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Hostilities have been raging in the Middle East since October 7, when the Palestinian militant group Hamas unexpectedly attacked Israel, prompting a harsh response from Tel Aviv. The Israeli government imposed a humanitarian blockade on the Gaza Strip, launched airstrikes and began a ground operation in the area.
Since October 27, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have been conducting a ground operation in the northern part of the Gaza Strip to eliminate Hamas militants and rescue hostages.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out a cease-fire, citing the fact that Hamas is still holding a large number of hostages. According to the latest figures, more than 240 people are being held.
The escalation of the conflict has resulted in the deaths of some 1,400 people in Israel and more than 10,000 in Gaza, according to the latest official figures. It has also raised fears of a wider regional conflagration.
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03:06 GMT 14.11.2023
IDF Says Found Basement With Weapons Under Hospital in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has discovered underground infrastructure beneath Rantisi Hospital in Gaza that was allegedly used by Hamas to store weapons and hold hostages, IDF spokesperson RDML Daniel Hagari said on Monday.
"I just got back from Gaza, where I joined an operation inside the Rantisi Children’s Hospital. I went to the hospital with a video camera and personally documented more concrete evidence … that Hamas uses hospitals as an instrument of war. Underneath the hospital, in the basement, we found: a Hamas command-and-control center; suicide-bomb vests; grenades; AK-47 assault rifles; explosive devices; RPGs and other weapons, computers, money … And we also found signs that indicated that Hamas held hostages here," Hagari told a briefing.
22:33 GMT 13.11.2023
US Must Stop Gaza Atrocities, Ceasefire Needed for Sake of Humanity - Indonesian President
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has appealed to the United States to do more to end the atrocities in the Gaza Strip and stressed that a ceasefire is required to be established immediately for the sake of humanity.
"Indonesia also wishes our partnership contributes to regional and global peace and prosperity. So Indonesia appeals to the US to do more to stop the atrocities in Gaza," Widodo said during a meeting with US President Joe Biden at the White House. "Ceasefire is a must for the sake of humanity."
20:36 GMT 13.11.2023
Biden Hopes There Will Be Less Intrusive Israeli Action Relative to Gaza Hospitals
US President Joe Biden expressed hope on Monday that there will be "less intrusive" action by Israeli forces toward hospitals in Gaza amid heavy fighting outside the al-Shifa hospital.
"My hope and expectation is that there will be less intrusive action relative to hospitals and we remain in contact with the Israelis. Also there is an effort to get this pause to deal with the release of prisoners and that's being negotiated ... So I remain somewhat hopeful but hospitals must be protected," Biden told reporters, as quoted by the press pool.
20:26 GMT 13.11.2023
UN: 981 Trucks Carrying Aid Reached Gaza Since October 21
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimated on Monday that 981 trucks carrying relief aid had been allowed into the Gaza Strip in the past three weeks, which the agency's chief said was just a fraction of what was required.
"A total of 76 trucks, carrying food, medicines, health supplies, bottled water, blankets, tents and hygiene products, crossed from Egypt into Gaza on 12 November as of 18:00 [16:00 GMT]. This brings the number of trucks that have entered Gaza since 21 October to 981," the report read.
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths told a humanitarian conference in Paris last week that the amount of aid being allowed into the Israel-besieged exclave was wholly inadequate. He estimated hundreds, not dozens, of aid trucks needed to reach Gaza every day to meet its "vast sea of needs."
20:10 GMT 13.11.2023
Israeli Parliament OKs Bill Allowing Foreign Citizens to Be Declared Terrorists - Reports
The Israeli parliament has passed in the second and third readings an amendment to the law allowing foreign citizens to be declared terrorists in Israel, even if they have not been previously declared as such by authorized bodies in other countries, Israeli media reported on Monday.
Under the amendment, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant will be entitled to immediately declare a foreign citizen a terrorist, whereas previously he could only do so if an authorized body outside the country had declared the individual as such, Israeli media reported.
The amendment also expands the current definition of a terrorist to include individuals involved in financing or supporting terrorist organizations, even if they are not members of such organizations themselves.
20:08 GMT 13.11.2023
Hamas Military Wing: Ready to Exchange 70 Israeli Hostages for 5-Day Truce
The military wing of Palestinian movement Hamas, Al Qassam Brigades, spokesman Abu Obaida said on Monday it is ready to release up to 70 Israeli hostages in exchange for a five-day truce.
According to the spokesman, last week Hamas negotiated under the mediation of Qatar the release of Israeli hostages held by the movement — women and children. In return, the Palestinian movement demanded the release of 200 Palestinian children and 75 women in Israeli prisons.
"The enemy demanded the release of 100 women and children held hostage in Gaza. We informed the mediators that we can release 50 women and children during a five-day truce, the figure may eventually reach 70," Obaida said, adding that there is a difficulty of "finding hostages who are held by different detachments and services."
The truce should include a ceasefire and a permission for the arrival of humanitarian aid, the spokesman said, adding that Israel is still considering this proposal.
19:36 GMT 13.11.2023
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18:45 GMT 13.11.2023
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18:42 GMT 13.11.2023
Israeli Defense Minister Says Hamas 'Lost Control of Gaza'
Hamas has "lost control of Gaza," and members of the movement are fleeing to the south of the enclave, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Monday.
"Hamas has lost control of Gaza. Terrorists are fleeing south, civilians are looting Hamas bases. They have no faith in the government," Gallant was quoted as saying by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
18:40 GMT 13.11.2023
Jordan Reminds Israel at UN Threats to Use Nuclear Weapons go Against ICJ Recommendations
Jordan has reminded Israel of the recommendation of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the threats to use nuclear weapons should stop as they would amount to committing a genocide, Jordanian Ambassador to the United Nations Mahmoud Daifallah said on Monday.
"We would like to recall the advisory opinion of the ICJ in this regard and with regards to the threatening of use of nuclear weapons, this threatening amounts to threatening to commit genocide, and all states have the responsibility to stop such threats," Daifallah said during a United Nations conference on nuclear weapons in the Middle East.
Jordan supports a two state solution in the Israel-Palestinian conflict with borders from 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in line with international law and the UN Charter as well as other relevant international resolutions, Daifallah added.
The fourth session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction is being held at the United Nations headquarters in New York from November 12-17.
17:18 GMT 13.11.2023
IDF Says Hamas Ceased to Exist as Organized Military Structure in North of Gaza Strip
The Palestinian movement Hamas ceased to exist as organized military structure in the north of the Gaza Strip after the Israeli military inflicted significant damage to the units of the movement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Monday.
"Until now, the IDF has been conducting ground combat operations in the north of the Gaza Strip. The IDF ground forces are fighting in the areas where several battalions of the terrorist organization are located. The operational combat capability of these battalions has been seriously disrupted, and in fact the Hamas military structures in the northern part of the Gaza Strip have ceased to function in an organized manner," the IDF said in a statement.
17:00 GMT 13.11.2023
IDF Says Eliminated Commander of Anti-Tank Missile Array of Hamas and Former Head of Military Intelligence of Movement
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Monday that it has eliminated the head of the anti-tank missile of the Palestinian movement Hamas, as well as the former head of the military intelligence of the movement.
"Over the last day, the IDF and ISA [Israeli Security Agency] killed Yaakub A'ashur, Head of the Anti-Tank Missile Array of Hamas' Khan Yunis Brigade... Additionally, Mohammed Khamis Dababash, a senior Hamas operative, was killed. In the past, he was Hamas' Head of Military Intelligence," the IDF said on Telegram.
The Israeli military added that several other Hamas officials have been killed.
"In addition, Tahsin Muslem, commander of the combat assistance company who was responsible for the special forces in Beit Lahia, Jihad A'azem, a Hamas intelligence investigations officer in Zaytun, and Munir Hareb, head of Public Affairs in the Rafah brigade were also killed," the IDF said.
16:33 GMT 13.11.2023
IDF Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon
16:32 GMT 13.11.2023
Journalist Shares With Sputnik How He Lost His Family in Israeli Drone Attack
16:23 GMT 13.11.2023
United Nations Staff in New York Honored Their Killed Colleagues in Gaza
The United Nations Headquarters employees in New York paid tribute to their colleagues who became victims of the Israeli-Gaza conflict. The staff observed a minute of silence in memory of their colleagues who died in the Gaza Strip.
Dozens of people gathered in the headquarters building. Many held placards with the words "Ceasefire now," "Never again," and "Protecting civilians is a responsibility."
15:49 GMT 13.11.2023
People Killed During Attempts to Leave Shifa Hospital in Gaza - MSF
People have been killed during attempts to leave the Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip which currently has around 600 patients, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), which translates as Doctors Without Borders, said on Monday, citing an MSF surgeon inside the health facility.
The MSF said that it has contacted its surgeon who is currently inside the hospital who said that the facility has no electricity or water/
"There are 600 inpatients, 37 babies, someone who needs an ICU, we can’t leave them. We need a guarantee that there is a safe corridor because we saw some people trying to leave Al-Shifa, they killed them, they bombed them, the sniper killed them," MSF wrote on X, citing the surgeon.
15:38 GMT 13.11.2023
Libyan House of Representatives Criminalizes Normalization of Relations With Israel
Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives has unanimously approved criminalization of normalizing relations with Israel, spokesman Abdullah Bliheg told Sputnik on Monday.
The vote took place during the House of Representatives session at its headquarters in Benghazi on Monday.
“The Libyan House of Representatives voted unanimously to approve a law that would criminalize normalization of relations with Israel,” the spokesman said.
15:18 GMT 13.11.2023
IDF Shells Convoy With Reporters in Southern Lebanon, Several Cars Burned, Reporters Not Harmed - Sputnik Correspondent
The Israeli military shelled a convoy with journalists in southern Lebanon, as a result of which several cars have been burned, but no reporters have been harmed, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Monday.
The convoy with journalists was attacked in the southern Lebanese city of Yaroun, and some cars, including the vehicle of the Lebanese broadcaster Al Jadeed, were destroyed by fire.
14:21 GMT 13.11.2023
Moscow Praises Efforts by Egypt, Qatar, Palestine, Israel to Evacuate Russians From Gaza
Moscow has praised the efforts of Egypt, Qatar, the Palestinian Authority and Israel to evacuate Russian and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) citizens from the conflict-torn Gaza Strip, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
"The Russian side is grateful to the representatives of the Egyptian, Israeli, Qatari and Palestinian authorities for their effective assistance," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
The evacuation is taking place gradually given the limited capacity of the Rafah border crossing amid ongoing hostilities in the Gaza Strip, the statement said, adding that the working time of the border checkpoint has been reduced to several hours during daylight hours.
"The evacuation measures in close coordination with all parties involved will be continued until all our nationals, who have applied for assistance in Russian foreign institutions, are relocated from the [Gaza] Strip," the statement added.
Earlier in the day, a Sputnik correspondent reported that the first group of Russian citizens evacuated from the Gaza Strip arrived in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. Also, over 420 foreign nationals and holders of dual citizenship have been added to an evacuation list to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing, the enclave's border service said. The Rafah crossing is the only route in and out of Gaza for the civilian population there, as well as the main artery for humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave.
14:04 GMT 13.11.2023
First Group of Russians Evacuated From Gaza Arrives in Cairo
The first group of Russian citizens evacuated from the Gaza Strip arrived in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Monday.
A group of 70 Russians was taken by bus to a Cairo hotel.
Later in the day, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said that a ministry plane carrying the group of 70 Russians had left Cairo for Moscow, adding that they would be accompanied by doctors and psychologists throughout the trip.
"It's important that everyone feels supported, listened to and has the opportunity to come to their homeland," Emergencies Minister Alexander Kurenkov was quoted as saying in the ministry’s statement.
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