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Israel’s war with Hamas may become a wider Middle East conflagration are flashing ominously. America has sent a second carrier strike group led by the USS Eisenhower to the Persian Gulf. “There’s a likelihood of escalation," said Antony Blinken, the American secretary of state, on October 22nd.

Roy Greene Show on Saturday that the current conflict “all goes back to Iran — no question.” He said Iran provided up to 90 per cent of the weaponry used in Hamas’ attack on Israel and trained the militants.“Iran wants a Middle East — a region — that is tumultuous, chaotic, unsettled, insecure, violent,” he said. “That way they can manipulate it to their heart’s desire.”Hillier warned that Iran could trigger a wider regional conflict.“I do worry about the fact we could have a regional war without question,” he said.U.S.

Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Sunday that the United States expects the Israel-Hamas war to escalate through involvement by proxies of Iran, and they asserted that the Biden administration is prepared to respond if American personnel or armed forces become the target of any such hostilities. «This is not what we want, not what we're looking for.

By Kanishka Singh and Crispian Balmer

Israel's war with Hamas, two top US officials said Sunday, hours after the Pentagon moved to step up military readiness in the region. «We are concerned at the possibility of Iranian proxies escalating their attacks against our own personnel, our own people,» Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on CBS News. «We expect there is a likelihood of escalation.» «No one should take advantage of this moment to escalate to further attacks on Israel or, for that matter, attacks on us on our personnel.» Blinken said the United States, which has sent two carrier groups to the eastern Mediterranean, was «taking every measure to make sure that we can defend them.

By Michelle Nichols

The draft text, seen by Reuters, calls for the protection of civilians — including those who are trying to get to safety — notes that states must comply with international law when responding to «terrorist attacks», and urges the «continuous, sufficient and unhindered» delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip. It was not immediately clear if or when the United States planned to put the draft resolution to a vote. To pass, a resolution needs at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes by Russia, China, the United States, France or Britain.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Palestinian Islamist group Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel that killed about 1,400 people aimed to disrupt a potential normalization of ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia sought by Riyadh, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says new U.S. sanctions are “directed at Hamas terrorists and their support network," not at Palestinians

CAIRO/JERUSALEM : Within hours after a blast was said to have killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital, protesters hurled stones at Palestinian security forces in the occupied West Bank and at riot police in neighbouring Jordan, venting fury at their leaders for failing to stop the carnage. A significant tragedy unfolded on Tuesday after a devastating strike on a Gaza hospital. Initial death toll estimates exceeded 500.

Gaza hospital, protesters hurled stones at Palestinian security forces in the occupied West Bank and at riot police in neighbouring Jordan, venting fury at their leaders for failing to stop the carnage. A summit planned in Jordan on Wednesday between US President Joe Biden, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was canceled after Abbas withdrew in protest. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had spent much of the past week meeting with Arab leaders to try to ease tensions, but those efforts are now in doubt following the hospital blast.

“Even wars have rules," United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said last week, repeating a maxim of international law that experience has shown to be more aspirational than operational. Hamas mocked the most sacrosanct of those rules when it intentionally targeted Israeli civilians earlier this month in an operation that killed more than 1,000 Israelis and took about 200 people hostage.

The Times of Israel, Levy, 62, a protestor, from Tel Aviv, said “I want Benjamin Netanyahu and all his people to go home because they’ve abandoned residents of the south and they’re not interested in the lives of residents there and instead they’re obsessed with small politics." Also Read: Israel-Hamas war LIVE updates: Iran warns of potential action in 'coming hours' to counter Israel's attack on Gaza At the protest, demonstrators are shouting slogans like "Go to jail, Bibi!" and "Leave," as an expression of their solidarity with the families of the deceased and those held captive by Hamas. In the midst of the crowd, signs and placards are seen with messages such as “Bibi, you have blood on your hands," “We've been abandoned," “Return the hostages immediately," and “There's no trust, quit", the report stated.

AP reported. In Gaza, hospitals were on the verge of losing electricity, threatening the lives of thousands of patients, the report further added. Many have resorted to drinking dirty or sewage-filled water with taps dry, risking the spread of disease.

AP, according to a statement from White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby on Monday evening, President Biden's itinerary includes a visit to Jordan. During this visit, he is scheduled to hold meetings with key regional leaders, namely King Abdullah of Jordan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Also Read: Israel-Hamas war LIVE updates: Less than ‘24 hours of water, electricity left’ in Gaza; death toll- 2,808 “We’ve been crystal clear about the need for humanitarian aid to be able to continue to flow into Gaza.

The NSE Nifty 50 index settled 0.10% lower at 19,732, and the S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.17% to 66,167. Here's how analysts read the market pulse: «The daily and hourly momentum indicators provide divergent signals and in such a scenario a consolidation appears with high probability. Contraction of the Bollinger bands also supports our sideways outlook on the Index.

China's foreign minister condemned Israel's actions for going "beyond the scope of self-defence" and called for it to "cease its collective punishment of the people of Gaza". "(Israel) should listen earnestly to the calls of the international community...

By Ankika Biswas and Shashwat Chauhan

That one of the world’s fiercest wars now is being fought right next some of the biggest oil exporters probably justifies some geopolitical risk to be attached to crude prices. But a daily move of up to a few percent will require the supply of oil itself to be impacted — not just hypothetically but in real barrel terms.

Investing.com — U.S. stock futures edged higher Monday at the start of a busy week for corporate earnings, while geopolitical tensions remain to the fore. 

Israel-Hamas war. If the war escalates further and spreads to other countries, it will shoot up crude oil prices and also deal a severe blow to the global economy which is already struggling thanks to continuous rate hikes due to a sharp rise in inflation led by the Russia-Ukraine war in the post Covid-19 pandemic world. "Top US officials warned on Sunday that the war could escalate into a wider conflict across the Middle East.