Israel has rebuffed mounting international pressure for a ceasefire, saying hostages taken by Hamas militants during their October 7 rampage should be released first.
Death toll of Palestinians tops 10,000.Hezbollah and Israel report intense exchanges of fire across Israel-Lebanon border.UN agency leaders saying “enough is enough” demanded a humanitarian ceasefire on Monday nearly a month into the war in Gaza, where Palestinian health authorities said the death toll from Israeli strikes now exceeded 10,000.
The health ministry in the Hamas-controlled enclave said at least 10,022 Palestinians have since been killed, including 4104 children. International organisations have said hospitals cannot cope with the wounded and food and clean water are running out with aid deliveries nowhere near enough. The 18 signatories include the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, World Health Organisation head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and UN aid chief Martin Griffiths.
The Israeli military said its forces had taken a militant compound and were poised to attack Hamas fighters hiding in underground tunnels and bunkers in the northern Gaza Strip, having isolated the area with troops and tanks. It released video of tanks moving through bombed-out streets and groups of troops moving on foot.
Blinken’s visit to Turkey followed an unannounced trip to the Israeli-occupied West Bank to show support for Palestinians there and in Gaza and an earlier visit to Israel, as well as talks in neighbouring Jordan with regional Arab leaders.US CIA Director William Burns was also set to visit Israel on Monday to discuss the war and intelligence with officials, theBurns will also make stops in other regional states, it quoted an unnamed US official as saying.
People searched for victims or survivors at the Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza, where the health ministry said Israeli forces had killed at least 47 people in strikes early on Sunday.
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