Israel vows to punish Gaza as region and world feel ripples from Hamas attack

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group introduced Tuesday that two of its members have been killed by Israeli hearth after crossing from Lebanon into Israel on Monday as a part of the Hamas-led assault that began over the weekend. Funerals have been set to be held in Ein el-Hilweh on Tuesday.

Islamic Jihad mentioned in an announcement that seven Israeli troopers have been wounded in Monday’s cross-border operation, whereas the Israeli military reported that its troops shot and killed a number of gunmen who crossed into the nation from Lebanon. Israel additionally intensified shelling of southern Lebanon in response to the incident.

An Israeli airstrike in Gaza Metropolis killed two Palestinian journalists early Tuesday, in accordance with the Palestinian information company Wafa.

Wafa recognized the journalists as editor Saeed Al-Taweel and photographer Mohammed Sobih. The airstrike occurred near an space housing a number of media workplaces.

Three Palestinian journalists reportedly have been shot and killed whereas reporting in Gaza on Saturday. The Committee to Shield Journalists, citing Palestinian press freedom teams, recognized two of them as photographer Ibrahim Mohammad Lafi and reporter Mohammad Jarghoun. CPJ mentioned it confirmed that freelance reporter Mohammad El-Salhi additionally was killed.

Lafi labored for Ain Media, and Jarghoun reported for Good Media, CPJ mentioned.

As retaliatory Israeli airstrikes proceed, greater than 187,500 folks have been displaced in Gaza for the reason that starting of the battle, in accordance with a report from the U.N. Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

UNRWA, the U.N. company for Palestinian refugees, is internet hosting greater than 137,000 folks in faculties throughout the territory. The report says airstrikes have razed 790 housing items and severely broken 5,330 within the territory of two.3 million folks.

OCHA mentioned harm to water, sanitation and hygiene amenities in Gaza has disrupted service for greater than 400,000 folks.

Following the Oct. 7 shock assault by Hamas militants, Israeli authorities directed residents to go away dozens of cities close to the Gaza Strip.

At the very least 11 U.S. residents have been confirmed useless within the shock Hamas assaults, U.S. President Joe Biden mentioned Wednesday.

Biden additionally mentioned the U.S. authorities believes it’s “probably” that Individuals are amongst these at the moment being held hostage by Hamas militants, whereas different U.S. residents are nonetheless unaccounted for after the lethal assault.

“My coronary heart goes out to each household impacted by the horrible occasions of the previous few days,” Biden mentioned in an announcement. “The ache these households have endured, the enormity of their loss, and the agony of these nonetheless awaiting info is unfathomable.”

He harassed that the State Division is providing help for U.S. residents who’re at the moment in Israel, and air and floor choices to go away the nation are nonetheless obtainable for many who select to take action. He additionally mentioned federal regulation enforcement officers are “intently monitoring” potential home threats stemming from the weekend assaults.

The battle’s demise toll rose to almost 1,600 on either side on Monday.

Round 900 folks, together with 73 troopers, have been killed in Israel, in accordance with media. In Gaza, greater than 680 folks have been killed, in accordance with authorities there. Hundreds have been wounded on either side.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel has “solely began” a fierce offensive within the Gaza Strip in response to an unprecedented Hamas assault.

Netanyahu delivered the pronouncement in a nationally televised deal with as Israel pressed forward with a 3rd day of heavy airstrikes in Gaza.

Israeli rescue service Zaka says greater than 100 our bodies have been recovered from a small farming group that was the scene of a hostage standoff throughout Hamas’ assault towards Israel.

The determine is a part of the full 900 reportedly killed in Hamas’ multi-pronged assault. Beeri, a kibbutz, had a inhabitants of about 1,000 folks earlier than the assault.

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to talk with a number of allies Monday concerning the scenario in Israel, in accordance with the White Home.

Earlier Monday, Biden convened a gathering with prime nationwide safety aides, together with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Nationwide Safety Adviser Jake Sullivan, Principal Deputy Nationwide Safety Adviser Jon Finer, Homeland Safety Adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall and White Home Chief of Employees Jeff Zients.

Throughout that assembly, Biden urged continued coordination with Israel and different regional companions, the White Home mentioned.

The White Home has referred to as a “lid” for the day, that means the general public received’t lay eyes on the U.S. president till Tuesday.

Biden has spoken no less than twice with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the White Home says his prime nationwide safety aides have been in common contact with their counterparts within the area for the reason that shock Hamas assault on Saturday.

The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has warned that it’s going to kill an Israeli hostage each time Israel’s navy bombs civilian targets within the Gaza Strip with out warning.

Abu Obeida, the spokesman of the Qassam Brigades, mentioned in an audio launched Monday night time that the risk was a response to intense air strikes by Israel on civilian areas.

“We have now determined to place an finish to this and as of now, we declare that any concentrating on of our folks of their properties with out prior warning might be regrettably confronted with the execution of 1 the hostages of civilians we’re holding,” he mentioned.

In a video assertion Monday, Israel’s international minister warned Hamas towards harming any of the hostages who have been taken from Israel and being held in Gaza. Eli Cohen mentioned Israel was dedicated to bringing the hostages house “within the spirit of mutual duty.”

“We demand Hamas to not hurt any of the hostages, Cohen mentioned. “This battle crime won’t be forgiven,” he added.

U.N. Secretary-Basic António Guterres says he’s “deeply distressed” by Israel’s announcement of an entire siege on the Gaza Strip.

He spoke after the Israeli protection minister mentioned he had ordered a cutoff of electrical energy and deliveries of meals, gas and different provides to the territory.

Guterres referred to as for U.N. entry to ship humanitarian help to Gaza’s 2.3 million residents. He pressed the worldwide group to offer rapid assist for the humanitarian effort.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held back-to-back phone calls with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Isaac Herzog, in accordance with Erdogan’s press workplace.

Erdogan and Abbas mentioned the continuing battle between Israel and the militant group Hamas. “President Erdogan acknowledged that Turkey is making each effort to finish the conflicts within the area and guarantee calm as quickly as doable,” an announcement from his press workplace mentioned.

In his name with Herzog, “President Erdogan emphasised that any step that might hurt the folks of Gaza collectively and indiscriminately will additional improve the struggling and spiral of violence within the area.” the presidential workplace assertion mentioned.

Erdogan additionally advised his Israeli counterpart that it’s “essential to act with frequent sense and that establishing tranquility within the area as quickly as doable is of nice significance for the well-being of your complete area.”

The secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, a world help group, warns that the Israeli authorities’s vow to besiege and blockade the Gaza Strip would spell “utter catastrophe” for the greater than 2 million Palestinians dwelling within the small territory.

Jan Egeland’s feedback got here after Israel’s protection minister ordered a “full siege” on Gaza after an unprecedented incursion by Hamas fighters into Israel early Saturday. Israel formally declared battle on Sunday and has since retaliated towards Hamas for the assault.

Egeland additionally slammed donor nations for halting humanitarian help to Gaza after the unprecedented assault by Hamas militants on Saturday.

French police have arrested 10 folks in reference to antisemitic acts that have been reported for the reason that newest combating between Israel and Hamas militants started.

The 20 reported incidents included threats to synagogues or folks frequenting Jewish shops, the inside minister mentioned Monday.

Prosecutors have additionally opened 44 investigations into antisemitic hate speech on-line or posts glorifying terrorism in reference to the violence, in accordance with Inside Minister Gerald Darmanin’s workplace.

Whereas France’s sees sporadic acts concentrating on Jews or Muslims, Darmanin mentioned the variety of antisemitic incidents since Saturday was ″dramatic.″

France has the world’s largest Jewish inhabitants after Israel and the U.S.

Two French residents are confirmed useless in Israel following the outbreak of violence. At the very least eight others are lacking or believed held hostage, in accordance with a lawmaker who represents French folks overseas.

A Palestinian militant group claims it despatched 4 gunmen throughout Lebanon’s border into Israel as a part of the Hamas-led assault that began over the weekend.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad mentioned in an announcement that seven Israeli troopers have been wounded in Monday’s cross-border operation.

The Israeli Protection Forces reported earlier that its troops shot and killed a number of gunmen who crossed into the nation from Lebanon. Israel additionally intensified shelling of southern Lebanon in response to the incident.

The Lebanese navy referred to as on residents of border cities to “take the utmost precautions.” Households in a number of cities in southern Lebanon began fleeing north because the Israeli shelling continued.

Dozens of scholars held a rally in assist of the Palestinian folks Monday on the prestigious American College in Egypt’s capital.

The scholars rallied throughout the college campus in Cairo’s upscale fifth Settlement neighborhood.

College students have been seen waving Palestinian flags and holding banners with slogans comparable to “Free Palestine.”

The rally got here as combating raged for a 3rd day between Israel and Palestinian militant teams following Hamas’ unprecedented Saturday assault on southern Israel.

The U.N. Palestinian refugee company, UNRWA, says it’s close to most capability in accommodating internally displaced folks in Gaza.

The company’s director of exterior communications, Tamara Alrifai, mentioned Monday that almost 137,000 folks have sheltered thus far in over 70 U.N. faculties round Gaza. Alrifai mentioned the company can host as much as 150,000 folks at as much as 79 faculties across the territory.

She added there may be gas in Gaza that might final for as much as 10 days.

Households in a number of border cities in southern Lebanon have began fleeing north as Israeli shelling continues within the space.

An Related Press staff noticed a number of automobiles filled with folks and belongings departing Monday. “We tried to flee Ait el-Shaab to Rmeish, however they advised us everybody has to remain of their space,” a person mentioned as he and his household tried to flee.

Israeli shelling intensified after 4 militants crossed over the border and clashed with Israeli Protection Forces troops on Monday. A number of rockets have been fired from close to the Lebanese border earlier. A Hezbollah spokesperson denied the militant group’s involvement within the operation.

The U.S. State Division mentioned Monday that no less than 9 Americans have been killed within the weekend Hamas assaults on Israel, elevating the toll from 4.

The State Division says an undetermined variety of Americans stay lacking and unaccounted for. It isn’t clear whether or not the lacking had been taken hostage, have been killed or are in hiding.

The State Division is in contact with households “and offering all applicable consular help,” spokesman Matthew Miller mentioned.

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati mentioned Monday that the tiny nation’s precedence is to keep up stability alongside its southern border with Israel following an trade of assaults between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants over the weekend.

Hezbollah claimed duty for firing rockets at three Israeli positions in a disputed territory alongside the border of the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights, earlier than Israel returned hearth.

Mikati referred to as on the worldwide group to “take duty” in pressuring Israel to return to peace talks underneath the Arab Peace Initiative. “Something apart from that could be a additional spiraling of violence that won’t profit anybody,” he mentioned.

Iran-backed Hezbollah has praised key ally Hamas for its unprecedented incursion into Israel however not mentioned if it might try to affix forces.

Israel has estimated that Hezbollah has some 150,000 rockets and missiles aimed on the nation.

The Kremlin is “extraordinarily involved” by the “spiral of violence” in Israel, spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised reporters on Monday.

“We imagine that this case must be put onto a peaceable observe as quickly as doable. And the continuation of such a spiral of violence, in fact, is fraught with additional escalation and enlargement of this battle. It is a nice hazard for the area, so we’re extraordinarily involved,” Peskov mentioned.

The Kremlin spokesman added that Russian authorities weren’t conscious of any Russian nationals injured within the battle.

Austria’s international minister says his nation will freeze growth help for the Palestinian areas following the assault by Hamas on Israel. International Minister Alexander Schallenberg advised Oe1 radio on Monday that every one growth help funds might be “placed on ice for now” and that the affected funds are price round 19 million euros ($20 million).

Schallenberg additionally mentioned he’ll summon Iran’s ambassador to the Austrian International Ministry on Monday to complain in regards to the nation’s “abhorrent reactions” to the Hamas assault.

On Sunday, Germany’s growth minister mentioned her nation would evaluate its monetary help for the Palestinian areas. Her ministry put the quantity at the moment pledged at 250 million euros ($265 million) and mentioned no funds are at the moment being made.

The leaders of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Monday mentioned the battle between Israel and Palestinian militants.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan agreed on “the significance of … advancing diplomatic efforts that intention to de-escalate violence, defend civilians, spare blood,” an announcement from the Egyptian president’s workplace mentioned. Such efforts ought to embody establishing “a complete, simply and everlasting peace,” it added.

Egypt was the primary Arab nation to determine diplomatic ties with Israel within the Seventies, and shares borders with each Gaza and Israel. The UAE normalized ties with Tel Aviv as a part of the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords in 2020. The Arab Gulf nation has frayed ties with Hamas.

Romania’s Ministry of International Affairs says 245 Romanian residents together with two teams of pilgrims have been repatriated from Israel on two separate flights by a business provider.

The repatriation on Sunday got here after 346 have been additionally flown again to Romania over the weekend, bringing the full quantity previously two days to almost 600 after Hamas launched its unprecedented assaults towards Israel.

Israel’s central financial institution says it would promote as much as $30 billion in international trade to prop up the nation’s shekel forex following market uncertainty within the wake of Hamas’ incursion from the Gaza Strip.

The shekel has fallen to a close to eight-year low towards the U.S. greenback in early buying and selling Monday.

Jonathan Conricus made the assertion in a put up on X, previously generally known as Twitter. His phrases appeared to go additional than these of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu mentioned Sunday that his safety cupboard had made the choice to destroy Hamas’ means to manipulate in a method that posed a risk to Israeli civilians.

Former U.S. Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi mentioned there may be bipartisan unity in Congress “in assist of what we have to do” to assist Israel.

Talking at an occasion in San Francisco on Sunday organized by the Jewish Group Relations Council Bay Space, Pelosi condemned the assaults on Israel as “acts of cowardice.”

“I would like you to know that within the Congress of the US … there may be unity, bipartisan unity in assist of what we have to do, whether or not it’s militarily, whether or not it’s diplomatically, whether or not it’s financially to assist our mates, the Israelis,” Pelosi mentioned, in accordance with a recording of her remarks supplied by her workplace.

Pelosi mentioned the shock assault from the Gaza Strip was “exterior the circle of civilized human habits.”

“This assault on these kids, on these grandmas, on these households, is one thing that takes us to a special threshold of how we cope with this topic,” she mentioned.

Three British men were said to either be dead or missing after the Hamas attack on Israel.

Nathanel Young, 20, was killed while serving in the Israel Defense Forces, his sister, Gaby Shalev, said on Facebook. His death was later confirmed by the Israeli Embassy in London.

British photographer Danny Darlington, who lived in Berlin, and his German girlfriend, Carolin Bohl, had not been heard from after hiding out in a bunker at kibbutz Nir Oz, according to Sam Pasquesi, who is Bohl’s brother-in-law.

Pasquesi said his family learned later Sunday from a man working at the kibbutz that the bodies of the two had been identified.

Jake Marlow, 26, had been providing security at a music festival near kibbutz Re’im when he called his mother, Lisa, before dawn to say rockets were flying overhead.

He texted her an hour later but that was the last she heard from him, she told Jewish News. The Israeli Embassy in London did not know if Marlowe “is taken hostage or dead or in a hospital,” a spokesperson said.

The U.K. Foreign Office did not immediately return messages seeking comment on the three.

A French woman in Israel has died “in the context of the terrorist attacks,” France’s foreign ministry said Sunday, without providing details. French teams in Israel and Paris are trying to clarify the situations of several citizens who have not been located, the statement said.

Germany’s Foreign Ministry says it has to assume that German citizens are among those kidnapped by Hamas on Saturday. It didn’t say how many people that might be, but said they are all believed also to be Israeli citizens.

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko said two Ukrainian women had been killed. Both had lived in Israel for a long time, he said without elaborating on the circumstances of their death.

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said two Belarusians were injured during the shelling of the city of Ashkelon, and one of them was in serious condition.

Israel’s minister for strategic affairs, Ron Dermer, said American citizens are among those who were taken captive but gave no details about them, nor about Americans who might have been killed.

“Unfortunately I can’t. We have a lot of dual citizens in Israel. I suspect there are several, but we’re still trying to sort through all of all this information after this horrific surprise attack and we’ll make sure to put that information out so that the loved ones of these people who were killed and who are held hostage, they know as quickly as possible,” Dermer told CNN’s ‘’State of the Union.’’

Germany’s development minister says her country will review its aid for the Palestinian areas following the attack by Hamas on Israel.

The development ministry says Germany does not finance the Palestinian Authority directly, but a total of 250 million euros ($265 million) is currently pledged in German aid – half of that for bilateral projects via Germany’s overseas aid agency and development bank, and the other half for the U.N. agency for the Palestinians, UNRWA.

Development Minister Svenja Schulze said in a statement Sunday that Germany already took great care that its aid for Palestinians “serves peace and not the terrorists.”

“But these attacks on Israel are a terrible watershed, so we will review our whole commitment to the Palestinian areas,” she added.

Schulze noted that Israel also has an interest in Palestinians being able to live in long-term stability, and said Germany will also coordinate with its international partners.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. is looking at additional requests for assistance that the Israelis have made, and there could be developments on that front later Sunday.

He told CNNS President Joe Biden’s “direction was to make sure that we’re providing Israel everything it needs in this moment to deal with the attacks from Hamas.’’

Blinken, who gave interviews to multiple U.S. television news shows Sunday, also talked about how the Hamas attack could have been motivated in part to derailed an emerging diplomatic deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

“It’s no surprise that those who are opposed to the talks, those who are opposed to Israel normalizing relations with its neighbors and the countries beyond the region are Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. And so it’s entirely possible that one of the motivations for this attack was to try to derail these efforts to advance normalization,” Blinken said.

He said Washington had seen reports that Americans were missing or had been killed and “we’re working overtime to verify that.”

German Chancellor OIaf Scholz is stressing the need to avoid a wider “conflagration” in the Middle East after Hamas attacked Israel.

Scholz said he spoke Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and assured him that Israel’s security is a cornerstone of German policy. He pledged that “we will act accordingly.” He said he plans to speak to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and will support Egypt in efforts to mediate and de-escalate.

Scholz said he also will talk by phone with the leader of the U.S., France and the U.K. to evaluate the situation.

He added: “It is clear that we condemn the actions of Hamas in the strongest terms, but above all we are doing everything so that this attack doesn’t turn into a conflagration with incalculable consequences for the whole region — and we warn everyone in this situation against fueling terrorism.”

The Israeli flag was raised Sunday at the chancellery, the German parliament’s Reichstag building and the German president’s office. Germany has increased protection for Jewish and Israeli facilities.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says his Security Cabinet has declared the country at war following a deadly Hamas assault in southern Israel.

The decision, announced on Sunday, formally authorizes “the taking of significant military steps,” it said it a statement.

“The war that was forced on the State of Israel in a murderous terrorist assault from the Gaza Strip began at 06:00 yesterday,” it said.

It gave no further details. But Netanyahu had previous declared the country at war, and the military has promised a harsh response in Gaza.

Israeli media say at least 600 people have been killed in the surprise cross-border incursion by Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip.

The U.N. agency for Palestinian Refugees, UNRWA, said over 20,000 people were sheltering in 44 of its schools around Gaza by Saturday evening.

“The number (of displaced) is rapidly increasing, “ said Inas Hamdan, acting public information officer in Gaza.

The agency said three of its schools suffered “collateral” damage from Israeli airstrikes. The agency also said its operations of nine water wells around the Gaza Strip were stopped early Saturday. Operations in three wells resumed Sunday, said Hamdan. The agency’s food distribution centers, which provide for over 540,000 of Gaza residents, have been closed since Saturday.

In an UNRWA school in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood northwest of Gaza city center, residents described overnight Israeli strikes that hit the school’s courtyard causing panic and light injuries among those sheltering there.

At another school serving as a shelter in central Gaza city, people were piling blankets and food stuff in the three-story building. New arrivals brought in mattresses, packing their children into small and crowded classrooms.

“We didn’t know where to go,” said Umm Mohammad, or mother of Mohammad, a resident of a district on the eastern borders of Gaza. She described waking up in the middle of the night to screams, strikes and calls for evacuation. “We arrived at the schools miraculously because there was no transport.”

The death toll in Israel following a surprise attack by the militant group Hamas stands at 600, according to several Israeli media outlets.

The Kan public broadcaster and Channel 12, as well as the Haaretz and Times of Israel newspapers, reported the toll Sunday.

There has been no official confirmation of the number of deaths on the Israeli side since the fighting erupted early Saturday.

Palestinian officials say more than 300 people have been killed in Gaza, without differentiating between fighters and civilians.

Hamas gunmen used explosives to break through the border fence enclosing Gaza on Saturday, then crossed with motorcycles, pickup trucks, paragliders and speed boats on the coast.

The leaders of Israel’s neighbors, Egypt and Jordan, discussed the ongoing fighting between Israel and the Palestinians.

According to a statement by the Egyptian president, President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi received a phone call from King Abdullah II of Jordan.

Both leaders agreed on working to avoid further deterioration of the situation, the statement said.

Both Egypt and Jordan are close allies with the U.S. and are the first Arab nations to establish diplomatic ties with Israel.

The latest round of violence began with an unprecedented surprise attack in which Hamas militants raced into Israel, killing hundreds of people and taking captives back to Gaza.

Israel responded by rushing troops to the border area and launching airstrikes across the blockaded territory. Palestinian officials say more than 300 Gazans have been killed.

We’re live from Gaza City.

Israeli soldiers are battling Hamas fighters in the streets of southern Israel and launching retaliation strikes across Gaza.

Within the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Sunday, residents heard a loud explosion, apparently from an Israeli airstrike that hit a goal near the borders with Egypt. It was not instantly clear what was focused. Residents mentioned a home within the space had been evacuated.

Israel carried out dozens of airstrikes in Rafah in a single day. One of many strikes hit three properties in probably the most crowded refugee camps, Shaboura, killing 19 members of the identical household, in accordance with a member of the family who posted their names on his social media. Surviving members of the family and neighbors stuffed al-Farouk mosque, holding funeral prayers because the our bodies of these killed wrapped in white shrouds lined the ground. The gang then marched to the close by cemetery for burial, some carrying the our bodies.

Additionally on Sunday, loudspeakers from mosques and shifting automobiles in Rafah blared with condolences and reward for fighters from Hamas, believed to be natives of Rafah, who have been killed through the assault on Israel.

The world’s largest bloc of Muslim nations has condemned what it refers to as “Israeli navy aggression” amid ongoing combating between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

The Saudi-based Group of Islamic Cooperation mentioned Sunday that it’s “vastly involved in regards to the developments on the bottom and the harmful Israeli escalation within the occupied Palestinian territory.”

The 57-member bloc went on to sentence “the Israeli navy aggression that led to the autumn of lots of of martyrs and wounded among the many Palestinian folks.”

The most recent spherical of violence started with an unprecedented shock assault wherein Hamas militants raced into Israel, killing lots of of individuals and taking captives again to Gaza.

Israel responded by speeding troops to the border space and launching airstrikes throughout the blockaded territory. Palestinian officers say greater than 300 Gazans have been killed.

Lebanon’s state-run Nationwide Information Company says Hezbollah fighters have arrange a tent in a disputed space alongside the nation’s tense southern border hours after an Israeli drone destroyed one other one in the identical place.

Hezbollah initially erected the tent over the summer season in a disputed space alongside Lebanon’s border with Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that Lebanon claims is Lebanese territory.

That has led to tensions with Israel over the previous months and the U.N. has been working to steer Hezbollah to take away the tent.

Earlier Sunday, Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets and shells at three Israeli positions within the disputed space of Chebaa Farms and Kfar Chouba hills and Israel’s navy fired again utilizing armed drones.

Romania’s Ministry of International Affairs says that 346 Romanian residents and different foreigners have been repatriated from Israel in a single day on two separate flights.

The ministry mentioned Sunday {that a} cellular consular staff was despatched to Ben Gurion Airport from the Romanian Embassy in Tel Aviv and Romania’s consultant workplace in Ramallah to offer consular help.

On Saturday, the ministry “strongly condemned” Hamas’ rocket assaults towards Israel, “together with towards the civilian inhabitants, terrorist infiltrations and hostage-taking.” It mentioned Israel has a sovereign proper to defend itself.

An Egyptian policeman opened hearth on Israeli vacationers Sunday within the Mediterranean metropolis of Alexandria, killing no less than two Israelis and one Egyptian, native media reported.

Additional Information tv channel, which has shut ties to Egyptian safety businesses, quoted an unidentified safety official as saying that one other individual was injured within the assault which came about within the Pompey’s Pillar vacationer web site in Alexandria. The suspected assailant was detained, it reported.

Israel’s Zaka rescue service reported two folks killed in Alexandria.

China’s Ministry of International Affairs mentioned the nation is “deeply involved over the present escalation of tensions and violence between Palestine and Israel.”

“The recurrence of the battle exhibits as soon as once more that the protracted standstill of the peace course of can not go on,” the assertion mentioned. “The basic method out of the battle lies in implementing the two-state resolution and establishing an impartial State of Palestine.”

The Chinese language international ministry mentioned China would proceed to work with the worldwide group to discover a option to result in peace, and urged the group to behave with larger urgency and assist “facilitate early resumption of peace talks between Palestine and Israel.”

An Egyptian official says Israel has sought assist from Cairo to make sure the security of kidnapped Israelis, and Egypt’s intelligence chief had contacted Hamas and the Islamic Jihad militant group to hunt info.

In response to the official, Palestinian leaders claimed that they don’t but have a “full image” of hostages, however mentioned those that have been delivered to Gaza have been taken to “safe places” throughout the territory.

“It’s clear that they’ve an enormous quantity — a number of dozens,” mentioned the official, who requested to not be recognized as a result of he was not licensed to transient media.

Egyptian intelligence additionally spoke with either side a couple of potential cease-fire, he added, however Israel was not open to a truce “at this stage.”

— By Sam Magdy in Cairo.

An Israeli navy official says “lots of of terrorists” have been killed and dozens captured in combating with Hamas militants in Gaza and southern Israel.

Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari spoke to reporters on Sunday, greater than 24 hours after the Palestinian militant group launched an unprecedented assault into Israel, killing lots of of individuals, firing 1000’s of rockets and taking captives again into blockaded Gaza.

Israel is battling militants within the south and launching airstrikes throughout Gaza which have leveled buildings.

A U.N. peacekeeping pressure deployed alongside Lebanon’s southern border referred to as for “everybody to train restraint” and make use of the pressure’s “liaison and coordination mechanisms to de-escalate” and stop a quick deterioration of the safety scenario. It mentioned it had detected a number of rockets fired from southeast Lebanon towards “Israeli-occupied territory,” adopted by artillery hearth from Israel towards Lebanon.

The assertion got here shortly after Hezbollah mentioned it fired at Israeli positions within the disputed Chebaa Farms alongside the border with Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The pressure generally known as UNIFIL mentioned it’s in touch with authorities on either side of the border in any respect ranges “to include the scenario and keep away from a extra critical escalation.”

Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group fired dozens of rockets and shells on Sunday at three Israeli positions in a disputed space alongside the nation’s border with Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Hezbollah mentioned in an announcement that the assault utilizing “giant numbers of rockets and shells” was in solidarity with the “Palestinian resistance.” It mentioned the Israeli positions have been instantly hit.

Israel’s navy fired again on the Lebanese areas, however there was no rapid phrase on casualties.

At the very least 26 Israeli troopers have been killed in an assault by the Hamas militant group on the nation’s south, Israel’s navy mentioned Sunday.

The determine is a part of a demise toll of greater than 250 folks within the deadliest assault towards Israelis in a long time.

An Israeli navy spokesperson mentioned Sunday morning that two hostage conditions had been “resolved,” however didn’t say whether or not all of the hostages had been rescued alive.

Hamas militants had taken hostages throughout their shock assault on Saturday as Israel’s navy scrambled to muster a response. Gun battles continued effectively after dusk, and militants held hostages in standoffs in two cities. Militants occupied a police station in a 3rd city, the place Israeli forces struggled till Sunday morning to lastly reclaim the constructing.

On Sunday, Israel was combating Hamas incursions in eight locations, the Israeli navy mentioned.

A Cambodian scholar has died within the violence in Israel, the Cambodian International Ministry mentioned in an announcement on Sunday. The Southeast Asian nation has some 450 college students in Israel, the assertion added.

Two employees from Thailand have been additionally believed to have been kidnapped in Israel, in accordance with an announcement from Thailand’s Ministry of International Affairs. The data got here from the Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv. Israel has not been capable of confirm the declare.

“The Royal Thai Authorities is taking this matter very critically,” the assertion mentioned. “Prime Minister [Srettha Thavisin] has issued an order for the Royal Thai Air Pressure to be on standby for the rapid evacuation of Thai nationals from Israel by air, as wanted.”

Israel will cease supplying electrical energy, gas and items to Gaza, in accordance with an announcement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace Saturday night time. A lot of Gaza was already thrown into darkness by dusk after electrical provides from Israel, which provides virtually all the territories’ energy, have been reduce off earlier within the day.

Netanyahu additionally mentioned the “first section” of the counter operation had ended, and that Israel had fought off nearly all of Hamas militants.

He vowed to proceed the offensive “with out reservation and with out respite.”

The announcement got here after a shock assault by Hamas militants into Israel on Saturday morning.

Airways canceled greater than 80 flights to and from Tel Aviv by Saturday night — roughly 14% of all flights scheduled — due to the unprecedented assault in Israel by the militant group Hamas, in accordance with FlightAware.

Delta Air Strains and American Airways canceled flights Saturday night time and Sunday night time from New York’s JFK Airport to Tel Aviv, though a Delta return flight was capable of depart Tel Aviv Saturday night time. United Airways additionally canceled a Saturday flight from San Francisco. An earlier United flight rotated over Greenland and returned to San Francisco.

German provider Lufthansa canceled a number of flights between Frankfurt and Tel Aviv.

Backed by a barrage of rockets, dozens of Hamas militants broke out of the blockaded Gaza Strip in an unprecedented assault Saturday. Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes, with Prime Minister Netanyahu saying the nation is now at battle. AP’s Josef Federman explains what we all know.

A mosque in Cairo that could be a seat of Sunni studying has expressed its solidarity with Palestinians within the wake of an assault by the militant group Hamas that took Israel unexpectedly.

The Al-Azhar al-Sharif mosque homes the Sunni world’s foremost seat of non secular studying. An announcement by the mosque mentioned it “stands quick with full assist to the free folks of Palestine, who’ve come to revive our self-confidence, lifeline, and a long-lost sense of aliveness,” the assertion learn.

The assertion additionally criticized the worldwide strategy to the Israeli-Palestinian battle, saying that the worldwide group “adopts nothing however double requirements in the case of the Palestinian trigger.”

The assertion was issued within the wake of a shock assault by Hamas on Israel on Saturday. At the very least 200 Israelis have been killed and a quantity have been additionally taken hostage. An equal variety of Palestinians died amid Israel’s navy response to the assault.

The Jewish Federation of Larger Washington introduced the opening of an Israel Disaster Fund, saying it was prepared to assist meet the pressing wants of Israelis after “the biggest terrorist assault on Israel for the reason that Yom Kippur Battle.”

Gil Preuss, the federation’s chief govt officer, mentioned in an announcement that it had a duty to mobilize the Jewish group throughout the political spectrum to face towards the continuing “deluge of terror” in Israel.

“On the holy time of Shabbat, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah, whereas Jews have been immersed in celebration and religious contemplation, dozens of terrorist gunmen infiltrated communities close to the Gaza border and Hamas launched a deluge of 1000’s of rockets at Israel cities,” he mentioned.

“It is a terrifying second for our household in Israel,” Preuss added, “and we worry the horror might be fairly extended.”

Israeli rescue service Zaka mentioned no less than 200 Israelis have been killed, making it the deadliest assault towards Israel in a long time. An equal variety of Palestinians have been additionally killed, officers in Gaza mentioned, amid Israel’s response.

Hours after the Hamas assault on Israel, a small squad of New York Metropolis law enforcement officials stood exterior Temple Emanu-El on Fifth Avenue as a security measure throughout Saturday worship companies.

Contained in the synagogue, which has one of many metropolis’s largest Jewish congregations, Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson started companies by acknowledging the “extremely coordinated assaults.”

He famous how the shock assault by Hamas from Gaza into southern Israel was executed “in a vogue eerily reminiscent” of the Yom Kippur Battle 5 a long time in the past.

“No folks is protected from terror,” he mentioned.

“In moments of worry, in moments of concern,” he mentioned, “we all know we draw energy from our being collectively.”

In Los Angeles, Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz urged congregants at Valley Beth Shalom throughout Saturday companies to name their elected representatives to induce assist for Israel, particularly within the coming days because the nation responds to the assault.

New York Mayor Eric Adams and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass additionally condemned Saturday’s assault by Hamas. These cities have the biggest Jewish populations exterior of Israel.

New York Mayor Eric Adams, whose metropolis is house to the biggest Jewish inhabitants exterior Israel, referred to as the assault a “cowardly motion by a terrorist group.”

The mayor mentioned metropolis authorities are monitoring the scenario for any doable threats.

“Whereas there isn’t a credible risk to New York Metropolis right now, our administration is in contact with Jewish leaders throughout the 5 boroughs, and we’ve directed the NYPD to deploy further sources to Jewish communities and homes of worship citywide to make sure that our communities have the sources they want to ensure everybody feels protected,” he mentioned in an announcement.

“We lengthen our sincerest condolences for all of the harmless lives misplaced in these assaults, and hope that not one other household has to expertise the ache of dropping a beloved one.”

President Joe Biden has condemning the “appalling assault towards Israel by Hamas terrorists from Gaza” and says he’s spoken with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Biden says in an announcement launched by the White Home that he advised the Israeli chief that “we stand prepared to supply all applicable technique of assist” to the Israeli authorities and the Israeli folks.

Biden says that the Jewish state “has a proper to defend itself and its folks. The US warns towards another celebration hostile to Israel searching for benefit on this scenario.”

The president additionally says his administration’s assist for Israel’s safety is “rock strong and unwavering.”

Different Western leaders condemned the Hamas assault and expressed assist for Israel.

The top of the European Union’s govt fee, Ursula von der Leyen, wrote on X, previously generally known as Twitter, on Saturday that the assault “is terrorism in its most despicable kind.” She mentioned that “Israel has the precise to defend itself towards such heinous assaults.”

The Israeli flag was raised on the Austrian chancellor’s workplace and International Ministry in a gesture of solidarity, and Chancellor Karl Nehammer mentioned in a put up on X on Saturday: “We stand with Israel within the combat towards terrorism. Our ideas are with the victims and their households.”

Israel’s nationwide rescue service mentioned no less than 70 folks have been killed and lots of extra have been wounded in a shock assault by the militant group Hamas.

The casualties made Hamas’ assault on southern Israel the deadliest one in Israel in years.

The Magen David Adom mentioned Saturday that “lots of” of individuals have been critically injured and strongly urged the general public to heed the directives of Israeli authorities for security.

The wounded have been being evacuated in ambulances, cellular intensive care autos, and by helicopter to varied hospitals.

At the very least 198 folks within the Gaza Strip have been killed in Israel’s retaliation, the Palestinian Well being Ministry in Gaza mentioned.

The U.N. peacekeeping pressure deployed alongside the Lebanon-Israel border says it’s intently monitoring the scenario in Israel.

In an announcement, the pressure mentioned that peacekeepers are current alongside the border line to keep up stability and assist keep away from escalation.

“We have now additionally tailored and enhanced our presence all through our space of operations, together with counter rocket-launching operations,” mentioned the pressure generally known as UNIFIL.

It has been months since rockets have been fired from Lebanon into northern Israel. The border space has been comparatively calm since a monthlong battle between Israel and Hezbollah led to August 2006.

UNIFIL mentioned its chief is in touch with all sides for the reason that violence started in southern Israel “to make sure efficient coordination and keep away from misunderstandings.”

The pressure mentioned its major purpose is to protect stability alongside the Blue Line and keep away from any escalation “that might have disastrous penalties for folks dwelling within the space.”

The Palestinian Well being Ministry in Gaza says no less than 198 folks have been killed and no less than 1,610 wounded within the territory in Israel’s retaliation after a wide-ranging Hamas assault into Israel.

Israel has carried out quite a few airstrikes in Gaza and has clashed with gunmen on the border fence across the coastal territory.

Israel’s nationwide rescue service says no less than 40 folks have been killed in a wide-ranging Hamas assault into Israel.

The most recent toll got here from the Magen David Adom rescue service as combating was nonetheless underway on Saturday.

Hospitals in Israel are treating lots of of wounded folks, together with dozens in crucial situation.

The White Home mentioned Saturday that it “unequivocally condemns” the Hamas assaults.

“We stand firmly with the Authorities and folks of Israel and lengthen our condolences for the Israeli lives misplaced in these assaults,” mentioned Adrienne Watson, spokeswoman for the Nationwide Safety Council.

“The U.S. unequivocally condemns the unprovoked assaults by Hamas terrorists towards Israeli civilians. There’s by no means any justification for terrorism.”

Watson mentioned Jake Sullivan, the nationwide safety adviser, has spoken along with his Israeli counterpart, Tzachi Hanegbi. The U.S. and Israel are remaining in shut contact, Watson mentioned.

Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia’s deputy international minister and former ambassador to Israel and Egypt, advised the state Tass company Saturday that Moscow has been in contact with “all events (of the battle), together with Arab nations” and urged “a direct cease-fire and peace” between Hamas and Israel. Bogdanov didn’t specify which Arab states Russian diplomats have been talking to.

“We name for a direct begin to a peace course of on the idea of current, internationally acknowledged agreements,” Bogdanov mentioned. He added that quite a few U.N. Safety Council resolutions on the battle stay unimplemented, however gave no particulars.

The U.N. human rights chief says he’s “shocked and appalled” by the firing of enormous numbers of rockets at Israel and the demise of no less than 22 folks within the nation.

Volker Türk referred to as for a direct finish to the violence, interesting to all sides and “key nations within the area” to de-escalate and keep away from additional bloodshed.

Türk mentioned in an announcement launched in Geneva he’s additionally “deeply involved at stories that Israeli civilians have been taken hostage.”

Türk mentioned that “this assault is having a horrific affect on Israeli civilians” and that civilians mustn’t ever be the goal of assaults.

He added: “I observe additionally that Israeli forces have responded with airstrikes into the densely populated Gaza Strip, reportedly killing no less than 5 folks. I name on them to take all precautions to keep away from civilian casualties there.”

European leaders are condemning the Hamas assault and voicing solidarity with Israel.

The top of the European Union’s govt fee, Ursula von der Leyen, wrote on X, previously generally known as Twitter, on Saturday that the assault “is terrorism in its most despicable kind.” She mentioned that “Israel has the precise to defend itself towards such heinous assaults.”

German Chancellor OIaf Scholz mentioned that the militants’ rocket hearth and the escalating violence “shock us deeply.” He added that “Germany condemns these assaults by Hamas and stands beside Israel.”

French President Emmanuel Macron wrote that he “firmly” condemns the “terrorist assaults” towards Israel and expressed “my full solidarity with the victims, their households and their family members.”

Italian International Minister Antonio Tajani mentioned Italy’s authorities condemns the assaults on Israel “with utmost firmness.”

“In danger are the life of individuals, the safety of the area and the resumption of any type of political course of,’’ Tajani mentioned in a put up on X platform.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah congratulated Hamas for the operation, saying it had “divine backing and pledges ultimate and complete victory.” The group mentioned the assault is a response to “Israel’s crimes” and assaults on holy locations and that “the need of the Palestinian folks and the rifle of the resistance is the one various to face occupation.”

Hezbollah mentioned that its navy command in Lebanon is following the developments on the bottom and is in direct contact with the Palestinian command and they’re each “evaluating the scenario and the continuing operation.”

“We name upon the federal government of the Zionist enemy to take classes from the details that the Palestinian resistance have applied on the bottom,” Hezbollah mentioned.

Ukraine’s international ministry has voiced its assist for Israel’s “proper to defend itself and its folks” in a put up Saturday on its official channel on the X platform, previously generally known as Twitter.

The ministry mentioned it “strongly condemns the continuing terrorist assaults towards Israel, together with rocket assaults towards the civilian inhabitants in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.”

Ukraine has been combating a battle towards Russia since its neighbor invaded in February 2022.