The Israeli military has instructed civilians in Gaza City to evacuate southward, as concerns of a ground offensive grow.
This is CNBC's live blog tracking developments on the Israel-Hamas war. See below for the latest updates.
The Gaza Strip remains under total siege after Israel cut off supplies of food, fuel, water and electricity to the area following a bloody multi-pronged Hamas attack at the weekend. The death toll since the offensive and Israel's retaliatory strikes has continued to mount.A picture taken on October 10, 2023, shows the closed gates of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
Asked during a news conference with his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin whether Tehran consented to the weekend Hamas onslaught from the Gaza Strip, Gallant said:"It doesn't matter ... the idea is an Iranian idea."US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas during a meeting in Amman on October 13, 2023.
Before meeting with Abbas, Blinken visited with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. Blinken will also travel to Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Qatar in the coming days.U.S. Capitol Police secure the U.S. Capitol Building in response to a call for a"Day of Rage" on October 13, 2023 in Washington, DC.
"Our dedicated teams are working around the clock to coordinate with our law enforcement and intelligence partners across the country to keep everyone safe," the statement added.A full-scale southward evacuation of the roughly 1.1 million people in Gaza City, in line with Israeli military guidance, will be a"tall order," according to John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications at the White House.
Human rights groups have criticized Israel over the evacuation order. The U.N. has said the IDF informed it that Gaza City residents must flee within 24 hours. The IDF says the evacuation must happen"as soon as possible."Palestinians with their belongings crowd a street in Gaza City as they flee from their homes following the Israeli army's warning on October 13, 2023.
"This is not even human behavior, it's pure barbarism and we're going to do everything in our power to get them home, if we can find them," Biden added. A spokesman for the New York Democrat confirmed to Reuters that Schumer will discuss U.S. humanitarian and security assistance with Israeli officials.
As the death count in the Israel-Hamas war climbs, medical staff are using refrigerated containers to hold the bodies of Israeli citizens killed during the recent attacks by Hamas. These photos were taken during a tour of the Ramla, Israel, facility, which is working to identify the deceased. "We're just going, if you have a car just run. No one knows where we're going, but we're all evacuating," Salma Shurrab, a 22-year-old student from Gaza City, told NBC News."No one is left but us and we're ready to run."The Gaza Strip is surrounded by Israel, the sea, and Egypt — through the Rafah crossing. The U.S.
Hamas and Hezbhollah have historically both received support from Iran — whose Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Friday met with Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut to discuss the Israel conflict.Palestinians flee to safer areas following Israeli air strikes. Israel's military on Friday called for the evacuation of civilians from Gaza City for their"safety and protection.
"The call from Israeli Forces to move more than 1,000,000 civilians living in northern Gaza within 24 hours is horrendous. This will only lead to unprecedented levels of misery and further push people in Gaza into abyss," the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees "For years now, the UN has been 'turning a blind eye' to the arming of Hamas and its use of civilians to hide its murderous instruments. And now, instead of standing by Israel after the massacre by Hamas, they dare to preach to us when Israel tries to minimize harm to civilians,""Right now the only thing the UN should focus on is the return of the abductees to Israel. This is the most urgent humanitarian crisis.
Iran has previously praised the hostilities of Hamas — which it also backs — but denied involvement. Hezbollah has exchanged shelling with Israel at the border between it and Lebanon, citing solidarity with Palestine.
His comments come after Israel gave overnight orders for the civilians of Gaza City to evacuate southwards past the Wadi Gaza river, bolstering expectations that the country's military will proceed with a ground incursion against Hamas with the troops it has amassed at the border.Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of the severe impact of a ground incursion in the Gaza Strip, amid mounting fears that Israel is preparing such an offensive following evacuation orders.
Putin was speaking from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan where he is attending a meeting of the council of the Commonwealth of Independent States, an Eurasian international organization. This is Putin's first trip abroad since the issuance of an International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest on the grounds of unlawfully deporting children from occupied Ukrainian territories into Russia.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel on Friday, to"demonstrate that America's support for Israel's security is ironclad," However, one geopolitical analyst warned it is also a"very, very nervous moment for Moscow," particularly if the Israel-Hamas conflict spills over and Russia sees its influence, interests and assets damaged in the Middle East.Israeli Army Spokesperson for International Media, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus.
"This evacuation is for your own safety. You will be able to return to Gaza City only when another announcement permitting it is made," the IDF said in the message it distributed on Telegram, which it said it communicated to the civilians of Gaza City. The instruction to evacuate has bolstered concerns that Israel, which has amassed forces on the border with Gaza, is preparing a ground incursion.
Israel's use of white phosphorus in military operations in Gaza and Lebanon puts civilians in danger as it exposes them to severe and long-lasting injuries, "Any time that white phosphorus is used in crowded civilian areas, it poses a high risk of excruciating burns and lifelong suffering," said Lama Fakih, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch.A boy carries a mattres as Palestinians with their belongings flee to safer areas in Gaza City after Israeli air strikes, on October 13, 2023.
A combined 1,568 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank over the same period, official figures show.EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Mourners pray before the wrapped bodies of Palestinian victims who were killed in an Israeli air strike during their funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 13, 2023.
The entire population of Gaza north of Wadi Gaza has been ordered to relocate to southern Gaza"within the next 24 hours," the Israeli military informed the UN and the Department of Safety and Security in Gaza before midnight local time.Palestinians with their belongings flee from their homes following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 13, 2023.
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