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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has landed in Israel amid reports he wants to push Benjamin Netanyahu to protect civilians in Gaza.
Blinken, on his second trip to Israel in a month, is due to discuss with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concrete steps to minimise harm to civilians in Gaza, where food, fuel, water and medicine are running out, buildings have been flattened, and thousands of people have fled homes to escape relentless bombings.
It came as Israeli forces surrounded Gaza City from several directions, after weeks of airstrikes followed by a ground invasion.
The Israeli military’s chief of staff, Herzi Halevy, said his forces were closing in on Gaza and “fighting in a built-up, dense, complex area.”
On Thursday, Israeli planes dropped leaflets warning with the message “time is up” warning residents to immediately evacuate Shati refugee camp, a densely built-up district on the Mediterranean coast bordering Gaza City’s center.
In a statement, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “We’re at the height of the battle. We’ve had impressive successes and have passed the outskirts of Gaza City. We are advancing,”
This comes as the death toll of Palestinians killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes rises to 9,061, according to the Hamas-led health ministry.
Among those killed include 3,760 children and 2,326 women while a further 32,000 have been injured, they said.
IDF release footage of blasts targeting Hamas tunnel networks
Israel Defence Forces have released footage of a bombing campaign on Hamas tunnel network.
An extensive labyrinth of tunnels stretch underneath the densely populated Gaza strip, hiding Hamas fighters, their rocket arsenal and over 200 hostages they now hold after an unprecedented Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
Clearing and collapsing those tunnels will be crucial if Israel seeks to dismantle Hamas. But fighting in densely populated urban areas and moving underground could strip the Israeli military of some of its technological advantages while giving an edge to Hamas both above and below ground.
Nearly 10,000 Palestinians killed since October 7 - Gaza says
At least 9,227 Palestinians were killed, including 3,826 children, in Israeli strikes on Gaza since October 7, the health ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza said on Friday.
The death toll is up from 9,061 yesterday, meaning 166 people have been reportedly killed in the last 24 hours.
The Independent has not been able to verify these figures.
Watch live as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Israel's President Isaac Herzog.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Friday to press for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into besieged Gaza, while Israeli troops tightened their encirclement of Gaza City, the focus of Israel’s campaign to crush the enclave’s ruling Hamas group.
Watch: Crowds gather outside Rafah crossing as Israeli forces encircle Gaza City
UN issues West Bank warning as 41 children killed
The United Nations rights office described the situation in the West Bank as “alarming”, saying Israeli forces were increasingly using military tactics and weapons in law enforcement operations there.
“While much attention has been on the attacks inside Israel and the escalation of hostilities in Gaza since the 7th of October, the situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is alarming and urgent,” said Liz Throssell, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
She added that at least 132 Palestinians, including 41 children, were killed in the West Bank, 124 of those by Israeli forces and some eight by settlers. Two Israeli soldiers were also killed.
Scottish first minister’s family ‘waiting at Rafah crossing today’ - report
Humza Yousaf’s wife’s parents are on a list of Brits attempting to use the Rafah crossing to travel to Egypt, a source close to Scotland’s first minister told Sky.
Elizabeth and Maged El-Nakla are on an approved list featuring 92 Britons who have been given the go-ahead to leave the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
Humza Yousaf has said his in-laws were trapped with “dwindling supplies” and were reduced to drinking seawater.
The couple, from Dundee, travelled to Gaza to visit family before the conflict erupted.
Tory security minister asks police to stop any pro-Palestine protest on Remembrance Sunday
Tens of thousands of demonstrators calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s attacks on Gaza are planning to take to the streets of London on Armistice Day.
Tom Tugendhat has said the idea of a demonstration on 12 November would not be “acceptable” and was “a matter of great concern to me”.
Adam Forrest reports:
British doctor speaks of ‘relief’ of leaving Gaza and fears for those left behind
Dr Abdel Hammad released a video after becoming one of the first Britons to cross at Rafah into Egypt.
The Liverpool surgeon told Sky News, it was “big relief” to be out of Gaza as he was met with members of British Embassy hoping to be taken to Cairo.
“It has been four weeks of a terrible situation. I am very pleased to be out,” he said.
Around 100 people including 92 Brits are expected to cross in the coming hours, according to sources on the Sinai side.
Israel on ‘very, very high alert’ along Lebanon border
Israel is on “very, very high alert” along its northern border with Lebanon, a military spokesman has said.
It comes as Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will make his first public comments since the Palestinian group Hamas and Israel went to war, a speech that will be scrutinised for clues on how the group’s role in the conflict might evolve.
Lebanon Hezbollah
The militant group claimed to have launched 19 consecutive strikes on Israel yesterday.
A formidable military force backed by Iran, Hezbollah has been engaging Israeli forces along the border, where 55 of its fighters have been killed in the deadliest escalation since it fought a war with Israel in 2006.
Live view of Rafah crossing as Brits expected to escape wartorn Gaza today
Around 100 people have arrived at the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing in two buses, according to sources on the Sinai side.
No one has crossed yet but according to the list 92 Brits alongside 32 Palestinians, two Irish and a Moroccan dependent on the UK are expected to leave Gaza.
It came as Israeli forces have surrounded Gaza City from several directions, after weeks of airstrikes followed by a ground invasion.
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