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LIVE UPDATES: EU Pledges Another $26.8 Million in Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Strip - Von der Leyen

04:49 GMT 06.11.2023 (Updated: 09:23 GMT 05.12.2023)

On 7 October, the Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza, killing and abducting people in neighboring Israeli communities. Israel retaliated with missile strikes and a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to more than two million people.

On 27 October, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) increased their ground attacks on Gaza with the stated goal of eliminating Hamas and rescuing the hostages. On 1 November, Egypt opened the Rafah crossing to allow between 5,000 and 7,000 foreigners to leave Gaza.

The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has exceeded 9,700 and more than 24,800 people have been injured, Gaza's Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said on Sunday.

The escalation of the conflict has prompted fears that it will evolve into a wider regional conflict if neighboring countries are drawn into the conflict.

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03:15 GMT 07.11.2023

Austrian Chancellor Discusses Release of Hostages With Palestinian President - Reports

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer held a telephone conversation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, during which the parties discussed the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, Austrian media reported on Monday.

Nehammer asked Abbas to provide support for the release of the hostages, the ORF broadcaster reported, adding that the chancellor also thanked the Palestinian president for his efforts to free people held in Gaza.

In addition, the parties discussed the increase in violence in the West Bank and Nehammer expressed his concern about this, the report added.

00:28 GMT 07.11.2023

Netanyahu Says There Could Be Temporary Ceasefire in Gaza for Release of Hostages

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview that although he doesn't foresee the possibility of a general ceasefire in Gaza, he indicated there could be a temporary pause in its military operations in order to secure release of hostages held by Hamas.

"There will be a cease-fire for that purpose," Netanyahu told ABC News on Monday regarding whether a temporary ceasefire was possible in exchange for securing the release of hostages.

23:59 GMT 06.11.2023

UN Security Council Has Not Reached Agreement on Gaza Truce 'At This Point' - US Envoy

The UN Security Council has not yet reached a consensus on a resolution calling for a humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip, US Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood said.

“There is no agreement at this point [on the Gaza resolution],” Wood said on Monday.

Wood sent a message to the residents of Gaza, saying that the international community is with them.

23:36 GMT 06.11.2023

UAE Says There Will Be UNSC Meeting on Gaza This Thursday

Next United Nations Security Council meeting on Gaza will be on Thursday, the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations Lana Nusseibeh told reporters.

"There will be a Council briefing I believe on Thursday but under the Chinese Presidency, we intend to call for regular briefings," Nusseibeh said on Monday.

Earlier Monday, the French Ambassador Nicolas de Riviere said the French President Macron will organize a humanitarian conference in Paris on November 9 to support the people of Gaza.

20:20 GMT 06.11.2023

Huge plums of smoke rise on the horizon over the city of Khan Yunis as seen from the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on November 4, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. - Sputnik International, 1920, 06.11.2023

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20:00 GMT 06.11.2023

Biden, Netanyahu Discuss 'Tactical Pauses' to Allow Civilians to Depart Gaza – White House

US President Joe Biden discussed over the telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the possibility of Israel using tactical pauses during its military invasion of Gaza to allow civilians to leave areas where heavy fighting continues, the White House said on Monday.

"President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke this morning with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel regarding the latest developments in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank," the White House said in a release. "The two leaders discussed the possibility of tactical pauses to provide civilians with opportunities to safely depart from areas of ongoing fighting, to ensure assistance is reaching civilians in need and to enable potential hostage releases."

19:57 GMT 06.11.2023

UN: Airdrops to Gaza Are ‘Last Resort’ Given Their High Price and Complexity

The United Nations air dropping aid is as of now considered to be a last resort given its complexity and high expense, the UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Monday.

“… Airdrops from the UN end are sort of a last resort when all other options have been exhausted, but they're also very, very expensive,” Dujarric told a briefing. “It also involves deconfliction. I mean, we've used them in the past in Syria …if you remember with WFP a few years ago."

The airdrops demand a high and a complex level of deconfliction and since in Gaza the road access is possible, we prefer to expand that, he added.

Earlier Monday, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called Gaza a ‘graveyard for children’, and called for immediate humanitarian access. Some 50 trucks carrying humanitarian aid earlier entered the besieged Gaza Strip from Egypt.

16:16 GMT 06.11.2023

Hezbollah Says Struck 3 Israeli Targets on Border With Lebanon

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said on Monday that it had struck three Israeli targets on the border with Lebanon.

"On Monday, Islamic Resistance fighters launched rocket attacks on the Malkia... facilities," the movement said in a statement.

13:38 GMT 06.11.2023

Tehran Urges UN Security Council, IAEA to Ensure Nuclear Disarmament of Israel

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Monday urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to ensure nuclear disarmament of Israel after an Israeli minister admitted the possibility of his country using a nuclear bomb in the Gaza Strip.

On Sunday, Israeli Minister for Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Amihai Eliyahu said that dropping a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip was "one of the possible options" in the conflict. Following the statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended Eliyahu from participating in government meetings until further notice.

"Israeli regime minister's statements on use of nukes testify to regime's true defeat against [the Palestinian] Resistance. UNSC & IAEA must act immediately & forthwith to disarm this ferocious & apartheid regime. Tomorrow's late. Full responsibility of this genocide rests with the White House," Amirabdollahian said on X, formerly known as Twitter.

13:29 GMT 06.11.2023

Berlin Says Condemns Words of Israeli Minister About Nuclear Bombing of Gaza

Germany condemns the words of Israeli Minister for Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Amihai Eliyahu about the possibility of using nuclear weapons against the Gaza Strip, and considers them unacceptable, a representative of the German Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

On November 5, Eliyahu said in an interview with Radio Kol BaRama that "one of the possible options" for Israel was dropping a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip. The minister also opposed allowing any humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, saying that Israel "would not hand the Nazis humanitarian aid," and that "there is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza." Later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suspended Eliyahu from participating in government meetings until further notice.

"Of course, we condemn the threats... of the Israeli minister. Such statements are unacceptable," the representative told a briefing.

13:10 GMT 06.11.2023

Organization of Islamic Cooperation to Hold Summit on Situation in Gaza on November 12

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said on Monday it would hold an extraordinary summit in Riyadh on November 12 to discuss the ongoing escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

"The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an extraordinary Islamic summit at the invitation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in its capacity as Chair of the current Islamic Summit, on Sunday ... corresponding to 12 November 2023, in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in order to discuss the brutal Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people," the organization said in a statement.

From November 10-11, Saudi Arabia will also hold African-Arab and inter-Arab summits, the Saudi Ministry of Information told Sputnik.

13:00 GMT 06.11.2023

Death Toll After Israeli Strikes in Gaza Strip Exceeds 10,000 - Reports

The death toll from Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip exceeds 10,000, the Al Arabiya broadcaster reported on Monday, citing the enclave's Health Ministry.

"The death toll from air raids on the Gaza Strip has reached 10,022, including 4,104 children," the broadcaster reported, citing the health ministry.

12:59 GMT 06.11.2023

Algerian President Calls on Lawyers to File Lawsuit With ICC Against Israel

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune called on Monday on lawyers from Arab countries and human rights organizations to file a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israel for crimes against Palestine.

"I call on the free people of the world, Arab lawyers and human rights organizations to file a lawsuit against the Zionist entity [Israel] with the International Criminal Court to end decades of impunity for crimes against Palestine," Tebboune said, in a video address published by his office.

12:57 GMT 06.11.2023

Fifty Trucks Carrying Aid Enter Gaza From Egypt - Sources

Fifty trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the besieged Gaza Strip from Egypt on Monday, sources at the Rafah border crossing told Sputnik.

"Today, 50 trucks carrying food and medical supplies crossed into the Gaza Strip," sources said.

More than 500 trucks have delivered relief aid to Gazans throughout Egypt in the past two weeks.

The Rafah border crossing is the only point of entry into Gaza from Egypt. Foreign citizens have been allowed to leave war-ravaged Gaza through the checkpoint since last Wednesday, but there have been no transits in the past two days, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said earlier on Monday.

12:56 GMT 06.11.2023

US Informed Iran of Its Intention to Reach Ceasefire in Gaza - Amirabdollahian

The United States sent a message to Iran three days ago and said that its intention in the Gaza Strip is to achieve a ceasefire, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Monday.

“Three days ago, the American side sent us a message in which it stated that the United States is seeking to establish a ceasefire in Palestine, and has already taken measures in this regard, but in practice, Washington only supported the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza. We hope that the United States will change its foreign policy regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as soon as possible and stop supporting the Israeli regime,” Amirabdollahian said, as quoted by Iran’s IRIB state media.

12:49 GMT 06.11.2023

EU Pledges Another $26.8 Million in Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Strip - Von der Leyen

The European Union will increase its humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip by 25 million euros ($26.8 million), bringing the total amount of assistance to 100 million euros, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday.

"We have previously tripled our aid to Gaza. Today, I can announce that we are further increasing humanitarian aid to Gaza by another 25 million euros. By doing so, the European Union would spend a total of 100 million euros in humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza," von der Leyen said during her speech at the EU Ambassadors Conference 2023 in Brussels.

The bloc is also working with Israel, Egypt, and the United Nations to facilitate the entry of humanitarian convoys into the Gaza Strip, von der Leyen added.

12:21 GMT 06.11.2023

Fidan Tells Blinken Israeli Attacks on Civilians ‘Unacceptable’ for Ankara - Source

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a meeting on Monday that Ankara considers Israeli attacks targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure unacceptable, a Turkish diplomatic source told Sputnik.

“During the negotiations, Fidan drew Blinken’s attention to the fact that airstrikes [by Israel] on civilians and the destruction of infrastructure are unacceptable,” the source said.

12:01 GMT 06.11.2023

Amount of Humanitarian Assistance to Gaza Will Expand in Next Few Days - Blinken

The amount of humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip will expand significantly in the next dew days, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday before his departure from Turkey.

“I think we will see in the days ahead that assistance can expand in significant ways,” Blinken told reporters.

The US secretary of state also said that he discussed the issues of a “just, endurable and a sustainable peace" in the Middle East with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and other regional officials, adding that Washington is making attempts to end the crisis.

The US is worried about the situation in the Gaza Strip and has “engaged with Israelis” on steps that can be taken to “minimize civilian casualties,” Blinken said.

11:59 GMT 06.11.2023

Gaza Evacuations Halted Already for 2 Days After Israeli Strike on Ambulance - UN Office

No people with dual citizenship or patients from the Gaza Strip crossed the border with Egypt through the Rafah checkpoint on November 5, for the second consecutive day, which is believed to be Hamas' response to the recent Israeli strike on an ambulance, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.

On Saturday, Palestinian movement Hamas banned foreigners from leaving the Gaza Strip after Israel struck an ambulance in the region the day before, media reported. Hamas reportedly demanded that Israel provide ambulances with the opportunity to safely leave Gaza via the Rafah border crossing.

"No exits of dual nationals or patients from Gaza to Egypt through the Rafah crossing was recorded on 5 November, for the second consecutive day," the OCHA said on Sunday.

The lack of exits was reportedly caused by Hamas, Israel and Egypt failing to agree on a safe evacuation of foreigners and patients, the organization added.

For comparison, from November 2-3, over 1,100 people evacuated from the Palestinian exclave to Egypt, the OCHA added.

11:57 GMT 06.11.2023

Jordan to Consider Any Attempt to Displace Palestinians From Gaza Strip or West Bank as Declaration of War - Prime Minister

Jordan will consider any attempts to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip or the West Bank as a declaration of war, Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh’s press office said on Monday.

“Any attempts to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip or the West Bank or create conditions for this are a ‘red line,’ Jordan will consider this as a declaration of war,” the prime minister’s office wrote on X.