Most of the approximately 200 people kidnapped in Israel by Hamas terrorists on October 7 and taken to the Gaza Strip are still alive, Israel's military says.
What do we know about the hostages held in Gaza?'Majority of the hostages are alive,' Israeli military saysMost of the 200 or so people kidnapped in Israel by Hamas terrorists on October 7 and taken to the Gaza Strip are still alive, the Israeli military has said in a statement.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has made the remarks during a briefing to parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, his office says. Since October 7, about 1 million Gazans have been displaced from their homes due to air strikes or evacuation orders, the UN estimates, making the humanitarian situation even worse
“The strikes, coupled with extremely difficult living conditions in the south, appear to have pushed some to return to the north, despite the continuing heavy bombing there.” While stressing that the refugee agency UNHCR has no formal mandate in the Palestinian territories or Israel, Grandi said that he "shares the extreme worry and anguish that has been expressed by many of my colleagues, including the UN secretary general," about the conflict.
"Let us not forget that we have other situations that are not resolved in the vicinity. The Syria conflict for example. Iraq remains very fragile. Egypt has hosted hundreds of thousands of refugees from Sudan, another conflict on its borders." Abbas, who has long opposed the terrorist organisation Hamas, is the leader of a Palestinian organisation that exercises limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.Israeli forces have begun tightening security and erecting barriers in the streets of East Jerusalem ahead of Friday prayers.
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza civilians have been waiting for the Rafah crossing to re-open.Humanitarian organisations have been stockpiling supplies in northern Egypt ahead of the planned opening of the Rafah crossing — the only road into Gaza not controlled by Israel. Israel faces a tough battle in the impending ground offensive in Gaza, but has been planning and training, with some of the highest level of experience at urban operations.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health says 13 people, including five children, have been killed by Israeli forces in a refugee camp in the West Bank. The incident comes amid rising violence in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory separate to Gaza, where officials say more than 70 people have been killed since the war broke out two weeks ago.Israel plans to evacuate residents from the town of Kiryat Shmona near its border with Lebanon, the Defense Ministry has announced.
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