Israel-Palestine conflict LIVE: Dozens killed in Israeli bombing of Gaza camp

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 9,400 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

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Gaza health ministry dismisses Israeli claims about Hamas fighters using ambulances

The health ministry in the Gaza Strip has rejected Israeli military allegations that an ambulance struck on Friday was being used by Hamas operatives.

West probing Ukraine for concessions to Russia: Report

Western officials are engaged in behind-the-scenes talks with Kiev about potential peace negotiations with Moscow, trying to find out what concessions Ukraine might agree to, in order to end the conflict, NBC News reported on Saturday, citing sources.

US announces $425mn military assistance package for Ukraine

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US responsible for attack on Gaza refugee center: Hamas

Palestinian movement Hamas has assigned responsibility for the deadly strike on a refugee facility in the Gaza Strip also to the United States and President Joe Biden, which provides assistance to Israel.

Putin says western states ‘changing tune’ on defeating Russia

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Pentagon confirms US spy drones flying over Gaza Strip

The US military has acknowledged carrying out “unarmed” drone flights over the Gaza Strip, saying the UAVs were deployed to help locate hostages taken by Hamas.

Israel vows to use ‘all power’ to bomb Gaza Strip after US’ call for humanitarian pause, more than 9k killed

Israel will not change its approach to the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a press conference on Friday. The Israeli army will go on with its relentless bombing campaign against the Palestinian enclave, he said, adding that Tel Aviv will not agree to any pause in the hostilities unless the Israeli hostages are freed. More than 9,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed so far.

Israel-Palestine conflict LIVE: Israel fires missile at Gaza house of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 9,200 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

Gaza health ministry says several killed, injured in Israeli attack on ambulance convoy

Several people were killed and dozens of others injured in an Israeli attack on an ambulance convoy near the al-Shifa Hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday, according to the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza.

Hezbollah leader says they entered war against Israel, all options on table

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has stated that the powerful Lebanese group has entered the battle against Israel on October 8, a day after Palestinian group Hamas conducted a multi-pronged surprise military operation against Zionists. He warned that all options are on the table against the Zionist regime.

Israel’s military says surrounding Gaza City, as death toll exceeds 9k

The Israeli military is surrounding the Gaza City and “deepening” its military operations there, the chief of staff of Israel’s so-called Defense Forces said in a TV interview Thursday. Hamas has vowed to turn the besieged enclave into a graveyard for Israeli soldiers.

US downplays risk of Hezbollah offensive against Israel

The United States has seen no signs that Hezbollah is preparing for a major military operation against Israel, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the White House on Thursday.

Hamas vows to make Gaza incursion ‘curse’ for Israel

A continued Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip will have catastrophic consequences for the Zionist regime, Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, has warned.

US intel suggests Syria agreed to send Russian missile defense shield to Hezbollah via Wagner Group

The US has intelligence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to provide the Lebanese group Hezbollah with a Russian-made missile defense system, according to two people familiar with the intelligence.

Cairo slams Israeli intel document proposing relocation of Gazans to Egypt as “ludicrous”

Egypt’s foreign minister says a leaked Israeli intelligence ministry document that proposed the relocation of millions of Palestinians to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt was a “ludicrous proposition".

Israel to cut “all contact” with Gaza, send workers back to besieged enclave

Israel will return Gazans working in the occupied territories back to the besieged Palestinian enclave, Israel’s Security Cabinet has announced, adding that it would also sever contact with Gaza.

Iran’s Leader: Israel becoming helpless and confused amid war with Hamas

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Friday stated that the Zionist regime is becoming “helpless and confused” as it maintains its military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Over 400 children are killed or injured each day in Gaza during Israeli bombardment: UNICEF

Children are being killed or injured at a rate of more than 400 a day in Israel's ongoing bombardment and siege of the Gaza Strip, the United Nations children's agency has confirmed, calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.

Biden doubts Netanyahu will last long as Israeli PM amid Gaza war: Report

US President Joe Biden and his top aides have discussed the likelihood that Benjamin Netanyahu’s political days are numbered — and the US president has conveyed that sentiment to the Israeli prime minister in a recent conversation, according to Politico.

Nearly half of Gaza’s hospitals out of service: Health ministry

Sixteen out of 35 hospitals in Gaza are out of service due to the Israeli bombardment and a fuel shortage, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah.

Hamas: Israel committed ‘barbaric massacres’ after Gaza refugee camp bombings

Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh says Israel  has carried out “massacres” in the besieged Gaza Strip to conceal its own “defeats”. He warned that the hundreds of Israeli and foreign hostages being held captive in Gaza faced the same risk of “death and destruction” from the Israeli attacks on the territory as Palestinian residents.

UN says Israeli bombing of Gaza refugee camp ‘an atrocity’

Israel’s attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza is just “the latest atrocity” to befall the Palestinian people living in the besieged enclave, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths has stated.

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