Palestinian deaths surpass previous wars in Gaza in Israel-Hamas war
GAZA, Oct 15 (SABAH): Hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents sought to heed Israel’s order to evacuate the northern half of the territory, while others huddled at hospitals.
Gaza’s 2.3 million civilians face a deepening struggle for food, water and safety, and brace for a looming invasion more than a week after Hamas militants launched a deadly assault on Israel.
Hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents sought to heed Israel’s order to evacuate enorthern half of the territory, while others huddled at hospitals. Gaza’s 2.3 million civilians face a deepening struggle for food water and safety, and brace for a looming invasion more than a week after Hamas militants launched a deadly assault on Israel. Here’s the latest on thee war. northern Gaza while also grappling with a growing water crisis after Israel stopped the flow of resources to the Gaza Strip
The military said Sunday that it would not target a specific route south for several hours, again urging Palestinians to leave the north en masse. The military offered two corridors and a longer window the day before. It says hundreds of thousands have already fled south
No decision on a ground offensive has been announced, although Israel has been massing troops along the border. The war has claimed more than 3,600 lives since Hamas launched an incursion on Oct. 7
Area ms hospitals are expected to run out of fuel for emergency generations within two days, according to the U.N., which said that that would endanger the lives of thousands of patients
Medics in Gaza are warning that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people run desperately low on fuel and basic supplies.
Rocket strikes U.N. peacekeepers’ headquarters in southern Lebanon, no injuries reports Aket hit the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon in the coastal town of Naqoura as clashes between the militant Hezbollah group and its allies and the Israeli military escalated Sunday
U.N. mission said no one was hurt even though the peacekeepers were not in shelters. It did not specify where the rocket came from but expressed disappointment saying that despite the mission’s efforts to get the sides “to de-escalate the situation,” the violence continues.
Some local Lebanese media said the rocket was fired from positions of Palestinian Hamas militants in southern Lebanon, intending to reach Israel but that it fell short. The Associated Press could not confirm the source of the rocket.
The U.N. peacekeepers have been patrolling the Lebanon-Israel border as tensions flare. Hezbollah, a key ally of Hamas, has vowed to retaliate against Israel should they launch a ground offensive into the blockaded Gaza Strip.
The U.N. mission, known as UNIFIL, was created to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon in 1978 and expanded its role after a monthlong in 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah that ended in a stalemate.