Israel-Hamas War Day 63: Biden holds talks with PM Netanyahu, emphasizes 'need to protect civilians' | Top 10 updates
Hamas including through corridors that allow people to move safely from defined areas of hostilities." "President Biden reiterated his concern about extremist violence committed against Palestinians and the need to increase stability in the West Bank," it added. Here are top 10 updates on Israel-Hamas war, 1) Residents informed that the Israeli military hit Rafah in southern Gaza twice overnight as United Nations officials warned there are no safe places left in the besieged territory, as per AP reports.
2) The center of Gaza's second-largest city, Khan Younis, has also seen fighting amid Israel’s widening air and ground offensive in the southern part of the territory that has displaced tens of thousands more Palestinians and worsened dire humanitarian conditions. 3) The United Nations said 1.87 million people — more than 80% of Gaza’s population — have been driven from their homes since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, triggered by the deadly October 7 Hamas assault on southern Israel.
4) Around 1,200 people have died on the Israeli side, mainly civilians killed during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.
The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said the death toll in the territory has surpassed 17,100, with more than 46,000 wounded. 5) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has decided to invoke Article 99 of the UN Charter and urged the UN Security Council to act on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
6) Blinken said there is “a gap" between what Israel pledged to do to protect Palestinian civilians and the results so far since it began intensive military operations against Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip. 7) A man fired a shotgun twice outside a Jewish temple in upstate New York, hours before the start of Hanukkah on
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