Israel-Hamas war highlights: White House says Israel agreed to four-hour military 'pauses' in Gaza

Aid delivery reaches Shifa hospital in Gaza, UN says

Reports Times of Israel

Egypt's Sisi likely to reject US proposal for Egypt to take charge of Gaza's security until Palestinian Authority (PA) ready to take over

Reports Times of Israel

Ione Belarra, the leader of the Podemos party and Spain's minister for social rights, demands penalties on Israel and charges it with "planned genocide."

Amnesty International's Secretary General says 'more than two million people in the Gaza Strip are struggling to survive amidst Israel’s relentless attacks that have caused an unprecedented number of civilian casualties and destruction and exacerbated this humanitarian crisis to catastrophic levels'.

Destroyed 130 Hamas tunnels since war began: IDF

Five Palestinians were killed Thursday during an Israeli raid on Jenin in the north of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. (AFP)

Palestinian PM says what Israel is doing is not a war against Hamas, but against all Palestinians.

The Palestinian Authority declined a partial transfer of tax revenues from Israel, the Palestinian finance ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

Egypt condemns 'international silence on violations of the law' by Israel

Egypt on Thursday condemned "international silence on violations of international humanitarian law committed by Israel" at a Paris conference on humanitarian aid for Gaza, under bombardment by Israel since the October 7 attack by Hamas.

"What the Israeli government is doing far exceeds the right to self-defence," Egypt's foreign minister Sameh Shoukry told the conference hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, complaining of an "imbalance" in "the international conscience". (AFP)

NATO allies support humanitarian pauses in war to allow aid to reach Gaza, says Stoltenberg.

At least 10,812 Palestinians, including 4,412 children, have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct. 7, the health ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza said on Thursday.

A man carries a child on his shoulders, as Palestinians fleeing north Gaza head towards the south, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, November 9, 2023.

Our war is with Hamas, not with the people of Gaza: Israel

An unidentified drone hit a building in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, the Israeli military said on Thursday. Emergency services said there were no injuries. The Israeli military said earlier this month it had deployed missile boats in the Red Sea as reinforcements, a day after the Iran-aligned Houthi movement said it had launched missile and drone attacks on Israel and vowed to carry out more. (Reuters)

Israel agrees to four-hour military 'pauses' in Gaza: White House

Israel has agreed to begin daily four-hour military pauses in northern Gaza to allow people in the area to flee the war with Hamas, the White House said on Thursday.

"Israel will begin to implement four-hour pauses in areas of northern Gaza each day, with an announcement to be made three hours beforehand," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters. (AFP)

US President Joe Biden said on Thursday there was currently "no possibility" of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. "None. No possibility," Biden told reporters as he left the White House for a trip to Illinois when asked about the chances of a ceasefire. (AFP)

US President Joe Biden.