Israel-Hamas conflict has been happening since October 7 (File)

Tel Aviv, Israel:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned Monday a ceasefire in Israel’s conflict in opposition to Hamas “is not going to occur”, because the UN warned not sufficient assist was coming in to fulfill “unprecedented humanitarian wants”.

Israeli floor forces fought contained in the Gaza Strip and air strikes pounded the besieged Hamas-run Palestinian territory in response to the October 7 assaults — the deadliest in Israel’s historical past.

The intensifying army operations have sharply heightened fears for the two.4 million inhabitants of Gaza, the place the Hamas-controlled well being ministry says greater than 8,300 have been killed.

In a briefing to international press, Netanyahu mentioned a ceasefire would quantity to surrendering to Hamas, whose gunmen killed 1,400 folks and took greater than 230 hostages, in line with the most recent Israeli figures.

“Requires a ceasefire are requires Israel to give up to Hamas, to give up to terrorism… this is not going to occur,” he mentioned, vowing Israel would “combat till this battle is received”.

Israel ally the US additionally objected to a ceasefire.

“We don’t consider {that a} ceasefire is the appropriate reply proper now,” Nationwide Safety Council spokesman John Kirby mentioned, including that “pauses” to get assist into Gaza needs to be thought of as a substitute.

As Israeli forces battled Hamas militants contained in the slender Palestinian territory and despatched tanks to the outskirts of Gaza Metropolis, concern has surged in regards to the widening humanitarian disaster.

Kirby mentioned Washington was “assured” of accelerating the variety of assist vans to Gaza by way of the Rafah crossing with Egypt to round 100 a day.

Restricted assist has entered Gaza from Egypt below a US-brokered deal, however its quantity has fallen far in need of the a whole bunch of vans a day assist companies say are wanted.

Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN company for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, referred to as for the Safety Council to demand a right away humanitarian ceasefire.

“The system in place to permit assist into Gaza is geared to fail until there may be political will to make the circulation of provides significant, matching the unprecedented humanitarian wants,” he mentioned.

– Israeli tanks on Gaza freeway –

The Hamas assault set off the bloodiest-ever Gaza conflict, marked by weeks of withering aerial bombardment and three steady nights of floor operations centred on northern Gaza, which Israel has instructed civilians to evacuate.

Columns of Israeli tanks and armoured bulldozers have been seen churning by way of the sand, and snipers took positions inside emptied residential buildings, in footage launched by the military.

Dozens of tanks superior for greater than an hour into the southern fringes of Gaza Metropolis and blocked the primary north-south freeway, “firing at any car that tries to go alongside it”, an eyewitness instructed AFP by telephone.

Air strikes additionally cratered the highway and introduced down buildings, residents mentioned, earlier than the tanks withdrew.

The Israeli floor forces have been supported by heavy hearth from the air and artillery, with the military putting greater than 600 targets inside 24 hours, up from 450 reported by the army a day earlier.

Hamas mentioned it had fired anti-tank missiles at two Israeli armoured autos and that “blows delivered by the resistance have prevented” Israeli troops from establishing a presence in Gaza.

The Israeli army additionally mentioned a lady soldier was rescued from captivity after an operation within the Hamas-run territory.

The discharge of Ori Megidish was “secured throughout a floor operation,” the military mentioned, including she had been “medically checked” and was “doing effectively”.

Netanyahu mentioned the worldwide neighborhood should demand the captives remaining in Gaza “be freed instantly, unconditionally”.

Hamas launched a video of what it mentioned have been three girls hostages, seated in opposition to a tile wall, though the time and place of the recording couldn’t be verified.

One referred to as in an agitated tone for Netanyahu to comply with Hamas’ proposed trade of the hostages for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

Netanyahu in an announcement decried the clip as “merciless psychological propaganda”.

– ‘Bombing adopted us’ –

The greater than 230 hostages — aged between a number of months and above 80 — are believed to be held in a community of underground tunnels the place Hamas has hid its army infrastructure from Israeli surveillance and air assaults.

Israel confirmed the loss of life of a type of lacking — German-Israeli Shani Louk, 23, who was captured by Hamas when its gunmen stormed a desert music pageant.

Concern and desperation have spiralled in Gaza, below weeks of siege which have reduce off water, meals, gas and different necessities.

Web entry was severed on Friday however restored Sunday following US strain, State Division spokesman Matthew Miller mentioned.

“We made clear to the federal government of Israel over the weekend that communications networks wanted to be restored,” he mentioned on Monday.

“It’s about guaranteeing that important info flows, humanitarian coordination continues, and households can keep in contact.”

The United Nations reported Sunday that “hundreds of individuals” had ransacked assist warehouses in Gaza.

Donkey carts have been lining as much as load water, as secure ingesting water has turn out to be scarce, in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.

In accordance with the UN, all 10 hospitals in northern Gaza have acquired evacuation orders — regardless of sheltering hundreds of sufferers and about 117,000 displaced folks.

“We have been displaced from our properties to the hospital,” Gaza Metropolis resident Ashraf al-Muzani, 38, mentioned from Al-Quds hospital the place he and his household have sheltered for every week.

“The bombing adopted us,” he mentioned. “We have not been in a position to sleep and our youngsters are so frightened.”

– ‘Highest’ UN loss of life toll –

UNRWA’s Lazzarini mentioned that 64 of his colleagues had been killed in Gaza since October 7, “the best variety of UN assist employees killed in a battle in such a short while.”

Anti-Israel anger has flared throughout the area and past.

In Russia’s Muslim-majority Dagestan, police mentioned they’d arrested 60 folks after a crowd stormed an airport on Sunday to assault passengers arriving from Tel Aviv.

And Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused the US of accountability for what he referred to as “lethal chaos” unfolding within the Center East.

Washington has warned Israel’s enemies — specifically Iran-allied teams — to not turn out to be extra absolutely concerned after a sequence of assaults throughout the area.

Israel’s army has struck targets in Syria and traded cross-border hearth with Hezbollah in Lebanon, the place caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati instructed AFP he was “doing my obligation to stop Lebanon from coming into the conflict”.

Violence has additionally surged within the occupied West Financial institution the place well being officers say about 120 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli hearth and in settler assaults because the Gaza conflict began.

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