Israel-Hamas war Highlights: WHO warns Gaza's health situation 'catastrophic'

On Sunday, Jordan's foreign minister Ayman Safadi said that Israel was trying to push Palestinians out of Gaza through its ongoing war. In Israel-Hamas War, more than 17000 Palestinians have reportedly lost their lives.

Israel Defense Forces have shared a video claiming that Hamas terrorists robbed humanitarian aid from Gaza civilians.

Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said mediation efforts to secure a new ceasefire in Gaza amid Israel-Hamas war.

"Our efforts as the state of Qatar along with our partners are continuing. We are not going to give up," Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told the Doha Forum, adding that “the continuation of the bombardment is just narrowing this window for us,” Al Thani said at Doha Forum.

United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres on Sunday said the UNSC is "paralysed by geostrategic divisions" over Gaza and reiterated his demand for humanitarian pause.

"Regrettably, the Security Council failed to do it…I can promise, I will not give up," he said addressing the Qatar-Doha forum.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) says its troops have conducted overnight strikes at some 250 Hamas targets in Gaza and they are carrying out further operation on the ground.

According to the IDF, in the last few hours, ground forces raided Hamas sites in Gaza, finding and destroying what they described as many weapons and tunnel shafts, and killing gunmen who had planned to attack the troops.

Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Blocked from leaving the narrow territory, they have turned Rafah, near the crossing with Egypt, into a vast camp. The United Nations children's agency said Saturday that nearly one million children had been forcibly displaced by the conflict.

With fighting intensifying in southern Gaza, where Israel previously urged civilians to seek shelter, children are running out of safe places to go.

"They are now being pushed further and further south into tiny, overcrowded areas without water, food, or protection, putting them at increased risk of respiratory infections and waterborne disease," said Adele Khodr of UNICEF.

Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Sunday accused Hamas terrorists of beating civilians and stealing the humanitarian aid that Gaza received from international organisations, ANI reported.

IDF shared a video on X that showed people getting beaten by some individuals. In the video, some individuals also placed some material in the vehicle.

While sharing the video on X, the IDF said,“Hamas members beat civilians and steal the humanitarian aid they received from international organizations--facilitated by Israel. Hamas puts its terrorist goals over Gazans' needs.”

Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Yemen's Huthi rebels, backed by Iran, issued a threat on Saturday, warning to target any vessels bound for Israeli ports unless there's permission for food and medicine to enter the blockaded Gaza Strip, AFP reported.

This latest warning follows escalating tensions in the Red Sea and nearby areas after a series of naval attacks by the Huthi rebels since the Israel-Hamas conflict began on October 7.

In a social media statement, the Huthis stated their intention to block ships heading towards Israel if humanitarian aid isn't permitted to reach Gaza, which is under Hamas control.

While the Huthis have previously targeted ships they claim are linked to Israel, this new threat widens the range of potential targets.

Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: A French warship in the Red Sea intercepted and shot down two drones approaching from Yemen's coast, French military said on Sunday, AFP reported.

The frigate Languedoc, deployed in the Red Sea, executed the interception and destruction of these identified threats late Saturday, as stated by the general staff in a press release.

These interceptions occurred at 2030 GMT and 2230 GMT, approximately 110 km (68 miles) from Yemen's coastline.

On Saturday, Yemen's Huthi rebels, backed by Iran, issued a threat to target any ships heading toward Israeli ports unless there's permission for food and medicine to enter Gaza, stating, "The interception and destruction of these two identified threats."

Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Israeli forces have advanced into southern Gaza, prompting hundreds of thousands of civilians to seek refuge from airstrikes and intense clashes with Hamas militants, AFP reported.

Humanitarian groups have raised urgent concerns about the dire situation in the Palestinian region, describing it as nearing a catastrophic point with risks of disease outbreaks and severe food shortages.

Hamas, governing Gaza, claimed that Israel had initiated a series of aggressive attacks, targeting Khan Yunis in the south and the route toward Rafah along the Egyptian border.

Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Sahar Baruch, a 25-year-old Israeli who was abducted on October 7, has passed away while in captivity, as confirmed by Kibbutz Be'eri, his former residence, in an announcement made on Saturday, ANI reported.

"It is with great sadness and a broken heart that we announce the murder of Sahar Baruch who was kidnapped from his home by Hamas terrorists to Gaza on Black Saturday and murdered there," the kibbutz said in a joint statement with the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

"His brother Idan was murdered by Hamas on October 7. We share in the unbearable grief of his parents, Tami and Roni, his brothers, Guy and Niv, his family and all his loved ones. We will demand the return of his body as part of any hostage return deal. We will not stop until everyone is at home."

The Israeli military said on Sunday that five soldiers lost their lives in the Gaza War. Four soldiers died during the Southern Gaza conflict, while the fifth soldier passed away due to injuries sustained from the fighting on October 7, as stated in the Israeli army's announcement shared on X (formerly Twitter).

Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Israel instructed the evacuation of residents from Khan Younis, Gaza's primary southern city, on Saturday after United States used its United Nations Security Council veto to protect Israel from a call for a ceasefire, Reuters reported.

Following the breakdown of a previous truce, Israel has extended its ground offensive into the southern part of Gaza, specifically advancing into Khan Younis. Concurrently, both parties have witnessed escalated conflict in the northern region.

Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: The president of the University of Pennsylvania has stepped down following pressure from donors and criticism regarding her testimony during a congressional hearing, Associated Press reported. In that hearing, she faced repeated questioning and was unable to affirm that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school's conduct policy. Read more

Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: A North Korean senior official criticized the United States for blocking a United Nations resolution that called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The official claimed that the veto demonstrated Washington's “double standards”, Reuters reported, citing North Korean state media KCNA on Sunday.

The US vetoed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza at the United Nations Security Council on Friday. The ceasefire resolution at the UN failed to pass after the United States vetoed the proposal and Britain abstained.

(Reuters)