 70 percent of Gaza's population has been forcibly displaced from their homes due to Israeli bombing and raids.
- Around 30,000 tonnes of explosives used by Israel in the bombing of Gaza – an average of 82 tonnes per square kilometre.
- Half of the hospitals in Gaza and 62 percent of primary care health centres are effectively out of service.
- Fifty percent of housing units in the Gaza Strip damaged by bombing and raids, 10 percent have become uninhabitable.
- One-third of schools damaged by the bombing and about nine percent are out of service.
- Fourteen percent of the mosques in the Gaza Strip were damaged and five percent of them are completely destroyed.
12:33pm
Israeli forces attack Jenin refugee camp in occupied West Bank
Fighting taking place between Israeli forces and Palestinians outside the Jenin refugee camp in occupied West Bank, reports Al Jazeera.
Earlier this morning, we reported gunshots from the Tulkarem refugee camp. Footage by Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues showed thick black smoke rising from an area of the camp.
Confrontations have been ongoing in Tulkarem since Monday and there have been at least nine recorded deaths reported in the last 24 hours, including the two Palestinians who died while in Israeli detention, according to Al Jazeera's Zein Basravi who is in Ramallah.
More than 160 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank since October 7.
12:06pm
Latest casualty figures
Gaza
Killed: 10,022
Wounded: 25,408
Occupied West Bank
Killed: 163
Wounded: 2,100
Israel
Killed: 1,405
Wounded: 5,600
11:50am
Israel to assume Gaza security responsibility for 'indefinite period' after war: PM
Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that Israel would manage Gaza's security long after the war, reports Al Jazeera.
"I think Israel will for an indefinite period … have the overall security responsibility because we've seen what happens when we don't have that security responsibility," the Israeli prime minister told ABC News.
"When we don't have that security responsibility, what we have is the eruption of Hamas terror on a scale that we couldn't imagine."
11:30am
Blinken in Japan for Gaza-dominated G7 meeting: Al Jazeera
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Japan for a two-day meeting of G7 foreign ministers set to seek a common line on Gaza, as calls for a ceasefire mount.
Blinken, who just completed a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, made no public comment as he arrived in Tokyo.
The US has resisted calling for a ceasefire, calling instead for pauses in the fighting and insisting that Israel has the right to respond to the October 7 attack by Hamas.
In Turkey on Monday, Blinken said Washington was working "very aggressively" to expand aid for trapped civilians.
11:04am
G7 support for Ukraine will not waver due to Middle East conflict, Japan says
G7 support for Ukraine in its war with Russia will not be affected by the intensifying Middle East conflict, Japan said on Tuesday as the group's foreign ministers prepared to hold virtual talks with Kyiv during a meeting in Tokyo.
The Group of Seven (G7) wealthy nations - Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States - as well as the European Union, meet in Tokyo on Nov. 7-8 to discuss issues including Russia's war in Ukraine and the Israel-Gaza crisis.
"Our commitment to continue strict sanctions against Russia and strong support for Ukraine has not wavered at all, even as the situation in the Middle East intensifies," Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa told a press conference.
10:34am
Indonesia says Gaza hospital for Palestinians after Israel accusations
Indonesia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the purpose of the Indonesia Hospital in Gaza was to "fully" serve Palestinians in response to an accusation by the Israeli military that it has been used by Hamas to launch attacks.
Israeli military's has said that Hamas "systematically exploits hospitals as part of its war machine" as it exposed a network of tunnels, command centres and rocket launchers beneath and adjacent to hospitals in northern Gaza.
Hamas denies doing so and has accused Israel of spreading lies.
10:09am
US-Palestinian evacuees recount 'horror movie' of leaving Gaza
After Israel imposed a total siege on Gaza in retaliation for an Oct. 7 incursion by Hamas, the Rafah crossing - the only crossing out of Gaza that does not border Israel - remained out of operation for nearly two weeks amid diplomatic wrangling over conditions for allowing aid to enter and evacuees to leave.
Since then a trickle of relief has been trucked into Gaza and some evacuees have left, though the arrangement is fragile and was suspended on Saturday before resuming on Monday.
The month-long war has caused a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza as Israel's military campaign has intensified, with many of the territory's 2.3 million inhabitants repeatedly displaced as they struggle to find shelter and safety.
09:50am
UN Security Council fails again to agree on Israel-Hamas war
The UN Security Council on Monday (6 November) failed again to agree on a resolution on the monthlong Israel-Hamas war.
Despite more than two hours of closed-door discussions, differences remained, reports the AP.
The US is calling for "humanitarian pauses" while many other council members are demanding a "humanitarian cease-fire" to deliver desperately needed aid and prevent more civilian deaths in Gaza.
"We talked about humanitarian pauses and we're interested in pursuing language on that score," US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood told reporters after the meeting.
"But there are disagreements within the council about whether that's acceptable," he added.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres earlier Monday told reporters he wanted an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza and a halt to the "spiral of escalation" already taking place from the occupied West Bank, Lebanon and Syria to Iraq and Yemen.
09:39am
Malaysia says will not recognise unilateral sanctions, in response to US bill
Malaysia said on Tuesday it will not recognise unilateral sanctions, in response to a proposed US law to level sanctions against foreign supporters of groups operating in Palestine.
The proposed bill could affect Malaysia only if it is proven to provide material support to Hamas or the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said in a written reply to parliament.
"Any sanctions against Malaysia can also affect the assessment of the US government and US companies towards Malaysia, as well as affect US companies' investment opportunities in Malaysia," Anwar said.
09:17am
Britain's foreign secretary to attend G7 meeting to discuss Israel and Gaza
UK's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Monday said he will be in Japan for the Group of Seven's foreign ministers meeting to discuss the crisis in Israel and Gaza, according to a Downing Street statement.
"Alongside G7 partners, we'll also be addressing other priorities ranging from Russia's illegal war in Ukraine to climate change, economic security and global trade," Cleverly said in a statement.
He will also meet Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoko Kamikawa to strengthen security partnerships after signing the Hiroshima Accord earlier this year.
08:54am
Israeli troops arrest Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi in West Bank
Israeli troops on Monday arrested a Palestinian activist, regarded in the occupied West Bank as a hero since she was a teenager, on suspicion of inciting violence, but her mother denied the claim and said it was based on a fake Instagram post.
The Israeli military said it apprehended Ahed Tamimi, 22, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. Tamimi rose to prominence in 2017 when, at age 16, she slapped an Israeli soldier who raided her village. She and others have for years protested Israeli land seizures.
Tamimi "is suspected of inciting violence and calling for terrorist activity to be carried out," the military said.
08:27am
Biden emphasises need to protect Palestinian civilians in call with Netanyahu
US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that it was imperative steps were taken to protect Palestinian civilians, even as he restated his support for Israel's efforts to protect it citizens from Hamas, the White House said.
"The President reiterated his steadfast support for Israel and the protection of Israeli citizens from Hamas and all other threats while also emphasising the imperative to protect Palestinian civilians and reduce civilian harm in the course of military operations," it said in a statement outlining a call between the two leaders.
08:13am
Israel's military says it is striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
Israel's military said on Monday it was striking targets belonging to the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon in response to a large barrage of rockets fired at northern Israeli cities.
Chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told reporters that fighter jets were attacking a broad range of targets and the military will continue to have a "significant response" every time Israel is fired upon.
08:10am
Gaza death toll tops 10,000; UN calls it a children's graveyard
Gaza is becoming a "graveyard for children", UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday, amplifying demands for a ceasefire in the enclave, where Palestinian health authorities said the death toll from Israeli strikes had exceeded 10,000.
Both Israel and the Hamas who control Gaza have rebuffed mounting international pressure for a ceasefire. Israel says hostages taken by Hamas during its rampage in southern Israel on Oct. 7 should be released first; Hamas says it will not free them or stop fighting while Gaza is under assault.
"Ground operations by the Israel Defense Forces and continued bombardment are hitting civilians, hospitals, refugee camps, mosques, churches and UN facilities – including shelters. No one is safe," Guterres told reporters.
08:01am
US says Israel minister's Gaza nuclear comment was wholly unacceptable
The United States on Monday condemned as "wholly unacceptable" comments by a junior member of the Israeli cabinet who appeared to voice openness to the idea of Israel carrying out a nuclear strike on Gaza.
"We continue to believe that it is important for all sides of this conflict to refrain from hateful rhetoric," deputy State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel told a briefing.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday disciplined the cabinet member in question.
07:48am
Biden, Netanyahu discussed potential 'tactical pauses' in Gaza fighting
US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the potential for "tactical pauses" in fighting in Gaza for humanitarian reasons and possible hostage releases in talks on Monday, according to a spokesperson.
White House spokesperson John Kirby said the US and Israeli governments would continue to be in touch on such potential temporary pauses and that Biden and Netanyahu agreed to continue talks in the coming days.
"You can expect that we're going to continue to advocate for temporary and localised pauses in the fighting," Kirby told reporters. "We consider ourselves at the beginning of this conversation, not at the end of it."
07:17am
Israel says it is open to Gaza fighting pauses for aid, hostages
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would consider "tactical little pauses" in Gaza fighting to facilitate the entry of aid or the exit of hostages, but again rejected calls for a general ceasefire despite growing international pressure.
Speaking in a US television interview, Netanyahu, whose country has vowed to destroy Gaza's Hamas rulers, said he thought Israel would need security responsibility over the Palestinian enclave for an "indefinite period" after the war.
Asked about the potential for humanitarian pauses in fighting, an idea supported by Israel's top ally the United States, Netanyahu said a general ceasefire would hamper his country's war effort.
07:00am
Gaza death toll tops 10,000 as Israel steps up war
he death toll in Gaza has surpassed 10,000 people, the Hamas-run health ministry said Monday after nearly one month of bombardment by Israel whose offensive against Palestinian militants showed signs of intensifying.
Determined to destroy Hamas whose October 7 attack left 1,400 dead in Israel, most of them civilians, and saw over 240 hostages taken according to Israeli officials, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed no letup despite mounting calls for a ceasefire.
Hundreds of overnight strikes pushed the death toll in Gaza to 10,022, mostly women and children, a spokesman for the health ministry told a press conference.
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