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TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains visuals and information that may be distressing to some readers. Viewer discretion is advised. Israel released several horrifying photos on Thursday amid an escalating war with Palestine. The pictures – purportedly of babies killed by Hamas extremists – were also shown to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his visit to Tel Aviv.

Blinken vowed on a visit Thursday that the United States will «always» back Israel but said the Palestinians also have «legitimate aspirations» not represented by militant group Hamas. «You may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself,» Blinken said during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as war raged between Israel and Hamas. «But as long as America exists, you will never, ever have to.

Israel-Hamas war dragged on to the sixth day, many countries, including India, are making arrangements to repatriate their citizens from Israel. In a show of solidarity, US Secretary of State has arrived in Israel.

What is the genesis of this crisis? It’s an incendiary mix of politics, religion and economics. Modern Palestine was populated with Jews from the global diaspora—a British imperial drive—in 1948. Around 750,000 Palestinians were expelled as Jews captured 78% of the land.

Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday an «emergency government» with an opposition party leader, Benny Gantz, for the duration of the war with Gaza militants. «Following a meeting… held today, the two agreed on establishing an emergency government and war cabinet,» said a joint statement by the premier and Gantz, a former defence minister and army chief. The three-member «war cabinet» would include Netanyahu, Gantz and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Gadi Eisenkot, also a former army chief from Gantz's party, and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer will serve as observers, according to the statement. Opposition leader Yair Lapid has not joined his former ally Gantz, but the statement said a seat would be «reserved» for him in the war cabinet. Netanyahu's extreme-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish allies would remain in government. The premier has agreed to freeze the hardline government's divisive judicial overhaul, which had triggered mass street protests — the biggest in the country's history. «During the war, no bills or government-sponsored motions that are unrelated to the war would be advanced,» the statement said. Gantz last served in a Netanyahu administration in 2020-2021 under a rotation agreement that was meant to see him take the helm for the second half of the government's tenure, but early elections had been called before he was to become prime minister.

Pannun has warned India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to learn from the Israel-Palestine war lest a similar "reaction" unravels in India. In his video message for India, Pannun, a designated terrorist under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), warned India of an attack like Hamas. Gaza strip's Hamas fighters on Saturday launched a multi-pronged surprise attack on Israel, breaking their high-tech defense technology.

Gaza Strip. His promise raised questions about whether Washington can ramp up defense aid to Israel without jeopardizing aid for Ukraine, especially given Republican lawmakers' ouster of House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy and failure so far to name a replacement. Biden administration officials insist Washington can absolutely do both, but acknowledge there will be challenges.

deadly rocket attack, Israel also expanded its mobilization of military reservists to 360,000. The chief military spokesman emphasized the unprecedented nature of the current campaign against Hamas, saying ‘all options are on the table’. 3) More than 137,000 Palestinians were packed into United Nations shelters, and the World Health Organization reported that the medical supplies it had pre-positioned in seven Gaza hospitals were already used up.

The United Nations’ human rights commission of inquiry says it is investigating “war crimes committed by all sides” of the rapidly escalating violence in Israel and Gaza following Saturday’s surprise attack by Hamas militants, which has ignited fears of a bigger regional escalation.

Gaza border areas from Hamas militants as the war's death toll passed 3,000 on Tuesday, the fourth day of fierce fighting since the Islamists launched a surprise attack. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Israel's military campaign following Saturday's onslaught was only the start of a sustained war to destroy Hamas and «change the Middle East». Fears of a regional conflagration have surged amid expectations of a looming Israeli ground incursion into Gaza, the crowded enclave from where Hamas launched its land, air and sea attack on the Jewish Sabbath. The death toll in Israel has surged above 900 from the worst attack in the country's 75-year history, while Gaza officials have reported 765 people killed so far. Hamas gunmen killed more than 100 people in the kibbutz of Beeri alone, said Moti Bukjin, a volunteer with the charity Zaka that recovers bodies in accordance with Jewish law.

Hamas is currently holding a “substantial” number of people hostage, according to Israel’s military, as fears grow that those could include foreign nationals from up to 12 different countries who are missing after the militant group’s unprecedented attack.

Israel-Palestine war news: How Pegasus spyware failed Israel during Hamas attack “When white phosphorus comes into contact with skin it creates intense and persistent burns, sometimes to the bone. Infection is common and the body's absorption of the chemical can cause serious damage to internal organs, as well as death," it said.

Gaza Strip after the Hamas group launched a deadly rocket attack on Israel that killed over 1,000 people and left hundreds injured. Dozens of foreigners have been killed, injured, or taken hostage during a surprise attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Many of the missing foreigners were at an electronic music festival in the southern Israeli desert, at which scores of revelers were massacred.

Hamas movement threatened to execute an Israeli captive every time Israel bombs a Palestinian home without warning, as Israel called up an unprecedented 300,000 reservists and imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip, raising fears it planned a ground assault. The violence, which has claimed more than 1,500 lives, prompted international declarations of support for Israel after a devastating weekend attack by Hamas, and appeals for an end to the fighting and protection of civilians. Israeli TV channels said the death toll from the Hamas attack had climbed to 900 Israelis, with at least 2,600 injured, and dozens taken captive. Among the Israeli dead were 260 mostly young people gunned down at a desert music festival, where some of the hostages were abducted. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge in a fiery speech accusing Hamas of executing tied-up children and other atrocities.

Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel has «only started» a fierce offensive in the Gaza Strip in response to an unprecedented Hamas attack. Netanyahu delivered the pronouncement in a nationally televised address as Israel pressed ahead with a third day of heavy airstrikes in Gaza.

Investing.com — Gold settled above the mid $1,800 level on Monday in response to the Israel-Hamas war, but the rally in the safe-haven would depend on how far the crisis expands to impact oil and other global markets, analysts said.

Investing.com — Crude prices were up 4% Monday as the latest Middle East crisis  reintroduced geopolitical risk into the oil trade in a way unseen in years, resetting markets that just days ago were depressed more by concerns over the global economy.

chipmakers, diamond processors and software-services providers. Saturday’s assault has sparked fresh concern about geopolitical risks among investors just when global financial markets were already grappling with the impact of high-interest rates and the slowdown in China’s economy. Oil surged more than 5% while US equity futures dropped in Asia trading, as the risk of the conflict escalating across the Middle East region remains acute. “The Israel-Hamas conflicts over the weekend may escalate geopolitical tensions in the Middle East region, causing risk-off trades,” Tina Teng, an analyst at CMC Markets wrote in a note. “Markets will be concerned about the rippling effects to the region.” The MSCI Asia Pacific Index treaded water as markets in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan were closed for a holiday, while trading in Hong Kong was halted due to a typhoon. Here are some global themes to watch: Technology Chip stocks from Nvidia Corp.

Israel by air, land and sea.Millions of Israelis in the country’s south awoke to incoming rockets and the inevitable thud of impact. Air raid sirens wailed as far north as Tel Aviv.

rocket attack on Israel and approved of the assault during a meeting in Beirut last week, according to a report published by The Wall Street Journal. The death toll from the bloodiest war that erupted between Israel and Hamas surged to 1,000. The report also stated that the officers of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard have worked with Hamas to plan the deadly attack since August.