https://en.sputniknews.africa/20231022/live-updates-israel-announces-evacuation-of-14-settlements-in-north-of-country-1062987627.html

Live Updates: Israeli Defense Minister Believes Current Op in Gaza Strip Should Become Last

Sputnik Africa

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Following the unprecedented attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, the country declared a state of war and launched counter-attacks on... 22.10.2023, Sputnik Africa

2023-10-22T09:45+0200

2023-10-22T19:53+0200

israel-palestine escalation

israel

gaza

israel defense forces (idf)

hamas

conflict

israeli-palestinian conflict

evacuation

https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.africa/img/07e7/0a/0b/1062705478_0:161:3071:1888_1920x0_80_0_0_35a50bed34a24db13a0cfb4a2486d096.jpg

israel

gaza

Sputnik Africa

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“

252

2023

Sputnik Africa

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“

252

News

en_EN

Sputnik Africa

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“

252

1920

1080

true

1920

1440

true

https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.africa/img/07e7/0a/0b/1062705478_171:0:2902:2048_1920x0_80_0_0_ac70157fa6b94c426999d0f73cba5d0d.jpg

1920

true

Sputnik Africa

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“

252

Sputnik Africa

israel, gaza, israel defense forces (idf), hamas, conflict, israeli-palestinian conflict, evacuation, новый онлайн для белой редактуры

Live Updates: Israeli Defense Minister Believes Current Op in Gaza Strip Should Become Last

09:45 22.10.2023 (Updated: 19:53 22.10.2023)

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Following the unprecedented attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, the country declared a state of war and launched counter-attacks on the Gaza Strip. On October 14, Israel announced its plans to expand the offensive in the region, with a focus on a ground operation.

Israeli authorities expand the evacuation program to 14 additional areas in the north of the country, the Israeli Defense Ministry and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday.

"The 14 communities added to the [evacuation] plan are: Snir, Dan, Beit Hillel, She'ar Yashuv, Hagoshrim, Liman, Matzuva, Eylon, Goren, Gornot HaGalil, Even Menachem, Sasa, Tziv'on and Ramot Naftali," a joint statement by the defense ministry and the IDF read.

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 seizing 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. The blockade was later eased to allow trucks with humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.

According to the latest data from the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the death toll in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli strikes has risen to 4,385, including 1,756 children. In Israel, the death toll stands at over 1,400 people.

Table of contents

New firstOld first

19:14 22.10.2023

UN Agency Says Will Run Out of Fuel Critical for Humanitarian Response in Gaza in Three Days

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) will run out of fuel needed to provide humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip in three days as a result of Israel's blockade, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on Sunday.

"In three days, UNRWA will run out of fuel, critical for our humanitarian response across the Gaza Strip. Without fuel, there will be no water, no functioning hospitals and bakeries. Without fuel, aid will not reach those in desperate need. Without fuel, there will be no humanitarian assistance," Lazzarini said in a statement.

He urged all parties to the conflict and "those with influence over them" to allow fuel supplies into the Gaza Strip as soon as possible and to ensure that fuel is strictly used to provide the population with humanitarian aid.

19:12 22.10.2023

Israeli defense minister believes current operation in Gaza Strip should become last, says it may take months to achieve goals

19:09 22.10.2023

Washington Facing Increased Risk of Attacks on US Troops in Middle East, Says Secretary of Defense

The Department of Defense Seal is seen on the podium before Pentagon spokesman U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, in Washington. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 22.10.2023

Israel-Palestine Escalation

Washington Facing Increased Risk of Attacks on US Troops in Middle East, Says Secretary of Defense

22 October 2023, 19:09

17:33 22.10.2023

Ramaphosa Requests UN to Launch Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Negotiations

In this handout photo provided by Photo host Agency RIA Novosti, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with a delegation of African leaders and senior officials in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, June 17, 2023 - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 22.10.2023

Israel-Palestine Escalation

Ramaphosa Calls on UN to Start Negotiation Process on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

22 October 2023, 14:35

16:51 22.10.2023

Canadian Intelligence Command Believes Israel Not Behind Gaza Hospital Strike: Military

People search through debris outside the site of the Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza on October 18, 2023 in the aftermath of an overnight strike there. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 22.10.2023

Israel-Palestine Escalation

Canadian Intelligence Command Believes Israel Not Behind Gaza Hospital Strike: Military

22 October 2023, 16:49

14:46 22.10.2023

Netanyahu warns Hezbollah against entering conflict, says it will lead to unprecedentedly destructive consequences for Lebanon

14:46 22.10.2023

Cairo Peace Summit Fails to Adopt Joint Statement Due to EU's Position on Hamas, Germany Says

Participants of the Cairo Summit for Peace have failed to agree on a joint final statement due to the European Union's intention to condemn "the brutal terror by Hamas" as a main cause of the current crisis in the Middle East, the German Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

"A wide group of states met in Cairo. We know that our views on the conflict differ .... It is not surprising that there was no joint statement. As important as it is for the EU and for us to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe, it is equally important to clearly condemn the brutal terror by Hamas as the trigger of the crisis," the ministry said on X, formerly known as Twitter.

14:43 22.10.2023

Head of Hamas movement abroad says United States leading the war against Palestine

14:07 22.10.2023

Kenyans demonstrate in opposition to Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip

Members of the muslim community in Kenya hold banners as they wave Palestinian flags and chant slogans during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestine in Mombasa on October 21, 2023. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 22.10.2023

Israel-Palestine Escalation

Kenyans Protest Against Israeli Attacks on Gaza Strip

22 October 2023, 13:41

13:42 22.10.2023

Missile Fired Against Israeli Tank From Lebanon, Says Israeli Military

An Israeli soldier walks on a Merkava tank at a position in an undisclosed location on the border with Lebanon on October 22, 2023. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 22.10.2023

Israel-Palestine Escalation

Missile Fired Against Israeli Tank From Lebanon, Says Israeli Military

22 October 2023, 13:23

13:39 22.10.2023

Dozens of families of Hamas hostages call on the Israeli government to do all it can to free them

13:26 22.10.2023

A total of 266 people including 117 children were killed in Gaza over the past 24 hours due to Israeli shelling, Gaza ministry of health says

12:55 22.10.2023

Number of People Held Hostage by Hamas Rises to 212, Israeli Military Says

The number of people held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip has again increased to 212 despite efforts by a number of countries to ensure exchange of hostages and prisoners between the Palestinian movement and Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Sunday.

On Saturday, the confirmed number of hostages stood at 210 after two US citizens, who also have Israeli citizenship, were released from captivity the day before.

"To date, we have notified the families of 212 abducted people and 307 deceased IDF soldiers," Hagari told a press briefing.

The IDF also said 27 Hamas members had been arrested in the West Bank overnight, the Times of Israel newspaper reported. Since the beginning of the conflict, a total of 727 wanted Palestinians, including over 480 allegedly affiliated with Hamas, have been detained by Israeli forces, the newspaper reported.

12:08 22.10.2023

Israel launches a strike on Deir al-Balah, a town in the southern Gaza, dozens injured, a Sputnik correspondent reports

11:41 22.10.2023

China's Special Envoy Urges UN to Hold Large-Scale Summit on Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Chinese Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue Zhai Jun has called on the United Nations to urgently convene a more influential and larger-scale conference than the Cairo Summit for Peace to settle the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

On Saturday, the Cairo Summit for Peace took place in the Egyptian capital with the participation of over 30 states, including China, and a series of international organizations. The meeting ended without a joint statement.

"The United Nations should facilitate the early convening of a more authoritative, more influential and larger-scale international peace conference," Zhai was quoted as saying by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

He also said that the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict had once again proved that the Palestinian issue could not be ignored or forgotten. The envoy expressed certainty that the two-state solution, meaning the creation of an independent Palestinian state, could be a way out of the conflict.

10:15 22.10.2023

Blinken, Acting Lebanese Prime Minister Discuss Rising Tensions on Border With Israel

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 22.10.2023

Israel-Palestine Escalation

Blinken, Acting Lebanese Prime Minister Discuss Rising Tensions on Border With Israel

22 October 2023, 10:11

09:29 22.10.2023

Moscow Calls for Developing Collective Strategy to Settle Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov on Saturday announced the need to urgently start agreeing on a strategy of collective action to address the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

"Along with addressing the urgent tasks of ending the current spiral of violence, there is an urgent need to start agreeing on a strategy of collective action for a political settlement of the conflict, which has been promoted in the past by a quartet of international mediators comprising Russia, the United States, the European Union and the United Nations," Bogdanov was quoted by the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying at the Cairo Summit for Peace.

It is impossible to freeze the conflict at the stage of low intensity, the senior Russian diplomat stressed.

"The parties must break the vicious circle of violence, give up unilateral steps, including the settlement takeover of Palestinian territories and the undermining of the status of Jerusalem's holy sites," he added.

Russia is now making intensive efforts to de-escalate the situation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone, Bogdanov said.

09:27 22.10.2023

Participants of Cairo Summit Reach Agreement on Delivery of Aid to Gaza: Reports

Participants of the Cairo Summit for Peace reached an agreement on the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, Al Arabiya broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing Egyptian Presidential spokesman Ahmed Fahmy.

Earlier on Saturday, a British broadcaster reported that participants of the summit would not adopt a final statement due to disagreements between the Arab and European delegations over the wording "Israel's right to self-defense" and the issue of condemning Palestinian movement Hamas.

The Cairo Summit for Peace is taking place in the Egyptian capital on Saturday with the participation of over 30 states and a series of international organizations.

09:26 22.10.2023

IDF to Intensify Attacks on Gaza Strip in Preparation for Ground Operation

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will step up attacks on the Gaza Strip in preparation for the next phase, the ground operation in the conflict zone, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Saturday.

"We will continue to attack the Gaza City area more vigorously, and increase the attacks," Hagari said at a press conference, as quoted by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

09:22 22.10.2023

IDF Says Carried Out Airstrike on Underground Complex at Mosque in Jenin

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that it carried out an airstrike on an underground complex located under the Al-Ansar mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin, adding that the site was used by members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements.

"In a joint IDF and ISA [Israel Securities Authority] activity, the IDF conducted an aerial strike on an underground terror compound in the Al-Ansar mosque in Jenin; The mosque contained a terror cell of Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror operatives who were organizing an imminent terror attack," the IDF said on Telegram, adding that the mosque was used "by the terrorists as a command center to plan the attacks and as a base for their execution."