India for the first time on Saturday recognized Hamas as a party in the ongoing conflict in West Asia, even as it subtly nudged Israel to adhere to “international humanitarian law” in its offensive on the Gaza Strip in retaliation to the October 7 terrorist attacks.
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US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken will reportedly continue with his Visit to Baghdad, Iraq tomorrow despite the Threats issued today by the Iranian-Backed “Kata'ib Hezbollah” who stated they would launch “Unprecedented Escalations” on US Assets in the Country including the American Embassy and Green Zone in Baghdad if he still decides to Visit
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Israel has bombed Azhar University in Gaza, according to a video posted on X by Palestine’s deputy foreign minister Amal Jadou.
“Overcrowding conditions continue to create severe health and protection risks,” the UN update said, adding that there are reports of several cases of acute respiratory infections, diarrhoea and chicken pox in UNRWA shelters.
People are also now sleeping in the streets near UNRWA shelters, with its 92 facilities “[exceeding] capacity” and “unable to accommodate new arrivals”, the UN said.
KEY POINTS FROM UN'S LATEST SITUATION REPORT
Seventy-two UNRWA personnel have been killed since 7 October. This is the highest number of UN aid workers killed in a conflict in such a short time. UNRWA grieves this huge loss. No words can do justice to thousands of UNRWA staff who continue to work tirelessly to support Palestinian communities in need in Gaza.
Two internally displaced persons (IDPs) were killed and 31 injured, including 15 children, due to collateral damage caused by a strike close to two UNRWA schools in the Middle area.
Some 695,000 IDPs are sheltering in 149 installations across the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces clashed with Palestinians across the occupied West Bank on Saturday night and Sunday morning, the Jerusalem Post is reporting, citing Palestinian reports.
"The Iron Dome Defence System is intercepting a lot of those missiles but there was one that fell in an open area just south of Rishon LeTsiyon.
The Israeli military advises people when the sirens go off to go into protected areas.
The Qassam Brigades say they fired these rockets on Tel Aviv in response to the continuous bombardment inside the Gaza Strip," Al Jazeera reporter from Occupied East Jerusalem says.
Spectator Index reports
Israel's military has destroyed a well and a main water tank that serves more than 70,000 people in the northern Gaza area of Beit Lahia, Middle Est Eye reported.
Demonstrators rally outside the White House in support of Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2023.
A demonstrator holds up a prop representing a dead child, near the White House, in support of Palestinians in Gaza,
Demonstrators march in support of Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Washington.
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Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalia refugee camp on the northern Gaza Strip November 4,
Palestinians try to put out a fire at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalia refugee camp on the northern Gaza Strip November 4, 2023
Palestinian Authority refuses to receive tax funds after Israel deducted amounts sent monthly to Gaza Strip: Government source told Anadolu
Netanyahu says comment by Minister of Heritage Amihai Eliyah, regarding possibility of dropping a nuclear weapon on Gaza, is 'detached from reality'.
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Quds News Network reports
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said in Doha on Sunday that too many civilians have died in Israeli strikes on Gaza.
Colonna said during a joint press conference with Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, that schools, hospitals, humanitarian workers and journalists must be protected.
Israel says it is targeting Hamas and that the Islamist Palestinian group is using residents as human shields.
Colonna added that an international humanitarian conference, to be hosted by France on Nov. 9, will cover respecting international law, basic needs such as health, water, energy and food, and will call for concrete action for civilians in Gaza.
More than 100 Britons have been evacuated from Gaza and the government hopes more will be able to leave, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said on Sunday, as he urged the reopening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt.
The Rafah crossing was opened for limited evacuations for three days earlier this week under a Qatari-brokered deal aimed at letting some foreign passport holders, their dependents and some wounded Gazans out of the enclave.
"Over 100 UK nationals were able to cross out of Gaza into Egypt through the Rafah crossing. It is very disappointing that the crossing was closed yesterday," Dowden told the BBC.