Israel-Hamas War highlights: Death toll in Gaza crosses 100 since end of truce on Friday

UN spokesperson said on Friday that Israel has refused to renew a visa for a top humanitarian aid official for the Palestinian Gaza Strip and West Bank.

"We've been informed by the Israeli authorities that they would not renew the visa of Ms Hastings past the due date at some point later this month," U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters.

Hamas has claimed that 3 journalists died in Gaza due to Israel's offensive in the region. The three journalists were identified as cameraman Muntassir al-Sawwaf, who worked for Turkey's Anadolou state news agency, his brother Marwan, who worked as a soundman, and cameraman Abdullah Darwish.

On Friday, war between Israel and Hamas resumed after the expiry of truce period.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken blamed Hamas for the end of truce with Israel. On Friday, war between Israel and Hamas resumed in Gaza.

“It came to an end because of Hamas,” Blinken told reporters on the tarmac in Dubai.

Israel shared an emotional message on X(formerly Twitter), praying for the return of hostages in Gaza.

At the UN climate summit, countries like Turkey, South Africa hit out at Israel over the resumption of war in Gaza.

"While discussing the climate crisis, we cannot ignore the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Palestinian territories right beside us," Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan told leaders during his formal speech to the COP28 conference.

According to a report by Reuters, a United Nations office said on Friday that it was "seriously concerned" about the rise in arrest of Palestinians by Israel. The office also called for an investigation of alleged torture in Israeli custody.

According to a report by Reuters citing a Lebanese official, two people died due to Israeli shelling in Lebanon. Meanwhile, Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah targetted Israeli military positions at the border in support of Palestinians.

On Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that he discussed future of Gaza with Arab foreign ministers. Meanwhile, the truce between Israel and Hamas expired, leading to resumption of war.

Israeli military said that rocket-warning sirens were sounded in central Israel on Friday, reported Reuters. After the expiration of truce, war between Hamas and Israel has resumed in Gaza.

According to a New York Times report on Friday, Israeli officials were aware of Hamas ' plan to launch an attack on Israeli soil over a year before the devastating October 7 massacre.

On Friday, Hamas claimed that if had offered to hand over the the bodies of a mother and her two sons -- one of them a baby -- in negotiations to extend the now-expired truce.

"Throughout the night, indirect negotiations unfolded to extend the truce," the Palestinian militant group said in a statement Friday as quoted by AFP.

"Hamas also offered to transfer the Bibas family's bodies and release their father for their burial, along with two Zionist detainees," it added.

World Health Organization highlighted the horrible condition of Gaza hospitals, saying hospitals resembled a "horror movie", reported AFP.

"We are extremely concerned about the resumption of violence," Richard Peeperkorn, WHO's representative in the Palestinian territories, told reporters in Geneva via video-link from Gaza.

Already, he said, "the health system in Gaza has been crippled by the ongoing hostilities".

According to a report by AFP, Israeli army says it hit 'over 200 terror targets' in Gaza on Friday. Notably, truce between Israel and Hamas expired on Friday.

"Over the last few hours, ground, air and naval forces struck terror targets in the north and south of the Gaza Strip, including in Khan Yunis and Rafah," Israeli military said in a statement.

The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip has claimed that 109 people had been killed since the end of truce on Friday. Notably, Israel has resumed airstrikes and its offensive in Gaza.

Humanitarian aid trucks were stranded near Egypt's border with Gaza after war resumed on Friday, reported Reuters. Notably, new negotiations to extend the truce failed on Friday.

"The bombardment has been going on since seven in the morning. There are planes and artillery and we haven't moved," said driver Saleh Ebada, who had already been waiting to enter the crossing for inspection for eight days when fighting restarted.

Hospitals in Gaza are having to deal with a new wave of wounded people after Israel resumed war on Friday. Earlier, UN Secretary-General António Guterres had highlighted the massive health care crisis in Gaza.

"Hospitals across Gaza lack the basic supplies, staff and fuel to deliver primary health care at the scale needed, let alone safely treat urgent cases," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday.

Rocket sirens were sounded in several towns in north Israel near Lebanon border on Friday, reported Reuters. Israel's military didn't immediately share reasons why the sirens went off.

On the sidelines of the COP28 World Climate Action Summit on Friday, India's PM Narendra Modi met Israeli President Isaac Herzog. During the meeting, Modi emphasised India’s support for a two-state solution and early and durable resolution of the Israel-Palestine issue through dialogue and diplomacy.

Iran has warned Israel about the consequences after war resumed in Gaza on Friday at the end of truce.

"The continuation of the Washington and Tel Aviv war means a new genocide in Gaza and the West Bank," Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Friday in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

"It appears that they do not think about the severe consequences of returning to war," he added.

Israel has shared pictures from the emotional reunion of a hostage with her family.

Hamas-run health ministry says more than 60 people have died in Gaza after Israeli strikes resumed on Friday at the expiration of truce.

Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy highlighted that Hamas failed to ensure the release of all Israeli women. Notably, further negotiations to extend the truce failed on Friday and war resumed.

"Unfortunately, Hamas decided to terminate the pause by failing to release all the kidnapped women," government spokesman Eylon Levy told a briefing.

"Having chosen to hold onto our women, Hamas will now take the mother of all thumpings."

Israel has shared how the mother of a hostage reacted upon knowing of her release from Hamas captivity.

France has called for the resumption of truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. The cease-fire ended on Friday and war resumed.

"Rupture of the truce is very bad news, regrettable, because it brings no solution and complicates the resolution of all questions that arise," Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on the sidelines of the UN's COP28 climate talks in Dubai.

Israel Defense Forces have shared a map for Gazans to use for their safe evacuation amid war. On Friday, the war between Israel and Hamas resumed after the expiration of truce.