Oct 11, 2023, 10:39 PM EDT
IDF launches 'extensive attack' on Hamas in Gaza
The IDF announced Thursday morning that it has launched an "extensive attack" on "many centers" of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel-Gaza updates: IDF preparing for 'wide range of offensive plans'
Fighting is ongoing after Hamas launched an attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
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Last Updated: October 17, 2023, 4:16 PM EDT
At least 1,400 people have died and 3,400 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea on Oct. 7, Israeli authorities said.
In Gaza, 3,000 people have been killed and another 12,500 were injured, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Tensions are high with the prospect of ground war and evacuation orders for Gaza after the Israel Defense Forces called for "all residents of Gaza City to evacuate their homes" and "move south for their protection" early Friday, saying residents should move "and settle in the area south of the Gaza River." The announcement was made, according to the IDF, because it plans to "operate significantly in Gaza City in the coming days" and wanted "to avoid harming civilians."
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Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern.
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Timeline: The Hamas attack and response
On the morning of Oct. 7, sirens echoed across Israel as Hamas terrorists began a full-fledged surprise attack from the air, sea and ground. Hundreds of armed Hamas fighters stormed into Israel from Gaza, charging into cities and gunning down citizens.
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Israeli forces responded by sending wave after wave of bombs into Gaza, killing thousands, trapping civilians and raising fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East.
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Oct 11, 2023, 10:01 PM EDT
About 220,000 Palestinians sheltering in UN facilities across Gaza
An estimated 220,000 Palestinians are sheltering throughout 92 United Nations relief and refugee facilities Refugees facilities across the Gaza Strip, according to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Guterres called for "rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access now," early Thursday morning, local time.
Oct 11, 2023, 9:33 PM EDT
Health services in Gaza have reached 'critical stage'
Hospitals in Gaza are working at full capacity and have run out of space for those "wounded from Israeli airstrikes" to be treated, the Palestinian-Gaza Strip Ministry of Health said in a press release Wednesday.
The Ministry called for urgent action to be taken to provide safe passage for medical supplies and to transfer the wounded. Health services have reached a critical stage, according to the release, with "medicines, medical consumables and fuel" expected to run out imminently.
Oct 11, 2023, 7:45 PM EDT
IDF talks to David Muir about possible ground incursion
An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson addressed a possible ground incursion in an interview with David Muir, as the "World News Tonight" anchor reports from Israel.
IDF Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus told Muir Wednesday that the "carnage" in the kibbutz of Be'eri, where more than 100 bodies were found, "definitely put things into perspective."
Following Hamas' attack, 360,000 Israeli reservists have been called up and tanks and soldiers are amassing on the Gaza border.
"One could deduce that from the troops that we have called up that it is what they will be tasked to do," Conricus told Muir, adding that at the end of the war, Hamas "won't have the military ability to kill or hurt Israeli civilians ever again."
Asked whether there was any scenario where a ground incursion would not happen, Conricus responded that it's "difficult to say."
"I personally don't think so. But that matters less," he said. "Our job is to be prepared and have all the troops ready for whatever assignment and however it is decided to implement them."
