Israel-Palestine Crisis Highlights: Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian demonstrators stage protests in US

US says it is working with others to prevent Gaza conflict from spreading

The United States is working with other governments to make sure the crisis does not spread and is contained to Gaza following a deadly Hamas attack in Israel, a senior Biden administration official said on Saturday.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, also said the U.S. did not have any information at the moment to determine that Iran was involved in the "specific" assault in Israel, even though Tehran's long-standing support for Hamas was well known. The official said the U.S. was looking closely at the issue. (Reuters)

Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls for world solidarity with Israel

Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese tweets, "Australia stands with our friend Israel in this time. We condemn the indiscriminate and abhorrent attacks by Hamas on Israel, its cities and civilians. We recognise Israel’s right to defend itself."

More than 300 killed in Hamas attack on Israel, report several news agencies

China says 'deeply concerned' over 'escalation' of violence between Israel, Palestinians

Attack on Israel could boost appeal of gold and safe haven assets

Investors are closely watching events in Israel as a geopolitical risk to markets, with some expectation the violence could prompt a move into safe haven assets.

Gunmen from the Palestinian group Hamas entered Israel in an unprecedented attack on Saturday. Western countries, led by the United States, denounced the attack and pledged support for Israel.

Israel's army radio reports mortar fire from Lebanon into northern Israel

Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal condemns Hamas terror attacks in Israel

Demonstrators shout slogans during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in front of the Israeli Embassy in Ankara, Turkey

Israeli forces clash with Hamas gunmen after hundreds killed

Israeli forces clashed with gunmen from the Palestinian group Hamas on Sunday, 24 hours after the militants launched a surprise attack on Israel in which about 500 people were killed in the deadliest day of violence in Israel for 50 years.

The biggest incursion into Israel in decades could undermine U.S-backed efforts to forge regional security alignments that could threaten Palestinian aspirations for statehood and the ambitions of the group's main backer, Iran.

Israeli warplanes continue to pound Gaza

Hamas says its fighters still engaged in 'fierce fighting' inside Israel

No way such terrible consequences would have occurred if Israeli forces intelligence were at the kind of readiness that we know and expect, says former director at the Israeli National Security Council

Fears of huge ground invasion of Gaza grow as Israel vows ‘mighty vengeance’

100 Israeli civilians, soldiers kidnapped in Hamas attack

Air India cancels Tel Aviv flights till October 14

Air India on Sunday said it has cancelled its flights to and from Tel Aviv till October 14. Israel came under attack by Hamas militants on Saturday and since then, both sides are engaged in fighting in which scores of people have died.

Israel says to evacuate residents near Gaza within 24 hours

IDF sets up situation room to figure out how many hostages Hamas took into Gaza, reports Times of Israel

Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas orders immediate dispatch of aid to Gaza amidst Israeli aggression: Wafa News Agency

Israeli media outlets say the death toll from Hamas' wide-scale incursion has risen to 600: AP

Secy of States Blinken says US likely to announce new military aid to Israel later today

Hamas-run health ministry says 370 killed and 2,200 wounded in Gaza Strip

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey was determined to ramp up diplomatic efforts to achieve calm in the fighting between Israeli and Palestinian forces, but added that a two-state solution was the only way to achieve regional peace: The Jerusalem Post

The death toll of Palestinians killed by Israel during the ongoing Israeli attack on Gaza has risen to 370, with 2,200 others injured: Wafa News Agency

Israel confirms over 100 Israelis held in Gaza, denies reports of hostage negotiations, reports Times of Israel

Israel calls on its citizens to leave Egypt, not visit Mideast countries with travel warnings, reports Times of Israel

Israel’s minister for strategic affairs said Sunday that American citizens are among those seized by Hamas fighters during the mayhem and taken back to Gaza. He gave no details about them, nor about Americans who might have been killed, reports AP

US will send an aircraft carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean to support Israel, reports news agency AP

IMF closely monitoring situation in Israel, Gaza

The International Monetary Fund on Sunday said it was closely monitoring developments in Israel and Gaza, and it was too early to assess any economic impact. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of life. We are monitoring this concerning situation closely," an IMF spokesperson said, adding that it was too early to say anything about the economic consequences. (Reuters)

Casualties feared as 11 Nepalese students missing after Hamas attack on Israel, says Foreign Minister Saud

Casualties are feared among Nepalese students who went missing after the attack by the Hamas militant group in the southern part of Israel, Foreign Minister N P Saud said on Sunday. Four Nepalese students studying in Israel have been injured and 11 are still missing after Hamas militants attacked a farm, he said. 'Contact could not be established with 11 Nepalese students and heavy casualties among them are feared,' Foreign Minister Saud told PTI.

After Hamas Attack, U.S. to Send Weapons and Warships to Support Israel

The Pentagon announced Sunday that it was sending additional munitions to Israel and moving Navy warships closer to the country in a show of support, a day after Palestinian militants launched one of the broadest invasions on Israeli territory in 50 years.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he had ordered the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford and five guided-missile cruisers and destroyers, which are in the Mediterranean Sea, to the eastern part of the sea, near Israel. Officials said the ships were en route but would take a few days to arrive.

Austin also said the United States was increasing the number of Air Force fighter jets and attack planes in the region to “bolster regional deterrence efforts.” The assistance “underscores the United States’ ironclad support for the Israel Defense Forces and the Israeli people,” Austin said in a statement.

'Several' US citizens have died following attacks in Israel -NSC spokesperson

Several US nationals have died since the start of Hamas' surprise attack on Israel on Saturday, a National Security Council spokesman said Sunday, adding that US officials remained in touch with their Israeli counterparts.

Official word of Americans killed in the conflict came as Israel retaliated for the incursion, one of the bloodiest in it history, launching attacks on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.(Reuters)

Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators faced off in contentious but nonviolent protests in Manhattan on Sunday as full-scale conflict erupted along the Gaza Strip following the Hamas attack on Israel.

Pro-Israel demonstrators protest during the second day of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, in Manhattan in New York City.

Video captures concertgoer being kidnapped by militants

The footage, which was posted to Telegram, showed a group of men driving away on a motorcycle with 25-year-old Noa Argamani in their custody. The video then pans to another group of militants holding Argamani’s boyfriend, Avinatan Or, with an arm pinned behind his back.