Hezbollah supporters carry flags and placards with pictures of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and late Iranian Quds Force Major-General Qassem Soleimani, as they attend a rally supporting Palestinians in Gaza.
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Gaza faces evacuation deadline as Israel prepares ground offensive
At UN, Palestinians call for halt to Israeli offensive; world powers mull options
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Arab states say Palestinians must stay on their land as war escalates, reports Reuters
Second flight carrying 235 Indian nationals from Israel lands at Delhi airport
The first batch of around 200 Indians, including students, had returned to the country from Israel onboard a chartered flight in the early hours of Friday.
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'These guys make -- they make al-Qaeda look pure. They're pure evil. Like I said from the beginning, the United States, make no mistake about it, stands with Israel. The United States stands with Israel,' Joe Biden said in solidarity with Israel
US President Joe Biden.
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Russia’s ambassador to the UN called for “humanitarian cease-fire” in Gaza Strip and Israel on Friday, while blaming the US for ongoing conflict,as per a report by AFP news agency.
The Russian draft resolution, presented to the Security Council and seen by AFP, calls for an “immediate” ceasefire and secure release of all hostages, and “strongly condemns all violence and hostilities directed against civilians and all acts of terrorism.”
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) say it intercepted two unidentified targets over the city of Haifa and an IDF UAV was targeted upon. 'In response, the IDF struck a Hezbollah terrorist target in southern Lebanon,' it added.
Roughly 24 US F-15 fighter jets arrived at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan to Bolster the US posture.
Roughly 24 F-15E Strike Eagles, with the 494th Fighter Squadron of the US Air Force stationed at RAF Lakenheath in the UK have arrived at air base in Jordan.
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Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Jonathan Conricus, in a briefing on its operations said "Our aim is very clear. The end state of this war is that we will dismantle Hamas and its military capabilities, and fundamentally change the situation, so that Hamas never again has the ability to inflict any damage on Israeli civilians or soldiers"
He said the military ordered evacuation yesterday so that civilans are not present in the area where IDF is going to 'enhance its military operations.'
There has been “a significant movement of Palestinian civilians towards the south”, he says, while criticising Hamas for telling citizens to not leave their lands, accusing the group of using “civilians as their human shields.”
He further added that Israeli reserve force are in formation around the Gaza strip for days now. “They are all around the Gaza Strip, in the south, in the center and in the north, and they are preparing themselves for whatever target they will get, whatever task,” he says.
More than 120 civilians held captive in Gaza, Israel military confirms
Israel confirms retrieving bodies of missing Israelis amid raids in Gaza Strip
They confirmed that ground forces have entered Gaza Strip, 'destroyed terrorist squads and infrastructure' and found items that could lead to more missing persons, reports Haaretz.
Thousands rally in support of Palestine in New York
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Reports incoming on Israel conducting intensive airstrike in Northern Gaza
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Gaza Health Ministry: 256 killed, 1,788 wounded in the Strip in last 24 hours
We discussed with China that the two-state solution is the only solution that can be implemented, EU Foreign Affairs chief Borrell says, reports Reuters
Israeli security forces detain 230 people linked to Hamas in the West Bank, reports The Spectator Index
As per information from Associated Press, the Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that 16 Palestinians were killed on Friday in the occupied West Bank, bringing the total number of West Bank Palestinians killed since war to 51.
A Palestinian uses a slingshot during an anti-Israel protest over a cross-border violence between Palestinian militants in Gaza and the Israeli military, near Hawara checkpoint near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Issam Abdallah, a Reuters video journalist was killed and six other journalists injured in southern Lebanon near Alma al-Shaab, close to the Israel border, where the Israeli military and Lebanese militia Hezbollah have been trading fire in border clashes.
Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah
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Israel has killed a senior Hamas general, Spectator Index reports
Israeli Air Force has confirmed attacks on dozens of military targets and operatives of Hamas, who were in the staging areas throughout the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Interior Ministry says Israeli fighter jets have bombed a house for the Agha family in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, murdering and wounding dozens of innocent civilians inside, Quds News Network reports.
Israeli warplanes carry out series of missile strike on Nusseirat refugee camps in Gaza, dozens of Palestinian civilians feared dead, injured
Al-Aqsa imam among Palestinians on far-right Telegram hit list, reports Middle east Eye
'Nazi Hunters' channel calls for Sheikh Ekrima Sabri to be killed, and names and locates dozens of others in Israel, West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Sabri was aware of the threat against him, which is being "incited by extremist Jewish factions, supported by elements within the Israeli government", head of Sabri's legal team tells MEE. He added that Sabri had contacted the Kingdom of Jordan, the custodian of the holy sites in Jerusalem, and Arab consulates in Jerusalem to update them about the severity of the situation.
Al-Aqsa Imam Sheikh Ekrima Sabri
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Palestinian bodies stored in ice cream refrigerators due to lack of space in hospitals
At least 1,900 Palestinians have been killed and 7,696 wounded in Israeli air attacks on Gaza. The number of people killed in Israel has reached 1,300, with 3,400 wounded, reports Al Jazeera
Director of Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza given evacuation notice, says we reject the Israeli request
"We have patients who are impossible to transfer, and our staff consists of 35 doctors and support staff who insist on staying and providing service to patients," he said, Al Jazeera reporter noted on X.
Al Jazeera reports that fresh round of rockets have been fired from Gaza towards Southern Israel
Initial reports suggest that some of the fires have been intercepted, but more details are currently awaited.
Crossing from Gaza into Egypt to be coordinated by Israel, says Israeli Military spokesperson
“Regarding Gaza, the crossings are closed. The borders are closed, and any movement or crossing to Egypt will be in coordination with us and in contact with us. For now, this issue is not happening,” said Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari.
Palestinians flee their houses amid Israeli strikes
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In daily briefing, Israel military warn of retaliations if infiltrations from Lebanon continue
Anyone who approaches the security fence and infiltrates into the Israeli side of Lebanon “will be killed,” warns Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari.
He further said that everything happening near Israel’s border with Lebanon, was taking place from inside Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported.
“It is the responsibility of the Lebanese state and will pay its price … We are prepared for confrontation on all fronts,” he said.
Smoke rises after Israeli shelling , as seen from Lebanese side, near the border with Israel, in Alma Al-Shaab,
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Iran's foreign minister tells Israel to stop attacks on Gaza, warns it may suffer 'a huge earthquake'
Foreigners allowed to leave Gaza amid mass Palestinian evacuation from north
Passengers from Israel who arrived in Delhi, reach Chennai
Israel eliminates top Hamas commander, says all Hamas terrorists will meet the same fate
Lebanese army says Israeli missile killed Reuters journalist
The Lebanese army said on Saturday that Israel had launched a missile on Friday that hit a civilian car and killed Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah.
Israel gives Palestine's Red Crescent until 1300 GMT to evacuate Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society received an order from Israeli forces on Saturday with a new deadline to evacuate its Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City by 1300 GMT (16:00 pm local), according to a statement.
An initial deadline was given for 0300 GMT (06:00 am local) but was later extended.
Missiles fired at Israeli army post in southeastern Lebanon
Missiles were fired at an Israeli army post in southeastern Lebanon - a Reuters witness said on Saturday. The witness also reported heavy shelling from Israel and the sound of gunfire.
Assam govt says it is in touch with people from state who have returned from Israel
The Assam government on Saturday said it is in touch with people from the state who have returned from war-torn Israel.
Five students from the state were among 235 Indians who arrived in New Delhi on Saturday on the second flight from Israel under 'Operation Ajay', an official said.
Israel warns Hezbollah to stay out of Gaza war
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's national security adviser said on Saturday hostilities with Lebanese Hezbollah in parallel with the Gaza war appeared to be restrained and warned the group not to take action that could lead to Lebanon's "destruction".
Israel was focusing its fighting on the Palestinian enclave, from which Hamas gunmen wreaked an unprecedented massacre in Israel's southern towns a week ago, and "trying not to be drawn into a two-front war", Tzachi Hanegbi said in a televised briefing.