Israel-Gaza updates: Gaza to run out of fuel Wednesday night, UNRWA says
Without fuel, the agency said it'll "be forced to halt our operations."
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.
Kirby warns of uptick in Iran-linked attacks
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Monday that in recent days there had been "an uptick in rocket and drone attacks by Iranian-backed proxy groups against military bases housing U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria."
“We know Iran continues to support Hamas and Hezbollah, and we know Iran is closely monitoring these events and in some cases, actively facilitating attacks and spurring on others who may want to exploit for their own good, or for that of Iran," Kirby said.
Kirby said Iran tries to "maintain some level of deniability here, but we’re not going to allow them to do that."
He added that there is still no direct evidence that Iran was involved in Hamas' Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel.
-ABC News' Ben Gittleson
Kirby: Israel needs to 'consider possibility of humanitarian pause'
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said Tuesday a "ceasefire right now really only benefits Hamas."
When asked if the U.S. has set or discussed any red lines with the Israelis, he said simply, "No."
But when pressed to elaborate on Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s comments that "humanitarian pauses must be considered," he said, "pauses in operation is a tool and a tactic" that can protect civilians for temporary periods of time.
Later when asked, Kirby said Blinken talked about the need to "consider the possibility of a humanitarian pause, to allow aid to get in -- and get in unfettered -- and to allow for the safe movement of people out."
-ABC News' Selina Wang