Israel-Gaza updates: Gaza sees deadliest day since conflict began

At least 700 people died in Gaza on Tuesday, OCHA said.

ByMorgan Winsor, Emily Shapiro, and Ivan Pereira
Last Updated: October 25, 2023, 4:40 PM EDT

Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with a bombing campaign and total siege of the neighboring Gaza Strip, leaving the region on the verge of all-out war.

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What we know about the conflict

The latest outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that governs the Gaza Strip, has passed the four-month mark.

In the Gaza Strip, at least 30,228 people have been killed and 71,377 others have been wounded by Israeli forces since Oct. 7, according to Gaza's Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health.

In Israel, at least 1,200 people have been killed and 6,900 others have been injured by Hamas and other Palestinian militants since Oct. 7, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

There has also been a surge in violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israeli forces have killed at least 395 people in the territory since Oct. 7, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

The ongoing war began after Hamas-led militants launched an unprecedented incursion into southern Israel from neighboring Gaza via land, sea and air. Scores of people were killed while more than 200 others were taken hostage, according to Israeli authorities. The Israeli military subsequently launched retaliatory airstrikes followed by a ground invasion of Gaza, a 140-square-mile territory where more than 2 million Palestinians have lived under a blockade imposed by Israel and supported by Egypt since Hamas came to power in 2007. Gaza, unlike Israel, has no air raid sirens or bomb shelters.

Oct 25, 2023, 2:23 PM EDT

Israel readying for ground operation, won't reveal date: Netanyahu

Israeli forces are getting ready for the ground operation into Gaza, but will not tell anyone when it will be, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday.

When soldiers enter Gaza, they'll "exact the full price from these murderers," Netanyahu said in Hebrew.

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"I once again call on the uninvolved population in Gaza to evacuate to the southern strip," he said.

Netanyahu also said Israel will "do everything possible to bring hostages home."

"We are gathering the support of world leaders," he added. "Our fight against Hamas is also their fight."

Israeli soldiers gather in a staging area near the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Oct. 24, 2023.
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Oct 25, 2023, 12:52 PM EDT

Gaza shelters 4 times over their capacities: UNRWA

Shelters in Gaza are four times over their capacities, forcing many people to sleep in the streets, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

Nearly 600,000 displaced Gaza residents are sheltering at 150 UNRWA facilities, the agency said.

Palestinians, who fled their houses amid Israeli strikes, take shelter in a tent camp at a United Nations-run center in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 19, 2023.
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Oct 25, 2023, 12:38 PM EDT

Tuesday marks deadliest day in Gaza since conflict began

Tuesday marked the deadliest day in Gaza since the Hamas-Israel conflict began on Oct. 7, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

At least 700 people died on Tuesday, OCHA said.

Palestinian emergency services and local citizens search for victims in buildings destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 24, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
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Trucks loaded with aid reaches a hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, Oct. 25, 2023.
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Over 6,500 people have died in Gaza since Oct. 7, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry.

Oct 25, 2023, 11:35 AM EDT

Gaza to run out of fuel Wednesday night: UNRWA

Gaza is set to run out of fuel Wednesday night, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

"If we do not get fuel urgently, we will be forced to halt our operations in the Gaza Strip" Wednesday night, UNRWA said.

Palestinian children receive food at a UN-run school in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 23, 2023 amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas militants.
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