Israel-Hamas war LIVE: Hamas leadership ‘dead men walking – inside and outside Gaza’, IDF warns, as Israeli forces battle terrorists deep in the city

The International Committee of the Red Cross said a humanitarian convoy carrying medical supplies came under fire in Gaza City on Tuesday, AFP reported.

Two trucks were damaged in the incident and a driver was slightly injured. The ICRC did not specify who fired at his convoy or from which direction the fire came.

“These are not the conditions under which humanitarian staff can work,” said William Schomburg, head of the ICRC subdelegation in Gaza.

The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Tuesday that one of its staff was killed along with several family members in Gaza.

Mohammed Al Ahel, a laboratory technician, was killed in his home in the Shati refugee camp, Doctors Without Borders said.

G7 foreign ministers have said they support “humanitarian pauses and corridors” in the war between Israel and Hamas, but have not called for a ceasefire.

The ministers said in a joint statement after talks in Japan:

We emphasize the need for urgent action to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. We support humanitarian pauses and corridors to facilitate urgently needed aid, civilian movements and the release of hostages.

The statement also said the ministers “emphasize Israel’s right to defend itself and its people in accordance with international law as the country seeks to prevent a repeat of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel,” and urge Iran not to support Hamas and the Lebanese Armed Forces. terrorist group Hezbollah.

We call on Iran to refrain from providing support to Hamas and from taking further actions that destabilize the Middle East, including support for the Lebanese Hezbollah and other non-state actors, and to use its influence with these groups to de-escalate regional tensions.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said Israel should not “reoccupy” Gaza once the war with Hamas ends.

His statement followed comments by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening, who said Israel would retain “overall security responsibility” in Gaza for an “indefinite period” following the defeat of Hamas.

The US State Department also said it opposed any reoccupation.

“In general, we do not support the reoccupation of Gaza, and neither does Israel,” State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters.

“Our position is that the Palestinians should be at the forefront of these decisions and that Gaza is Palestinian land.”

Israel removed its soldiers and settlers from Gaza in 2005.

Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing south on foot with only what they can carry after running out of food and water in the north, a United Nations agency said on Wednesday, as Israel said its forces are fighting Hamas militants deep in Gaza City fought.

• More than 70 percent of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have already fled their homes, but the growing numbers making their way south indicate an increasingly desperate situation in and around Gaza’s largest city, which is under heavy Israeli bombardment. has come to be.
• About 15,000 people fled northern Gaza on Tuesday – three times the number who left on Monday – according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. They use Gaza’s main north-south highway during a four-hour daily window announced by Israel.
• The refugees include children, the elderly and people with disabilities, and most walked with minimal belongings, the UN agency said. Some say they had to pass through Israeli checkpoints where they saw people being arrested, while others held their hands in the air and raised white flags as they passed Israeli tanks.
• Residents reported loud explosions Wednesday night in Gaza City and at the Shati refugee camp, which houses Palestinian families who fled or were expelled from what is now Israel during the 1948 war surrounding its founding.
• “The bombings were heavy and close,” said Mohamed Abed, who lives in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood. He said residents panicked when they heard news late Tuesday that Israeli ground forces were fighting deep in the city.

According to the IDF, Israeli forces are battling Hamas terrorists deep in Gaza City as thousands of Palestinians flee south on foot with only what they can carry.

In retaliation for a deadly attack by Hamas gunmen on October 7, Israeli soldiers advanced into the heart of the city, home to 650,000 people before the war and Hamas’s stronghold in the northern Gaza Strip.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant underlined Israel’s determination to destroy Hamas, describing Gaza City as “the largest terrorist base ever built.” Israel says Hamas has a central command and that a vast labyrinth of tunnels has been built under the city.

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Hello and welcome to MailOnline’s live blog about the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. As the conflict enters its 33rd day, here’s what you need to know:

• The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza says more than 10,300 people have been killed in the area since the war began on October 7, when the group attacked Israel, killing more than 1,400 people and taking another 240 hostage.
• Israeli forces are now fighting Hamas terrorists deep in Gaza City as they continue their ground operation in the Gaza Strip. The densely populated metropolis is home to Hamas’ stronghold in the north of the coastal strip.
• Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said soldiers “are in the heart of Gaza City,” adding that Israel was “tightening the noose” on the terror group. Hamas’s top leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, was isolated in his bunker, Gallant said.
• Thousands of Palestinians evacuated from northern Gaza to the south on Tuesday, heeding Israel’s warning to move to the safer part of the territory
• The Hamas-led Interior Ministry said 900,000 Palestinians are still sheltering in northern Gaza, including Gaza City, as troops approach the border.
• The UN says the north has been without running water for weeks and hospitals without supplies are carrying out surgeries – including amputations – without anesthesia.
• Palestinian health officials said at least 23 people were killed in two Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza on Tuesday
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this week that Israel would retain “overall security responsibility” in Gaza for an “indefinite period” after defeating Hamas.
• The US is against Israel’s reoccupation of the area
• Meanwhile, in Israel, Israelis marked a month since the Hamas attack with candlelight vigils around photos of the hostages taken by Hamas.