Israel-Hamas War updates: No ceasefire till all hostages freed, says Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel-Hamas war: The Israeli government has snapped telecommunication and internet services in Gaza, reports said. "The main routes that were previously reconnected (were) cut off again from the Israeli side," Palestinian telecommunications company Paltel said in a statement. Read here

“Hamas systematically exploits hospitals as part of its war machine,” Israel's chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told reporters in Jerusalem. “They launch rockets on Israel 75 meters from a hospital. Why? They know precisely that if Israel will air strike a launch pad like that, the hospital would be damaged,” Reuters quoted him as saying. The claims could not be verified.

Israel-Hamas war: “Take this (word 'ceasefire') out of the lexicon. We will continue until we defeat them; we do not have an alternative,” news agency ANI quoted Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying. A ceasefire will take place only if all the hostages are freed, he added, as per a report in The Times of Israel.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei held a meeting in Tehran with Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas that is at war with Israel. 

"Ayatollah Khamenei praised the steadfastness and resilience of the people of Gaza and expressed strong regret over the crimes of the Zionist regime, supported directly by Washington and some Western countries," Iran's state broadcaster reported.

The supplies of food and other essentials to war-torn Gaza is “nowhere near enough”, said World Food Programme (WFP) chief  Cindy McCain. “We need to continue to work together to get safe and sustained access to Gaza at a scale that aligns with the catastrophic conditions facing families there.”

Israel-Hamas war: Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, told the visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the Palestinian Authority would take over the administrative role in Gaza only as part of a “comprehensive political solution” to the entire Israel-Palestine conflict, the official WAFA news agency reported. The two leaders held a meeting Ramallah in West Bank.

Israel-Hamas war: "I have no words to describe the genocide and destruction suffered by our Palestinian people in Gaza at the hands of Israel's war machine, with no regard for the principles of international law," Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who arrived in West Bank on a surprise visit, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

Israel-Hamas war: Around 100 Israeli doctors have signed an open letter demanding the Israel Defence Force (IDF) to bomb the hospitals in the Gaza Strip, reports said. The news could not be independently verified. 

The development comes in the aftermath of Israel drawing flak for targeting refugee camps in Jabilia in northern Gaza.

Israel-Hamas war: Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a surprise visit to the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority said in a statement issued on November 5. The meeting comes amid the escalation of war between Israel and Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Israel-Hamas War: As Israel acknowledged its role in the attack on an ambulance outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, resulting in the deaths of 15 people and injuring 60 others, the incident sparked protests worldwide in support of Palestine and urging a ceasefire in Gaza. Read the complete story here.

At least 45 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on a central Gaza refugee camp, the Hamas-run health ministry said Sunday in an updated toll, as fighting rages in the Palestinian territory.

Israel has not confirmed it had hit Al-Maghazi camp, and a military spokesperson said they were looking into whether forces were operating in the area at the time of the bombing late Saturday.

The Hamas-run ministry in the besieged Gaza Strip said in a statement that "the number of martyrs in the Maghazi massacre has risen to 45." (AP)

Israeli airstrikes hit a refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip early Sunday, killing dozens of people, health officials said. The strikes came a day after the U.S. urged Israel to take a humanitarian pause from its relentless bombardment of Gaza and rising civilian deaths.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made another push Saturday to help beleaguered civilians and met with Arab foreign ministers in Jordan. That was after his talks in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who insisted there could be no temporary cease-fire until all hostages held by Hamas are released. President Joe Biden suggested Saturday that progress was being made on the humanitarian pause. (AP)

Condemning the attack on an ambulance convoy outside a hospital in Gaza City, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said ‘I am horrified by it’ and also asserted that ‘all hostages must be released immediately and unconditionally.’

Taking to X, Guterres said, “I am horrified by the reported attack in Gaza on an ambulance convoy outside Al Shifa hospital. Now, for nearly one month, civilians in Gaza, including children & women, have been besieged, denied aid, killed & bombed out of their homes. This must stop." Read the complete story here.

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former Australian Prime Minister Boris Johnson have arrived in Israel to showcase support for Tel Aviv amid its ongoing conflict with Hamas, The Times of Israel reported.

During their visit, Johnson and Morrison will reportedly meet Israel President Isaac Herzog and family members of hostages held by terrorists in Gaza. The two leaders will also visit southern Gaza border towns that have been devastated by the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, according to The Times of Israel report. (ANI)

Thousands took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza amid ongoing bombardments by Israel after the deadly Hamas attack on its territory on October 7.

Police put the turnout at 9,000 in the Berlin demonstration and at 17,000 in the western city of Duesseldorf -- more than expected. (AFP)

The Hamas-run government said on Sunday that Israeli military attacked a Gaza refugee camp on Saturday night, killing at least 38 people, as calls for a ceasefire by the Arab world were rejected by the United States and Israel.

With the death toll in Gaza mounting, pro-Palestinian demonstrators staged protests in cities around the world on Saturday, calling for an end to the nearly month-old war.

Gaza health officials said on Saturday more than 9,488 Palestinians have been killed in the war, which began when Hamas fighters launched a surprise attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,400 people and taking more than 240 others hostage. (Reuters)

As the Israel-Hamas war completes almost a month, the ground offensive by Israel continues to take place in northern Gaza, as Israel Defence Forces spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari has said the forces are determined to continue to operate against Hamas terrorists.

In a post on social media platform X, the IDF wrote, quoting Hagari, "They are strong. They are determined. They are prepared. They know what they are fighting for." (ANI)

The IDF said its forces continue to eliminate terrorists in face-to-face battles and direct air attacks to destroy terrorist infrastructure, weapons warehouses, observation posts and operational headquarters of the terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The IDF said that in the combined activities of its ground and air forces in the Gaza Strip, more than 2,500 terrorists targets have been attacked since the start of the war. (ANI)

Israeli-Lebanese border clashes continued on Saturday but did not escalate following Friday's speech by Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.

Sirens were heard in numerous Israeli communities near the Lebanese border amid rocket and missile fire from southern Lebanon. No causalities were reported. Israel already evacuated most communities near the border.

The Israel Defense Forces said it struck two terror squads with air strikes. The IDF also released footage of the destruction of a Hezbollah observation post along the border. (ANI)