Israel-Hamas war
The United Nations said on Tuesday it has been unable to distribute aid in the Gaza Strip from the Israel-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing because of lawlessness and panic among hungry people in the area, despite Israel’s daytime pause in military activity. Israel’s military said on Sunday there would be a daily pause in its attacks from 0500 GMT until 1600 GMT until further notice along the road that leads from Israel via the Kerem Shalom crossing to the Salah al-Din Road and northwards in Gaza. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.
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- Israel‘s military on Tuesday said it had “approved and validated” operational plans for a Lebanon offensive amid escalating cross-border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah.
- The US does not want to see a wider regional war in the Middle East, said a Pentagon spokesperson shortly after the Israeli army said it had approved operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon.
- Yemen‘s Houthi militants are believed to have sunk a second ship, the Tutor, in the Red Sea, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Tuesday.
- At least 37,372 Palestinians have been killed and 85,452 injured in Israel’s war in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 250 people were taken hostage, with about 120 remaining in Gaza, according to Israeli tallies. Many have been declared dead by Israeli authorities.
- Israeli strikes on Tuesday killed at least 13 people in central Gaza, the civil defence agency in the Hamas-run territory said. Witnesses reported gunfire and artillery shelling near Nuseirat refugee camp, where separate deadly strikes on a family home and a commercial building were also reported.
- US special envoy Amos Hochstein met senior Lebanese officials during a visit to Beirut and called for an end to hostilities across the Blue Line, or the de facto demarcation between Israel and Lebanon.
- A French court on Tuesday ordered organisers of the Eurosatory defence trade show to suspend a ban on Israeli firms, according to a lawyer for the Franco-Israeli Chamber of Commerce.
- In a message for Eid al-Adha, US President Joe Biden called for the implementation of a ceasefire plan he outlined last month, saying it was “the best way to end the violence”.
(France 24 with AP, AFP and Reuters)
