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Iran, which backs Hamas, refers to regional countries and forces opposed to Israel and the United States as a "resistance front." Diplomatic efforts have concentrated on getting aid into Gaza through the Rafah crossing with Egypt, the sole route out that is not controlled by Israel. While tens of thousands have fled south, the United Nations says there is no way to move so many people without causing a humanitarian catastrophe. According to the United Nations, a million Gazans have already been driven from their homes. The Kremlin readout of the call did not include any mention of the ceasefire Russia was trying to achieve by putting forward a resolution in the United Nations Security Council.

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Palestinians flee their houses amid Israeli strikes after Israel's call for more than 1 million civilians in northern Gaza to move south, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 14, 2023. Israel contests the assertion that it drove Palestinians out, saying it was attacked by five Arab states after its creation. "Especially when we left (our house), we saw on the way people burnt and hit by air strikes. Some cars got bombed by air strikes. Daloul's daughter Sahar said there is no place to hide from air strikes.

Persons: Khan Younis, Mohammed Salem, Israel, Daloul, Sahar, Gina, let's, Abu Dawoud, Michael Georgy, David Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Hamas, Reuters, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, GAZA, Egypt, Palestinian, British, Palestine, Gaza City, Cairo

☆ Analyst: Israel’s costly misunderstanding of Hamas’ true aims
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Peter Bergen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +32 min

Bergen: How does Hamas impact the more secular Palestinian Authority, which controlled Gaza until 2007 before Hamas violently pushed them aside? They don’t have any other aims like Hamas because Hamas is a religious, social, political movement and terror organization at the same time. Yousef Masoud/The New York Times/Redux Smoke rises after Israeli strikes on the seaport of Gaza City on Tuesday, October 10. Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times/Redux Palestinians walk amid the rubble following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 10. Erik Marmor/AP Six-month-old Sama Alwadia is rescued from the rubble in Gaza City on October 9.

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☆ Gaza conditions a ‘complete catastrophe,’ official warns as Israel prepares for imminent offensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Helen Regan Hadas Gold Nadeen Ebrahim Abeer Salman Hamdi Alkhshali Jessie Gretener Sara Smart | Helen Regan | Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The clock is ticking for residents fleeing south through the battered streets of Gaza after the Israeli military told civilians to leave northern areas of the densely populated strip. Richard Brennan, a World Health Organization official in Cairo, told CNN that 60 percent of those killed in Gaza the last week were women and children. MSF’s Benoit told CNN Saturday there is a serious water shortage in Gaza with many people beginning to suffer from severe dehydration. The agency said it was the first official meeting between Iranian officials and Haniyeh since surprise Hamas attack on Israel that Hamas called Al-Aqsa storm. For days, Lebanon-based Palestinian militants have launched rockets into Israel, leading to Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory, including Hezbollah positions.

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☆ Inside Gaza: Conditions deteriorate, fuel and water short
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[12/21]Palestinian girl Fulla Al-Laham, 4, who was wounded in an Israeli strike that killed 14 family members, including her parents and all her siblings, lies on a bed as her grandmother sits next to her, at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 14. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemKHAN YOUNIS, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

Persons: Fulla Al, Khan Younis, Mohammed Salem KHAN YOUNIS Organizations: REUTERS Locations: Khan, Gaza

☆ No military response can end the Israel-Hamas conflict, peace experts say. Even if Israel wipes out Hamas, another group will likely take its place
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Israel appears to be preparing for a ground invasion of Gaza where it hopes to wipe out Hamas. The attacks prompted a swift and strong counter response from Israel which declared war on Hamas and vowed to lay siege to Gaza. But even the total eradication of Hamas would fail to solve the tensions between Israel and Palestinians, Telhami said. "If Israel wipes out Hamas and leaves Gaza, either Hamas resurges or a more violent option rises," he said. The near future almost certainly includes more civilian deaths and an escalation of violence in Gaza , according to experts.

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"There is an electricity crisis, food crisis, water crisis, a crisis of everything," Eyad Abu Mutlaq, 45, said in Khan Younis in south Gaza, a region filling up with thousands of people fleeing the north for fear of an Israeli invasion. The flood of people arriving in south Gaza after Israel told them on Friday to leave an area in the north has stretched resources that were already strained to breaking point. The United Nations has urged Israel to "avert a humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza, a slither of land with 2.3 million people wedged between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. In its response to the devastating Oct. 7 assault from Gaza by Palestinian militant group Hamas, Israel has imposed a "total blockade" halting food supplies and cutting electricity to Gaza. U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he was making it a priority to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, working with Israel, Egypt, Jordan, other Arab states and the U.N.

Persons: Khan Younis, Mohammed Salem, Abu Mutlaq, Israel, Philippe Lazzarini, Joe Biden, Ashraf Al, Qidra, Adel Shaheen, ”, Michael Georgy, Edmund Blair Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, United Nations, UNRWA, Gaza Health, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, GAZA, Egypt, Um Salem, Jordan

☆ Russian senior diplomat may discuss hostages with Hamas - RIA
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov may meet Hamas officials in Qatar next week and discuss a possible release of hostages seized by the militant group in its attack on Israel a week ago, Russian state news agency RIA reported on Saturday. Bogdanov told RIA he was heading to Qatar and usually met with Hamas every time he was there. Moreover, in this situation, this (meeting) is useful for resolving practical issues, including the release of hostages," Bogdanov said. Hamas carried out the deadliest attack in Israel's history a week ago, killing more than 1,300 people and taking scores of hostages to Gaza. President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that an expected Israeli ground assault on Gaza would lead to an "absolutely unacceptable" level of civilian casualties.

Persons: Khan Younis, Mohammed Salem, Mikhail Bogdanov, Bogdanov, RIA, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Soldatkin, Mark Trevelyan Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Rights, United Nations Security, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, Qatar, Russia

☆ In Gaza war, Reuters journalist welcomes 'joyful news' of baby son
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Reuters' Palestinian journalist Mohammed Salem, who welcomed his newborn Abdallah while covering Israeli bombardment in Gaza, poses for a photo as he works on a rooftop in Gaza City October 12, 2023. REUTERS/Arafat Barbakh Acquire Licensing RightsReuters journalist Mohammed Salem was filming the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Gaza on Thursday morning, when he received an urgent message: his wife was going into labour at home. Salem, still wearing a protective flak jacket, picked up his wife, Khawla, and drove in his armoured vehicle to Gaza City's Al-Sahaba hospital. The conflict was set off by a Hamas rampage through southern Israeli towns this week that killed at least 1,300 people. "While covering all the pain, on streets and in hospitals, and capturing it through a lens, I received this joyful news," said Salem, who also has four daughters.

Persons: Mohammed Salem, Abdallah, Arafat Barbakh, Khawla, Gaza City's, Salem Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS, Rights, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Palestinian, Gaza, Gaza City, Salem, Gaza City's Al, Israel

☆ UN says over 400,000 people displaced in Gaza, appeals for $300 mln
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Smoke billows following Israeli strikes amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza, October 13, 2023. The agency launched an appeal for nearly $294 million to help some 1.3 million people in Gaza and the West Bank, of which nearly half was programmed for food aid as supplies run out. In the Gaza Strip, the cumulative number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) increased by 25% over the past 24 hours, now exceeding 423,000, of whom over two thirds are taking shelter in UNRWA schools," OCHA said, referring to the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency. It said 23 aid workers had so far been killed since the weekend, including 11 health workers and 12 UNRWA employees. Reporting by Emma Farge, Editing by Friederike HeineOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mohammed Salem, OCHA, Emma Farge, Friederike Heine Our Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Rights, West Bank, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza

Summary LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:"Civilians of Gaza City, evacuate south for your own safety...and distance yourself from Hamas terrorists who are using you as human shields," Israeli military says. The Israeli military said it would operate "significantly" in Gaza City in coming days and civilians should only return when advised. "Civilians of Gaza City, evacuate south for your own safety and the safety of your families and distance yourself from Hamas terrorists who are using you as human shields," the military said. "Hamas terrorists are hiding in Gaza City inside tunnels underneath houses and inside buildings populated with innocent Gazan civilians." [1/16]Palestinians flee their homes amid Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, October 13, 2023.

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☆ Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorous in Gaza, Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Asked for comment on the allegations, Israel's military said it was "currently not aware of the use of weapons containing white phosphorous in Gaza." Human Rights Watch said it verified videos taken in Lebanon on Oct. 10 and Gaza on Oct. 11 showing "multiple airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus over the Gaza City port and two rural locations along the Israel-Lebanon border". Israel's military in 2013 said it was phasing out white phosphorus smokescreen munitions used during its 2008-2009 offensive in Gaza, which drew war crimes allegations from various rights groups. White phosphorus munitions can legally be used on battlefields to make smoke screens, generate illumination, mark targets or burn bunkers and buildings. Because it has legal uses, white phosphorus is not banned as a chemical weapon under international conventions, but it can cause serious burns and start fires.

Persons: Mohammed Salem, Israel, phosphorous, Emily Rose, Rami Ayyub, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Hezbollah, Human Rights Watch, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza City, Gaza, Lebanon, Israel, Palestinian

A view of the skyline in the aftermath of Israeli military strikes on Islamic Jihad targets, in Gaza, May 9, 2023. Carboni said in a later interview that its stocks of aid and medicine within Gaza are stranded for want of safe passage. "With the supplies we have inside Gaza, we will not be able to support the civilian population for very long. Most of Gaza's population has no power and water as Israeli strikes continue and they fear a possible ground invasion. ICRC teams are pre-positioning staff and stocks in strategic hubs close to Gaza as part of its preparations, he added.

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☆ Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorus in Gaza, Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Asked for comment on the allegations, Israel's military said it was "currently not aware of the use of weapons containing white phosphorus in Gaza." Human Rights Watch said it verified videos taken in Lebanon on Oct. 10 and Gaza on Oct. 11 showing "multiple airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus over the Gaza City port and two rural locations along the Israel-Lebanon border". White phosphorus munitions can legally be used on battlefields to make smoke screens, generate illumination, mark targets or burn bunkers and buildings. Because it has legal uses, white phosphorus is not banned as a chemical weapon under international conventions, but it can cause serious burns and start fires. White phosphorus is considered an incendiary weapon under Protocol III of the Convention on the Prohibition of Use of Certain Conventional Weapons.

Persons: Mohammed Salem, Israel, Emily Rose, Rami Ayyub, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Hezbollah, Human Rights Watch, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza City, Gaza, Lebanon, Israel, Palestinian

☆ In Gaza War, Reuters Journalist Welcomes 'Joyful News' of Baby Son
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

GAZA (Reuters) - Reuters journalist Mohammed Salem was filming the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Gaza on Thursday morning, when he received an urgent message: his wife was going into labour at home. He was grateful that she might deliver during the day when Israeli attacks tend to be less frequent, but worried by the prospect of welcoming a baby during the throes of war. Salem, still wearing a protective flak jacket, picked up his wife, Khawla, and drove in his armoured vehicle to Gaza City's Al-Sahaba hospital. The conflict was set off by a Hamas rampage through southern Israeli towns this week that killed at least 1,300 people. "(It) combines happiness with pain, but then again, such is life and life must go on."

Persons: Mohammed Salem, Khawla, Gaza City's, Abdallah, Salem, Rami Ayyub, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Reuters, Hamas Locations: GAZA, Gaza, Salem, Gaza City's Al, Israel

Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times/Redux Palestinians walk amid the rubble following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 10. Erik Marmor/AP Six-month-old Sama Alwadia is rescued from the rubble in Gaza City on October 9. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on a tank at the border between Israel and Gaza on October 9. Ramez Mahmoud/AP A plume of smoke rises in the sky over Gaza City during an Israeli airstrike on October 9. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters Palestinian citizens inspect damage to their homes caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 8.

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☆ For people in Gaza, life is about to get even worse, with Israel's siege about to 'starve the population,' NGO says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Israel is stopping food, fuel, and medicine from entering Gaza after announcing a "complete siege." AdvertisementAdvertisementFollowing Israel's announcement of a "complete siege" of Gaza, fears are mounting over an impending humanitarian crisis in the territory. The siege will "quite literally starve the population and lead people to going hungry, thirsty, and ultimately towards dying." REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaUN Secretary General António Guterres, who condemned Hamas' attacks, said he was "deeply distressed" by Israel's siege announcement. A relative reacts next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at a hospital in Gaza City, October 11, 2023.

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☆ Opinion: In Gaza, Palestinians have nowhere to run
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Sheena Mckenzie | Opinion Omar Ghraieb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

People carry bodies of Palestinians killed during an Israeli airstrike prior to their burial in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Wednesday, October 11. Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times/Redux Palestinians walk amid the rubble following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 10. Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times/Redux Children run for cover as bombs fall near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 9. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City on October 9. Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images Relatives of Palestinians killed on Saturday, October 7, mourn at the morgue of a hospital in Gaza.

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☆ Opinion: How long can America continue to be arsenal to the world?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( David A. Andelman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times/Redux Palestinians walk amid the rubble following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 10. Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times/Redux Children run for cover as bombs fall near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 9. Erik Marmor/AP Six-month-old Sama Alwadia is rescued from the rubble in Gaza City on October 9. Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times/Redux Fire and smoke rise from Gaza City following an Israeli airstrike on October 8. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters Palestinian citizens inspect damage to their homes caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 8.

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Smoke rises after Israeli strikes on the seaport of Gaza City, in Gaza, October 10, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Acquire Licensing RightsOct 10 (Reuters) - Palestinians in Gaza say Israeli bombardment has been so heavy they feel they are living their own "Nakba," the Arabic word for catastrophe that refers to the 1948 war of Israel's creation that led to their mass dispossession. "Only yesterday I understood what my grandpa, may he rest in peace, told me about 1948 and the Nakba. More than seven decades after the Nakba, Palestinians still lament the calamity that resulted in their displacement and blocked their dreams of statehood. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant warned that the price Gaza would pay "will change reality for generations".

Persons: Mohammed Salem, I've, Alaqad, Yoav Gallant, Radwan Abu, Kass, Maya Gebeily, Anna Magdalena Lubowicka, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, Tuesday, West Bank, Israeli, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza City, Gaza, Israel, videocall, British, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, East Jerusalem, Rimal, Beirut, Gdansk, Poland

☆ Funerals in Israel and Gaza as deaths climb on both sides
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[13/17]A relative reacts next to the body of one of the Palestinians from the Shamalkh family, who health officials said were killed in Israeli strikes, during the funeral in Gaza City, October 9. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemGAZA, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

Persons: Mohammed Salem Organizations: REUTERS Locations: Gaza City, Mohammed Salem GAZA, PALESTINIAN

Smoke rises following Israeli strikes on the seaport of Gaza City, in Gaza on Tuesday. Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times/Redux Palestinians walk amid the rubble following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 10. Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times/Redux Children run for cover as bombs fall near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 9. Erik Marmor/AP Six-month-old Sama Alwadia is rescued from the rubble in Gaza City on October 9. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters Palestinian citizens inspect damage to their homes caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 8.

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☆ Kfar Aza: Children, women, elderly 'butchered' in Hamas attacks on border communities, IDF says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Muhammad Darwish Nic Robertson Artemis Moshtaghian Amir Tal Ivana Kottasová Sana Noor Haq | Muhammad Darwish | Nic Robertson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Among those killed in Kfar Aza were children, women and elderly, the IDF said. Kfar Aza is one of the several kibbutzim, small farming enclaves, that bore the brunt of Hamas’ ground assault on Saturday. A number of kibbutzim and towns were targeted in the first wave of Hamas’ assault, including Kfar Aza, Be’eri, Ofakim, Sderot, Yad Mordechai, Yated, Kissufim and Urim. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers take position in Kfar Aza near the border with Gaza on October 10. But I never thought I would see…things like that,” he said about the scene in Kfar Aza.

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☆ North Korea blames Israel for causing bloodshed in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Palestinians inspect damages in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, following a Hamas surprise attack, at Beach refugee camp, in Gaza City, October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Acquire Licensing RightsSEOUL, Oct 10 (Reuters) - North Korean state media on Tuesday blamed Israel for causing bloodshed in Gaza, weighing in the military clashes between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas for the first time. Rodong Sinmun, a ruling Workers' Party mouthpiece, published a brief article on the conflict and casualties, citing foreign media. Hamas has threatened to execute an Israeli captive every time Israel bombs a Palestinian home without warning, amid fears of a ground assault by Israel, which called up an unprecedented 300,000 reservists and imposed a blockade on Gaza. North Korean state media has often argued against Western views, especially of the United States, on international issues.

Persons: Mohammed Salem, Israel, Rodong, Bashar al, Assad, Hyonhee Shin, Gerry Doyle Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Hamas, Workers, Party, Israel, Thomson Locations: Beach, Gaza City, Rights SEOUL, Korean, Gaza, Israel, North Korean, United States, Syria

☆ What's the Israel-Palestinian conflict about and how did it start?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The conflict pits Israeli demands for security in what it has long regarded as a hostile region against Palestinian aspirations for a state of their own. Palestinians who stayed put in the war today form the Arab Israeli community, making up about 20% of Israel's population. Israel has occupied the West Bank, Arab East Jerusalem, which it captured from Jordan, and Syria's Golan Heights ever since. Israel has said a Palestinian state must be demilitarised so as not to threaten Israel. Jerusalem - Palestinians want East Jerusalem, which includes sites sacred to Muslims, Jews and Christians, to be the capital of their state.

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