Live updates; Death toll tops 700 in Gaza following heavy Israeli attacks
The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said the death toll from the Israeli regime's air attacks on the territory has risen to 704, including 143 children and 105 women, MNA reports.
On Saturday, Palestinian Resistance group Hamas launched a large-scale operation with a heavy barrage of rockets in response to the Israeli regime's desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and increased settler violence. The Israeli regime's military forces also announced it was launching Operation 'Iron Swords' in retaliation for the attack.
On Sunday night, Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted to put the regime officially at war.
The death toll from the Palestinian side and the Zionist side are increasing dramatically as the conflict between them continues.
The following are the latest updates:
UNRWA: Situation in Gaza ‘extremely worrying’ amid Israeli bombardment
The United Nations relief agency for Palestinian refugees warns that it is “extremely worrying” that tens of thousands of Gaza residents, who have fled their homes due to the continuous bombardment by the Israeli regime, are unable to access basic services.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, UNRWA spokesperson Tamara al-Rifai confirmed that all 14 distribution centers in Gaza are being shut due to the latest conflict, adding that the agency’s Gaza headquarters also “sustained significant damage” following a bombardment of a nearby area overnight. A total of 18 UNRWA buildings have been damaged.
“It is extremely damaging for people. For us, it is extremely worrying that they cannot access any of these basic services,” al-Rifai said.
The latest UNRWA figures show at least 137,000 people have sought shelter after they were displaced from their homes since Saturday.
Israeli regime bombed more than 200 locations in Gaza
The Israeli regime's military said it has brutally launched attacks on more than 200 locations in the Gaza Strip overnight, including the Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City as well as Khan Younis city, Al Jazeera reported.
Gaza health ministry appeals for ‘safe corridor’ for medical aid
The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza has called for the opening of a “safe corridor to ensure the entry of urgent medical aid” into the territory’s hospitals, which are now overwhelmed with the dead and wounded.
It said Zionist forces targeted four ambulances east of the city of Khan Younis overnight and that the bombing of the city of Beit Hanoun has put its only hospital out of service, according to Al Jazeera.
“There continues to be a lack of electricity to operate the health care system. This threatens the lives of all sick and injured people,” the health ministry added in a separate statement.
US says has no plans to send ground troops to occupied Palestine
The US has no intention to send ground troops to occupied Palestine amid its war with the Palestinian group Hamas, the White House said Monday.
"There's no intention to put US troops on the ground," Anadolu Agency quoted White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby as saying.
Hamas says goals of operation achieved, open to talks
Palestinian Hamas movement has achieved the goals of its operation in the occupied land and now it is open to any discussions, a member of the movement's political bureau Mousa Abu Marzouq said on Tuesday, Sputnik reported.
"We have achieved our goals ... We are open to any discussions and political dialogue," Abu Marzouq told a regional broadcaster, adding that the movement is "not closed to negotiations."
Three journalists killed, injured during Zionist regime airstrikes
Palestinian local sources reported that following an airstrike conducted by the Israeli regime on a building in Gaza, two journalists were killed and another one was injured.
Related news
Colorado Supreme Court kicks Trump off ballot, citing ‘insurrection’
Colorado’s Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump cannot run for president next year in the state, citing a constitutional insurrection clause, the BBC reports.
Egypt's Sisi wins presidential election with 89.6 pct of vote
Egypt's National Election Authority (NEA) declared on Monday that incumbent President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi won the 2024 presidential election with some 40 million, or 89.6 percent of valid votes, MNA reports.
Number of presidential candidates in Azerbaijan reaches 6
The chairman of the National Front Party, MP Razi Nurullayev, has been nominated to participate in the snap presidential elections, as a relevant decision was made at the meeting of the party held today, Azerbaijani media reports.
EU takes action against Elon Musk’s X over disinformation
The European Union has formally announced it suspects X, previously known as Twitter, of breaching its rules in areas including countering illegal content and disinformation, the BBC reports.
Israel opens Gaza aid crossing for first time as ceasefire calls grow
UN aid has entered Gaza directly from Israel for the first time, as aid trucks from Egypt are stripped by desperate crowds, the BBC reports.
Pope deplores Israeli attack to a church in Gaza: It is Terrorism
Pope Francis on Sunday deplored the death of two women in a Catholic parish in Gaza, where he said "unarmed civilians" were being targeted by shootings and bombings, IP reports.
