LIVE UPDATES: IDF Reports Killing 'Dozens of Terrorists' in Northern Gaza

The officials also stressed that the measures are not designed to support the Israel Defence Forces' ground operation, The New York Times reported.

During her trip, Kamikawa is also expected to meet with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. She will be Japan's first minister to visit Israel since the recent escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell discussed the ongoing situation in the Gaza Strip, with Blinken stressing the importance of providing humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in the area, the US State Department has said.

More than 400 people left the Gaza Strip and entered Egypt via the Rafah checkpoint on Thursday, among them 30 injured persons, Wael Abu Omar, the spokesman for the checkpoint from the Palestinian side, told Sputnik. On Wednesday, another 400 foreigners or people with dual citizenship crossed the Egyptian border.

More than 400 people left the Gaza Strip and entered Egypt via the Rafah checkpoint on Thursday, among them 30 injured persons, Wael Abu Omar, the spokesman for the checkpoint from the Palestinian side, told Sputnik.

Hezbollah and the IDF have regularly exchanged cross-border fire following the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Wael Abu Omar, the spokesman for the checkpoint from the Palestinian side, told Sputnik on Thursday that over 400 people left the Gaza Strip through the border crossing.

In October, Foreign Trade Minister Johan Forssell said Sweden had suspended development aid to Palestine amid the escalating Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"Two aircraft of the Russian Emergencies Ministry will deliver 28 tonnes of humanitarian aid for the population of the Gaza Strip ... Russia's humanitarian aid will be transferred to the Egyptian Red Crescent Society for its further delivery to the Gaza Strip," the ministry said in a statement, adding that the shipments include medical aid, among other things.

In October, the ministry's aircraft delivered 27 tonnes of food products to people in the Gaza Strip, the statement added.

"The IDF is constantly verifying [the information on strikes]. All the military activities during previous escalation around the Gaza Strip have been investigated. Of course, we are not interested in conducting strikes on civilians. All information that we receive from the Gaza Strip is being verified and necessary measures are being taken," Ukolova said.

It said there will be no more Palestinian workers from Gaza in Israel, and workers who were in Israel on the day the war started will be returned to Gaza.

Ashdod is located 43 kilometers (27 miles) south of Tel Aviv and is home to about 220,000 people.

The OHCHR welcomed "with hope" the Arab countries' resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict zone. It also urged the immediate release of all hostages taken by Hamas on October 7.

"Efforts to encircle Gaza City have ended... Soldiers are attacking Hamas outposts, headquarters, launch sites and launch infrastructure," Hagari said, as quoted by Haaretz.

"We've been saying it since the very beginning. . . that we want to see our good friend and partner abide by our shared commitments to the respect for civilian life and the respect for the laws of war," Kirby elaborated.

Additionally, Harris and Guterres discussed the situation in Haiti and the need to mobilize international support for a security mission in the country, the statement said.

“In response to the launches from Lebanon toward Israeli territory earlier today, over the last few hours IDF aircraft struck terror targets belonging to Hezbollah, together with IDF tank and artillery fire. The targets struck include military infrastructure, command and control centers, rocket launching posts, weapons storage facilities and military compounds used by the Hezbollah terrorist organization,” the IDF wrote on its Telegram channel.

The Israel Defense Forces said on Saturday that its tanks, infantry and armored engineering units had been operating on the ground in northern Gaza since Friday night. The stated goal is to dismantle infrastructure belonging to Palestinian group Hamas and secure the release of hostages.

When asked by a reporter at a Monday briefing whether the Biden administration considers "anti-Israel protesters" in the United States extremists, she replied: "when it comes to antisemitism, there is no place. We have to make sure that we speak against it very loud and be very clear about that." She also referred to the 2017 Charlottesville rally, when "neo-Nazis were marching down the streets of Charlottesville with vile, antisemitic" hatred.

“The minister also sharply criticized the policy of ‘double standards’ in the EU in relation to civilians in Gaza and Ukraine,” the source said.

US Senators Chris Van Hollen and Richard Blumenthal later confirmed that Washington was indeed considering the possibility of sending multinational forces to the Gaza Strip if Hamas was eliminated.

"The Israeli occupying forces opened fire on an PRCS ambulance while its team was fulfilling their humanitarian mission of transporting both martyrs and wounded individuals on Rashid Street in #Gaza Strip. This unfortunate incident led to injuries among the paramedics, with Alaa Eldrewi sustaining a gunshot injury to the shoulder and shrapnel in the head, and Bahaa Badr al-Din with a live ammunition injury to the foot," the PRCS wrote on X.

Iraq will transfer medicines and other medical supplies to Gaza as part of the third aid package at the request of the Palestinian side, he added.

Halevi also said that the IDF units are already in the Gaza City, and are surrounding it from different directions.

The spokesman left the question about the number of Chinese nationals in Gaza unanswered and gave no further details.

He also affirmed the enduring value of the US-Saudi strategic partnership and the US commitment to support the defense of its partners against threats from state and non-state actors.

On October 7, Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise large-scale rocket attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip and breached the border, killing and abducting people in neighboring Israeli communities. Israel launched retaliatory strikes and ordered a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to more than 2 million people, cutting off supplies of water, food, and fuel. On October 27, Israel launched a large-scale ground incursion inside the Gaza Strip to eliminate Hamas fighters and rescue the hostages. The escalation of the conflict has resulted in the deaths of around 1,400 people in Israel and over 9,000 in the Gaza Strip.

"14 out of 36 hospitals and 2 specialty centers in #Gaza are non-functional due to lack of fuel as well as damage, attacks and insecurity. The hospitals that remain open are overloaded with 40% more patients than they are designed to manage," Tedros wrote on X.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat slammed Amnesty International on October 26 as anti-Semitic and biased against Israel after the organization accused both sides in the conflict of war crimes.

On October 7, Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise large-scale rocket attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip and breached the border, killing and abducting people in neighboring Israeli communities. Israel launched retaliatory strikes and ordered a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to more than 2 million people, cutting off supplies of water, food, and fuel. On October 27, Israel launched a large scale ground incursion inside the Gaza Strip to eliminate Hamas fighters and rescue the hostages. The escalation of the conflict has resulted in the deaths of around 1,400 people in Israel and over 8,500 in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor told the Kan radio broadcaster that Israel had send such a request to Germany and other countries, the news agency said.

"In accordance with ... the constitution, we request and demand a decision to station elements of the Turkish armed forces, the limits, extent and number of which will be determined by President [Recep Tayyip Erdogan], in the Gaza Strip for a period of one year with a view to creating a safe land zone and corridor safety at sea. We want this request to be voted on in the parliament as soon as possible," Erbakan was quoted as saying by the Yeni Akit newspaper.

"The death toll as a result of the Israeli aggression in Gaza has reached 9,061 people, including 3,760 children, and 2,326 women, another 32,000 people were injured,” the ministry said in a statement.

Last week, the media outlet reported that EU leaders had spent days struggling to negotiate the wording of a joint statement on the situation in the Gaza Strip, as the word "pause" was seen by some as a call for a ceasefire.

All parties involved in the conflict need to comply with the norms of international humanitarian law, the diplomat added.

Earlier on Thursday, Kamikawa told the Japanese parliament that 10 Japanese nationals and their eight family members, who are Palestinians, had been evacuated to Egypt. She also called "heartbreaking" the deaths of civilians, including women, elderly people and children, as a result of the recent Israeli bombings of the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.

On Wednesday, CNN has reported, citing US officials, that around 5,000-7,000 foreign nationals could be allowed to leave the Gaza Strip amid the escalation as part of the Qatar-brokered deal announced.

On October 7, Palestinian movement Hamas launched a surprise large-scale rocket attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip and breached the border, killing and abducting people in neighboring Israeli communities. Israel launched retaliatory strikes and ordered a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to more than 2 million people, cutting off supplies of water, food, and fuel. On October 27, Israel launched a large scale ground incursion inside the Gaza Strip to eliminate Hamas fighters and rescue the hostages. The escalation of the conflict has resulted in the deaths of around 1,400 people in Israel and over 8,000 in the Gaza Strip.

He also said that Russia had been playing a significant role in bringing together the Israelis and Palestinians for decades and had always tried to break the deadlock in the Middle Eastern settlement process. Moscow continues to make such efforts today, the official added.

"The Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian agencies, our foreign institutions in Cairo, Tel Aviv, Ramallah are engaged in contacts with the relevant authorities, we are making every effort to ensure the speedy, safe exit of all Russian citizens from the Gaza Strip, and I am sure that our efforts will be successful," Viktorov told the Rossiya 24 broadcaster.